Akbar V broke down in tears during a tense livestream with Tia Kemp after Tia played Cardi B’s newly released song “AH HA,” turning what appeared to be a casual moment into a heated exchange between the two women.
Tia played the record during the livestream as Akbar reacted to hearing it. The mood quickly shifted, with Akbar appearing irritated and confused while Tia continued playing and reacting to the song. The back and forth eventually became an argument, and Akbar became emotional before breaking down in tears during the moment.For anyone familiar with Akbar’s history with Cardi B, Tia pressing play was never going to feel like just another song choice.
Akbar V and Cardi B have publicly gone at each other for years, and that tension resurfaced again this summer. The women clashed again in July after Akbar told Cardi to “get in the booth” while questioning her recent musical output. Cardi fired back during a livestream, reviving a feud that had already been sitting unresolved for years.
The roots of their beef stretch back to 2022. Tension exploded after Akbar appeared to question the success surrounding GloRilla and Cardi’s “Tomorrow 2.” The social media exchange quickly grew beyond the song as Cardi and Akbar traded increasingly personal shots online.
That history makes Tia Kemp’s involvement even more interesting because she and Akbar V have already had their own uncomfortable moments on camera.
During Akbar’s 2024 appearance on Zeus Network’s “Aunt Tea Podcast,” the conversation turned to Cardi B when Tokyo Toni asked whether Akbar would ever collaborate with her. Akbar made it clear she was not interested, while Tia questioned why the two rappers could not simply get along.
That was not the only tense exchange from the episode.
In another moment, Akbar told Tia she would be nothing without Rick Ross. Tia immediately pushed back, leading to a confrontation between them on the show. The interaction showed that Tia and Akbar were already comfortable challenging each other long before Cardi’s “AH HA” became the center of their latest argument.
Their relationship has not been completely hostile. In July 2025, Akbar actually defended Tia while addressing Tia’s feud with Chrisean Rock. Akbar said Tia did not mean any harm and described her as someone who comments on everything, even while acknowledging why Chrisean may have been upset.
That mix of previous arguments and occasional support makes the latest Akbar V and Tia Kemp moment harder to dismiss as simple trolling between strangers.
Tia knew Akbar’s history with Cardi was deep. She had already questioned Akbar about Cardi face to face years earlier. Akbar had also recently reignited her feud with Cardi before “AH HA” arrived. So when Tia played the song during their livestream, the record immediately carried more baggage than a normal music reaction.
The emotional response also gave viewers something different from the usual social media sparring surrounding the women. Akbar has never been shy about publicly expressing how she feels about Cardi, but seeing the conversation with Tia escalate until she was in tears added another layer to a feud that has survived multiple years and multiple online blowups.
Whether Tia intended to troll Akbar or simply wanted a reaction, she definitely got one. Cardi B’s “AH HA” had barely arrived before it became the soundtrack to another viral Akbar V moment, except this time Tia Kemp was sitting right there pressing play.
