Nicki Minaj’s half-sister Ming Li is staying away from long-running drama with Cardi B.
The 18-year-old rising rapper attended Cardi B’s Little Miss Dramatic Tour stop in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, March 4. Calling the show “fire,” Li quickly shut down online chatter after fans brought up the rappers’ years-long feud.
“At the end of the day, we’ve all grown up and some of the drama and whatever doesn’t matter in the future,” Li wrote in an Instagram Stories post.
She added in a follow-up: “Pick a side? No side that said you can’t love both? They just want drama that no one but the ‘fans’ are going to say.”
She concluded, “Let’s be adults and when everyone gets older and wrinkled, what we post won’t matter as much respect.”
Li and Minaj share the same father, Robert Maraj, although the identity of their biological mother has not been publicly revealed. The young rapper previously said she was “never close” with her famous brother, but acknowledged that Nicki has always consulted her family and offered support.
After launching his own rap career in 2024, Li made it clear that he hopes to step out of the shadow of the super low hitmaker. She previously said she will “no longer be known as Nicki Minaj’s little sister” after years of being bullied at school because of the connection.
The story of Cardi and Nicki’s fights
The feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj dates back to 2017, when Cardi’s career exploded following the success of Yellow Wedding and his debut album Invasion of privacy. While the pair initially collaborated on some tracks, tensions later arose. Nicki eventually claimed that Cardi failed to “show me genuine love” publicly.
The feud reached a boiling point in 2018 when the two got into a physical altercation at the Harper’s Bazaar Icons party during New York Fashion Week. Cardi later shared a scathing statement online, saying she “let a lot of shit go” until Minaj allegedly went after her children and her parenting skills.
Cardi addressed the feud again during a 2025 appearance on calls his daddy.
“People have told this whole story that I came into the industry to take over someone’s career or make them think, but it’s like I never thought about that, I never thought about that,” he said. “It’s just that people didn’t get along with each other and that’s just it. But I’m done with that. I’m done with that. I think it’s more of a fan thing.”
