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Cardi B attends the 2025 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles.

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Cardi B filed for divorce from Offset for the second time last summer, and more than a year later, the former couple’s split still isn’t finalized.

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While Cardi has moved on to start a new relationship with NFL star Stefon Diggs, she explained on X Spaces on Monday (Sept. 22) why the divorce filing remains tied up in the court system.

The Grammy-winning rapper also revealed the alleged list of demands Offset had made before he agrees to sign the divorce papers, which she says includes paying his taxes and forking over one of their properties.

“The only reason why I’m still married is because somebody wants me to pay for their taxes,” Cardi claimed. “Y’all wanna know the tea? The only way I can get out of my marriage is if I pay for somebody else’s taxes — even though I pay for my own — and give them one of my properties.”

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The 32-year-old continued to double down: “I’ma fight for that. This is not no love s—t. I’m not gonna stop living my life.”

Billboard has reached out to Offset’s reps for comment.

In the same Spaces, Cardi pushed back against those who are comparing her to Nick Cannon, a father of 12 children.

“You can’t compare me to Nick Cannon,” said the star, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Stefon Diggs. “I don’t got 12 different baby daddies. I got three kids with one baby dad. And I’m gonna have a new baby with another man.”

In the same CBS Mornings interview with Gayle King in which she revealed her pregnancy, Cardi opened up about how she wishes her co-parenting relationship with Set could be better.

“I just wish he was a better person, but it is what it is,” Cardi said. “Be a better person for your kids … I think he has some type of hate in his heart right now. If we all move on, there shouldn’t be no animosity. Your life, my life, separate. We should be able to raise kids. We should be able to ask each other questions.”

Offset and Cardi began dating in 2017, before quietly tying the knot later that year. The couple have three children together, and Cardi pulled the plug when filing for divorce for the second time in July 2024.

Cardi returned with her anticipated sophomore album on Sept. 19, which Offset deemed to be “hard,” as Am I the Drama? finally arrived on streaming services.

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