ATL Jacob’s latest award sparks controversy with Cardi B

ATL Jacob has been accused of exacerbating his ongoing feud with Cardi B after celebrating her latest award. Both ATL Jacob and Cardi B engaged in a heated back-and-forth on Twitter after the “Tomorrow 2” rapper accused the “Wait For You” producer of shading her in a tweet amid her scandal of cheating with estranged husband Offset playing on social media. media

Fast forward to present day, the producer has received renewed critical acclaim from fans after celebrating his new accolade following the Billboard Latin Music Awards, where he took home the award after competing in the Crossover Artist of the Year category .

“Just won my first Billboard Latin Gracie Award,” ATL Jacob wrote in a tweet accompanied by a screenshot of the Billboard article with the nominees he was up against.

Apparently warning his followers that he wasn’t done making waves yet, he added in a follow-up tweet: “I’m just doing side quests to get back to the main story.”

As well as going up against legacy acts like renowned DJs Marshmello and Tiësto, ATL Jacob prevailed over his artist competition, which included Afrobeat sensation Rema and none other than his social media nemesis, Cardi B. As expected, fans immediately zeroed in on Cardi’s name, crediting ATL Jacob’s celebration of the feat as a veiled blow to the New York native.

“Messy boots,” one user wrote in the thread, to which another replied: “Congratulations!!!! Beating the haters name!!”

The responses cited to the reaction to ATL Jacob’s tweet were just as blatant, if not more inflammatory, than the replies in the thread, and saw users compare him to Cardi’s formidable nemesis, Nicki Minaj.

“He’s as shady as Nicki lmfao,” one user wrote.

In another quoted reaction, one user accused ATL Jacob of trying to do more than just get Cardi B back, writing: “Her messed up gay a## wants round two.”

While it’s unclear whether or not ATL Jacob meant any shade by sharing the tweet, he has made it clear that there are no issues with Cardi B, at least on his end.

In a candid interview with Baller Alert, ATL Jacob set the record straight about allegations that he threw shade at Cardi B on Twitter (X) amid her and Offset’s ongoing cheating scandal and impending divorce. The producer flatly denied any negative intent behind his quoted response from a scenario that referenced Cardi’s alleged infidelity with Offset while she was pregnant in a tweet he shared that quoted Future’s lyrics.

“I don’t shade her, I’ve never shaded her,” clarified ATL Jacob. “Your husband (Offset), well now ex or whatever you’re going through, that’s my boy. So why should I shade you?”

The producer made it clear that he values ​​his friendship with Offset and has no interest in creating tension between him and Cardi B. He continued, “At the end of the day, you’re your BM no matter what. All your relationship will always be up and down.”