Latto's Lyric, Cardi's Slur
Latto Confirms 'Gimme Dat' Lyric Targets Cardi B After Leaked Slur Controversy
Latto confirmed on The Breakfast Club that a lyric on her new album, “Gimme Dat,” is aimed at Cardi B after a leaked 2025 phone call in which Cardi used a harsh slur for her. Latto said she was pregnant and caught off-guard while handling work, and that the comment left a “bad taste,” even though she doesn’t view the track as a direct diss. She described rushing to record a verse for the “ErrTime” remix and said that despite having each other’s numbers and some earlier texting, she and Cardi had not reconciled publicly after the slur surfaced. Cardi responded publicly on X, saying she understood Latto’s feelings, regretted the heated remark, and said she was eight months pregnant and emotionally stressed when the call leaked. Cardi claimed she made multiple attempts to reach Latto in 2025 and 2026 through her manager and sister and via direct messages to take responsibility, while Latto said she hasn’t spoken to Cardi since the remix release in September 2025. The episode has drawn renewed attention as Latto’s song connects with listeners while Cardi’s earlier remarks have resurfaced.
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Latto said she rushed to record her verse for Cardi’s “ErrTime” remix specifically so it would count toward the first-week sales of Cardi’s album “Am I the Drama?”, and she added that “Literally two days later” she was “seeing all over the internet” getting called “pussy.”
Latto described the relationship context as one where she believed Cardi was a friend: she said they were “on a texting basis,” that “we got each other number,” and that while Cardi later texted again “like two months later,” Latto by then wasn’t “even thinking about that.”
Cardi’s leaked 2025 phone call was reported to have involved “bickering with Ice Spice’s team,” during which Cardi “repeatedly referred to Latto” using the slur that later resurfaced.
In the Breakfast Club discussion, Latto and the show’s team added pointed commentary around Cardi’s apology framing—Jess Hilarious quipped, “And not to make up for calling me ‘pussy’ either,” and Latto said, in response to lines about buying her a bag, “I don’t need no damn bag.”
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