Coi Leray is setting the record straight about Cardi B name-dropping her on “Pretty & Petty.”
In a new interview with the Bootleg Kev Podcast, the “Players” rapper was asked how she felt about Cardi’s BIA diss track, where she raps, “They only hit you when they can’t afford Coi.”
“Yo, I love Cardi. I think Cardi is amazing,” Coi said near the 23-minute mark, describing the Bronx native as “so authentic. I respect Cardi all the time.”
Bootleg Kev mentioned that the lyric didn’t feel like a slight, and Coi agreed. “I don’t think it was a diss,” she rationalized. “I mean, I don’t got nothing to do with anything else, but as far as me, you know, I don’t think it was a diss at all.”
She added, “I fuck with Cardi. Me and Cardi, we got each other real information. Like, we speak offline, we real people before we industry.”
When Kev asked if she ever reaches out to Cardi directly, Coi confirmed, “I hit her all the time. I’ll hit her and be like, ‘Love you.’ Or sometimes like when I’m moving to Jersey, I’m like, ‘Yo, I need a realtor. You got a realtor for me?’”
For context, Cardi B’s “Pretty & Petty” was released last month as part of her sophomore album *Am I the Drama?* The song opens with the line,
“Name five BIA songs, gun pointin’ to your head / Bow, I’m dead,”
before launching into a string of sharp jabs—calling BIA’s style a “melatonin flow” and mocking her appearance and industry standing.
One of the most discussed lyrics came when Cardi rapped that BIA only gets booked “when they can’t afford Coi [Leray].” Following the song’s release, the feud between Cardi and BIA reignited publicly.
Leray previously debunked bogus rumors circulating online that she was upset over being mentioned on “Pretty & Petty.” She was falsely quoted as saying,
“I just hate my name being mentioned, I’m way bigger than Bia so I didn’t quite understand that comparison. She should have compared her with someone else.”
Coi’s latest statements make it clear that she holds no ill will toward Cardi and values their relationship beyond the music industry drama.
https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/coi-leray-responds-cardi-b-mentioning-her-pretty-petty-diss