North Carolina Rapper Calls Out Cardi B for Allegedly Stealing Her Hit “Outside”.

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Social media’s buzzing after Charlotte-based rapper Rissa Reign publicly accused Cardi B of lifting her unreleased song “Outside” for the Bronx rapper’s newest chart-topper of the same name.

The claim, first made on June 28, lit up X with side-by-side video comparisons and fans trading theories like mixtapes.

“I f* with Cardi. I heard the song. I f* with the song,” Rissa said in a candid post.

“But as I was listening to it, I was just like it sounded very familiar.”

Cardi’s “Outside” is set to drop June 20, 2025, and will be the first offering from her upcoming album Am I the Drama? The song didn’t wait long to make the charts, where it debuted at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts at #1 on Apple Music US. With over 2.5 million YouTube views and 100K+ TikToks using the audio, it’s safe to say the track’s a hit.

But Rissa Reign believes it’s her hit or at least her idea.

In her posts and videos, the rapper explained that she wrote her own “Outside” song three to four years ago under pressure from her then-manager to make more “twerk music.” She uploaded a demo to YouTube but never officially released it. That’s where she believes someone from Cardi’s team might’ve heard it.

“Even if it wasn’t Cardi herself, somebody on that team heard the song,”

Rissa said.

“The coincidence for you to say Outside and the beat sound the same… that’s just too close.”

And she didn’t stop there.

“Somebody heard it and was like, hmm, I can see where they was trying to go with this. Let’s take it here… I hear it. And I know I ain’t tripping.”

The internet seems split. A clip shared by @onlydubsX showing both songs’ hooks side-by-side went viral fast.

Some fans say it’s just a shared New Orleans bounce beat (Triggerman) and common slang. Others think the similarities in melody and delivery are too much to ignore.

And Cardi? So far, she’s said nothing.

That silence isn’t new, though. Cardi has faced similar allegations before. Remember her 2024 single “Enough (Miami)”?

It got hit with a $50 million lawsuit over supposed beat theft. And fans haven’t forgotten the drama around “Up” either, which was cleared after Cardi cited common slang and showed studio receipts.

Still, it adds to a growing list of déjà vu moments. The big question now: Will this one make it to court?