Cardi B, who’s currently sitting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Am I The Drama?, found herself in the middle of new controversy this week after audio surfaced of her going off on Ice Spice — and yes, it’s real.

The now-viral recording, which has been confirmed to feature Cardi and Ice Spice’s manager James Rosemond Jr., captures the “Magnet” rapper allegedly snapping after a private phone call was recorded and leaked without her consent.

“I’mma show y’all, I’m not Latto,” Cardi is heard saying on the call. “I’mma beat her the fuck up. I’mma knock her the fuck out. All y’all. I’mma beat her ass. I’mma get Riot beat up by my n****s. Y’all gonna see what the fuck is up. Y’all think I’m fucking pussy ass Latto?”

She then repeatedly demands that Ice Spice be put on the line directly. “Put her on the phone right now,” Cardi says multiple times, while James — on the other end — keeps asking for clarification about what Ice Spice even said. The Bronx rapper doesn’t hold back, threatening to handle things the next time she sees her. “Any red carpet, any fucking show I see her, any fucking event. I’mma fucking beat her. I’mma go in that mouth. I told y’all before I don’t have a problem with her.”

In another part of the call, Cardi doubles down: “I’mma beat the shit outta her. I’m not like none of these rap bitches.”

While the exact timing of the conversation hasn’t been confirmed, there’s speculation it may have been recorded in July 2024, based on Cardi’s mention of an Empire State Building event Ice Spice attended that month.

Once the snippet hit the internet, Cardi took to X (formerly Twitter) to publicly address it. In a since-pinned post, she offered an apology — but not to Ice Spice. The Grammy-winner directed her words toward Latto, who she name-dropped during the call.

“I was ranting and hot at the moment but I f*ck with Latto HEAVY!!” Cardi wrote. “I respect everything about her including her team that’s so sweet.. AND NOPE! I’m not too prideful to apologize to somebody I really respect so this my public apology and now ima privately buy her a bag.”

Shortly after, Cardi demanded that the entire 11-minute call be released — not just the snippet floating around. “But wait James… cuz I just know you didn’t only record the beginning of that conversation,” she wrote. “Go ahead baby post the whole 11-minute convo when Ice Spice said she was in her feelings all because I said Sexyy deserved a BET Award and she had just won some iHeart award I wasn’t even thinking about… POST IT ALL!!! You came to bang right???”

James Rosemond Jr. responded by denying he leaked the call:

“I did not record or leak that call. You hear me on speaker w/ ur manager Tubby who called me with you on three-way & u can literally hear that in the clip. The audio didn’t come from me. I respect private conversations & I’m not in the business of leaking anything.”

Cardi wasn’t buying it.

“Your artist put a laughing emoji then leaked the convo then posted a trash ass clip of her song in less than an hour,” she fired back. “This why you been avoiding the CEO’s of 10k cause you know you did it and you sound like a bitch.”

She also addressed speculation about her tone and delivery in the clip, clarifying that she was alone when it happened:

“I was in my bedroom by myself.. I just sound more higher cuz not only was I louder but it was more echo because it’s bigger… everything louder in there.”

Latto and Ice Spice — the two names mentioned in Cardi’s rant — recently dropped their collab “Gyatt” earlier this month, seemingly squashing any past issues. Meanwhile, Cardi’s public apology to Latto appears to have landed well, but no response from Ice Spice has surfaced as of press time.