Latto Didn’t Forget: Big Mama Pulls Up With Cardi B Subliminals

https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/29/latto-diss-cardi-b-on-album/

Latto’s fourth studio album Big Mama dropped May 29, 2026, and the streets are CLOCKING something Cardi B’s public apology couldn’t smooth over: cold bars aimed directly at the Bronx queen.

The beef has its roots in something wild — a leaked phone call where Cardi threatened to knock Ice Spice “the f out,” adding “You think I’m fing p***y-ass Latto?” That call went viral last year. When the call leaked last year, Cardi immediately apologized on social media, saying she was “ranting and hot” and respected Latto and her team. She even offered to buy Latto a bag in private. Seemed like damage control worked.

Wrong.

On her new track “Gimme Dat,” Latto raps “Bitch said what? Let’s clock it / Really got a Hermes store in my closet / Talkin’ ’bout buyin’ big mama a bag like my n**** ain’t already bought it.” That Hermès bar? A direct middle finger to Cardi’s apology gift offer. And it gets colder. Latto also raps, “Wish a bitch would get in that booth / I’m callin’ up PlaqueBoyMax,” seemingly calling out Cardi to hop in the booth and settle it on wax.

The timeline is bizarre because when we caught up with Latto back in September — the day before the phone call leaked — she only had good things to say about Cardi … but now she’s singing a whole different tune. She even denied throwing shade at a Japan performance months later. So what changed? Either Big Mama’s tracklist captures real hurt Latto wasn’t ready to voice publicly, or she sat with this long enough to let it simmer into bars.

One thing’s clear: an apology and a designer bag ain’t always enough to make the pain disappear in hip-hop. Sometimes you just gotta let it out on the album.

The 16BARS take: Latto just proved that staying quiet doesn’t mean you forgot—it means you were building. She’ll serve this cold on wax, and Cardi knows exactly which bars are about her. This is what happens when “respect” has an expiration date.