Cardi B In Tears As Video Of Offset Shooting Her Boyfriend Goes Viral
The Knee-Capping of a Legacy: Offset’s Descent into Violent Desperation
The streets have witnessed plenty of reckless behavior disguised as bravado, but January 2026 marked a new, terrifying low for hip-hop culture. When Selena Powell, the self-proclaimed “Black Widow” of social media, released a FaceTime recording of Kiari “Offset” Cephus, she didn’t just leak some celebrity gossip; she pulled back the curtain on a man completely spiraling out of control. The audio was not merely disrespectful; it was criminal. To hear a grown man, a father, and a global superstar explicitly threaten to “beat, strip, and shoot” an NFL player in the knee is to witness the total collapse of emotional maturity. This wasn’t a rap lyric. This wasn’t a metaphor. This was a direct, targeted threat against the livelihood of Stefon Diggs, a man whose only crime was loving the woman Offset spent years taking for granted.
The specificity of the threat is what chills the blood. “Shot in the knee.” For a professional athlete like Diggs, currently playing for the New England Patriots, his legs are his life. They are the engine of his career, the source of his $20 million net worth, and the tools he uses to secure his family’s future. For Offset to zero in on that specific vulnerability reveals a level of vindictiveness that goes beyond jealousy. It is a desire to maim, to permanently disable, and to destroy a man’s capacity to work. It is the behavior of a coward who realizes he cannot compete on character, so he resorts to threats of physical mutilation. When you analyze the visual of that FaceTime call—Offset sitting in the darkness, eyes hidden behind glasses, aggression dripping from his voice—you see a man who has lost the plot entirely.
It is profoundly ironic, and deeply pathetic, that this exposure came from Selena Powell. For years, she has been dismissed as a chaotic opportunist, a clout chaser who thrives on the misery of others. Yet, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Her claim that she feared for her safety because Offset owed her $15,000 and was threatening her is rendered entirely believable by the audio evidence she provided. She wrote, “If anything happens to me, Offset did it,” and for once, the world didn’t roll its eyes. They listened. The fact that Offset was allegedly sleeping next to her just days prior, on January 3rd, further highlights the chaotic mess of his personal life. He is a man jumping from bed to bed, spreading misery and threats, while his ex-wife is trying to build a stable home.
The hypocrisy at the center of this saga is staggering enough to induce vertigo. Offset spent the better part of a decade embarrassing Cardi B. From the infidelity scandals that broke just months after their secret marriage in 2017 to the alleged impregnation of another woman in June 2024, his disrespect was chronic and public. He treated his marriage like a turnstile, expecting Cardi to always be there waiting on the other side. But now that she has finally moved on, now that she has found a partner in Stefon Diggs who offers support rather than scandal, Offset has decided to play the role of the aggrieved victim. It is the ultimate double standard of toxic masculinity: he felt entitled to cheat on her repeatedly, yet he views her happiness with another man as a personal insult that warrants lethal force.
His behavior toward the children involved in this mess is even more reprehensible. It takes a particularly small man to attack an infant. Reports that Offset dissed Cardi’s newborn son with Diggs, claiming that his daughter Culture “doesn’t like the baby,” represent a moral nadir. Dragging innocent children into his war of ego is unforgivable. He is willing to weaponize the sibling bond, to poison the well of family unity, just to score points against his ex-wife. This isn’t protection; it’s destruction. When he posted “My Kid LOL” about the new baby, his representatives tried to spin it as a misunderstanding. But the public isn’t stupid. We saw the texts to Jordan Gore asking for a “drop” on Diggs. We saw the pattern of harassment. We know exactly what he was doing.
Cardi B’s emotional deterioration throughout this ordeal is painful to watch and serves as a damning indictment of Offset’s character. This is a woman forged in the fires of the Bronx, a hustler who prides herself on toughness and street smarts. For her to go on Instagram Live, tears streaming down her face, admitting that she is terrified and “tired of getting harassed,” signals a profound breaking point. She explicitly stated, “I regret you.” She didn’t say she regretted the marriage or the time wasted; she regretted him as a person. That distinction is devastating. It strips away any romantic nostalgia and leaves only the raw trauma of a survivor. When she admitted that “snitching” goes against her upbringing but that she feared for her life, she highlighted just how dangerous the situation had become. She was forced to choose between her code and her safety, a choice no woman should have to make because her ex-husband can’t handle rejection.
Contrast Offset’s spiraling mania with the conduct of Stefon Diggs. The NFL star has been a study in class and restraint. While Offset is out here screaming about shooting knees and beating people up, Diggs is posting motivational quotes and catching touchdowns. He hasn’t engaged in the mudslinging. He hasn’t responded to the “OP” allegations or the petty insults about his career. He has simply continued to be a present partner and a professional athlete. His silence is louder than any of Offset’s threats. It highlights the vast chasm between a man who is secure in himself and a man who is crumbling under the weight of his own insecurity. Diggs is protecting his peace; Offset is actively destroying his own.
The potential legal fallout for Offset is severe, and frankly, it is deserved. Georgia’s terroristic threat statutes are not to be trifled with. We are talking about recorded evidence of a threat to cause serious bodily harm. If Diggs or Powell were to press charges, Offset could be looking at real time, compounded by his history of legal issues and probation violations. His career stands on the precipice of ruin. The music industry, for all its tolerance of bad behavior, has a breaking point. Fans are already turning. The sentiment on social media is overwhelmingly negative, with 70% of users condemning his actions. People are tired of the “bad boy” act when it crosses over into domestic abuse and violent threats against innocent third parties. His streaming numbers are predicted to dip, and brands will likely distance themselves from a man who threatens to cripple professional athletes.
Ultimately, this saga is a tragedy of ego. Offset had everything—a superstar wife, a beautiful family, a thriving career—and he threw it all away for fleeting thrills. Now that reality has set in, now that he sees Cardi thriving without him, he has resorted to the only tool he has left: fear. But fear is a weak man’s weapon. By threatening to shoot Stefon Diggs in the knee, Offset didn’t prove he was a gangster; he proved he was a loser. He proved that he cannot accept the consequences of his own actions. He proved that he is willing to destroy everything around him rather than look in the mirror and accept that he is the architect of his own misery.
The “street code” he likely thinks he is upholding does not validate threatening the mother of your children or the man raising them. It is a perversion of loyalty to demand submission through violence. January 2026 will be remembered not for a hit song or a sold-out tour, but for the moment the world heard the real Offset—a man so consumed by jealousy and regret that he was willing to throw his life away just to make sure no one else could be happy. Cardi B was right to regret him. The rest of the world is starting to regret giving him a platform at all. The music might stop, but the record of his behavior will play on forever, a skipping track of threats and insecurity that no amount of auto-tune can fix.
