Cardi B and Offset: divorce not finalized, judge denies DNA request

In an interview with CBS News, Cardi B said that her divorce from rapper Offset, filed back in September 2024, is not yet legally finalized, explaining that the reason she remains married is financial. “The only reason I’m still married is because somebody wants me to pay his taxes”, the rapper said in a piece published in mid-May 2026, Vibe reports.

The divorce, which was supposed to close during 2025, became further complicated when Cardi B became pregnant during the process by her new partner, NFL wide receiver Stefon Diggs, a free agent since March 2026 after parting ways with the New England Patriots. According to TMZ, the baby was born in early spring 2026, the rapper’s fourth child and her first from the new relationship.

According to a February 25, 2026 court document published in full by TMZ, her ex-husband requested a court-ordered DNA test for the baby, which the judge denied. For reasons the court did not publicly specify, the motion was denied in a brief proceeding, the same source says. The rapper described the motion in a post on her X profile as “a desperate move from a man who can’t accept the truth”.

The asset-division dispute, per a document cited by Daily Loud, is moving toward a 70-30 split in Cardi B’s favor. The rapper, whose net worth various outlets estimate at over $100 million, is also seeking spousal support, arguing that Offset “left her with the kids” when she announced her pregnancy. Her ex-husband’s estate is estimated at $40 million in the same document.

Following the shooting outside the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, where Offset was hospitalized in April with minor injuries, Cardi B contacted her ex-husband while he was recovering, TMZ confirmed. The rapper did not publicly disclose the details of the conversation, but wrote in a later Instagram post that “kids always come first, no matter what’s going on between the parents”.

Cardi B and Offset married in September 2017 and have three children, daughters Kulture and Blossom and son Wave. The rapper publicly filed for divorce on Instagram Live in July 2024, after several earlier announcements and reconciliations that the media has been tracking since the couple’s first public split in December 2020.

According to the court document published by TMZ, the current state of the dispute is heading toward a hearing that will address both asset division and the issue of custody of all four children. In the same CBS News interview, the rapper said that after the divorce she feels “born again”, part of a message she also pushed in May 2026 through a video on her TikTok account.