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    Cardi B Fires Back at Republican Politician for Blasting Her Racy Performance at Grammys

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    The ‘Bodak Yellow’ hitmaker is left fuming by Wisconsin politician Glenn Grothman after the latter criticized her ‘WAP’ performance with Megan Thee Stallion at the Grammys.

    Apr 23, 2021

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    Cardi B has taken aim at Wisconsin politician Glenn Grothman for choosing to publicly criticise her raunchy Grammy Awards performance instead of address the more pressing issue of police brutality.

    The Republican congressman used his time on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday (22Apr21) to moan about Cardi B’s racy rendition of “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion at the Grammys last month (Mar21), when their steamy primetime TV set sparked over 1,000 email complaints to officials at the Federal Communications Commission.

    “I’ve received complaints in my office – and rightfully so – about Cardi B and the Grammys,” Grothman said. “They wonder why we are paying the FCC (and) if they feel that this should be in living rooms across the nation.”

    He went on to namecheck Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for her prior support of Cardi’s music, and added, “Wake up, FCC, and begin to do your job! The moral decline of America is partly due to your utter complacency.”

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    However, Cardi didn’t take kindly to her performance being the topic of discussion in Congress, two days after former Minnesota policeman Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020 and amid the fall out following the shooting death of black teen Ma’Khia Bryant at the hands of an Ohio police officer shortly before the Chauvin verdict was announced on Tuesday.

    Venting about Grothman’s complaints via Twitter, she fumed, “This gets me so mad ya don’t even know! I think we all been on the edge this week since we seen police brutality back to back including watching one of the biggest case in history go down DUE to police brutality but wait ! This is wat state representative decide to talk about (sic).”

    Cardi then called out Grothman for failing to help bring justice for Jacob Blake, who was left paralysed from the waist down during an attempted arrest last August (20), when he was shot seven times in the back at close range by an officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin – in front of his partner and their three children.

    “Mind you N**kas can’t give a word about Jacob Blake or give him proper Justice but this part of the reason why !!!!!” the rapper raged.

    “They giving seats to F**KIN IDIOTS!!This is why people gotta vote ,elect better people cause you got these dum a**es representing states (sic).”

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    Funkmaster Flex Calls Cardi B a 'Terrible Rapper,' Twitter Reacts

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    The Hot 97 radio host divides social media users after he calls out the ‘WAP’ hitmaker over her rapping and songwriting skills, but praises her as ‘an amazing entertainer.’

    Apr 14, 2021

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    Funkmaster Flex isn’t holding back with his comments on Cardi B. The veteran DJ and hip-hop artist has dissed the latter over her rapping and songwriting skills during a recent sit-down with the “Cigar Talk” podcast.

    “I do think Cardi B is a terrible rapper, my n***a, I just do, man,” the Hot 97 radio host, whose real name is Aston George Taylor Jr., told host Najichill. “She’s a terrible rapper, man. I don’t know. Even if somebody [else] wrote [her songs], those aren’t good bars. So somebody sold you bad bars! Is nobody gonna f**king say it?”

    Despite criticizing the Bronx femcee as a rapper, Funkmaster Flex praised Cardi as an entertainer. He said of her outstanding qualities, “She’s an amazing entertainer, I love her on social media, I love the way she talks about a subject, I like her whole swag, I like everything.”

    Cardi has not responded to Funkmaster Flex’s remarks, but it didn’t take long for social media users to react to his opinion. Disagreeing with him, one person tweeted, “Hey funk flex. We like cardi for her overall package as an artist/musician/entertainer. Sorry if you’re judging her purely as a rapper.”

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    Another defended the “WAP hitmaker, “She is not a great lyricist but she can make hits. 5 number 1 hits so far??? That is something not many in Hip Hop have ever done. I am an old head but i try not to be the stay off my lawn guy when it comes to these new artists. Let them make that money and congratulate them.”

    A third fan accused Funkmaster Flex of being spiteful as saying, “looooool idgaf how legendary he is this is so cap. just say you hate the woman and GO.” Another claimed he was just trying to gain some clout, “Never heard of him till he spoke on cardi. Guess he got the attention he begged for.”

    However, there were others who agreed with Funkmaster Flex. “He’s RIGHT! She is very entertaining regardless if you a fan or not. I saw her live once and I enjoyed it. But she can’t rap,” one of them argued.

    Another remarked, “Cardi B is a machine and so far it’s working. And the title of a rapper is used to loosely nowadays anyways.” Someone else pointed out, “Imagine having all the numbers,topping charts and awards and yet you ain’t even on anyone’s top list. Girl please.”

    This isn’t the first time Funkmaster Flex has taken aim at Cardi B. Back in August 2018, the 52-year-old accused the Grammy Award-winning artist of paying DJs to play her music. “I met Cardi and her management and I respected his and Cardi’s hustle! BUT LETS BE CLEAR.. CARDI’S TEAM AND MANY OTHER ARTIST (in the beginning of career) PAY DJS TO PLAY RECORDS AND SAY THAT ‘THEY ARE HOT’ (Since I never took a penny from a rapper I’m not scared to speak on it) I have emails I’ve gotten from labels over the years with names and figures!” he tweeted in response to her video in which she spoke of fans’ support to her since her song “Bodak Yellow” blew up.

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    Cardi B Reacts to BLACKPINK's Rose Doing 'WAP' Challenge

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    The 24-year-old Korean star shares a video of her dancing to Cardi and Megan Thee Stallion’s hit song to celebrate 10 million followers on the video-sharing platform.

    Apr 5, 2021

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    Cardi B was left impressed upon learning Rose was doing the “WAP” challenge. Having found the BLACKPINK star dancing to her hit collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, the Manhattan-born raptress took to social media to share her reaction.

    The 28-year-old, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, made use of Twitter on Sunday, April 4 to retweet someone’s post which contained Rose’s dancing video. Alongside the footage, the femcee wrote, “She still looks sooo innocent…Sooo buteee.”

    Cardi B reacted to BLACKPINK’s Rose doing ‘WAP’ challenge.

    The “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker’s tweet came after the Korean beauty put out the clip on her TikTok account. The 24-year-old star took part in the “WAP” challenge to celebrate her recent achievement of reaching 10 million followers on the video-sharing platform.

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    The video, which was put out earlier on Sunday, saw Rose sporting an oversized light gray hoodie and sweatpants. She began the challenge with a high kick before quickly making it drop and twerking. In the accompaniment of the post, she enthusiastically declared, “#10M !! Here you go.”

    Rose and Cardi previously teamed up for BLACKPINK’s song “Bet You Wanna”, which was released in October 2020. Aside from the wife of Offset, the group also worked with other artists such as Selena Gomez and Lady GaGa on their debut record called “The Album”.

    Having been thrilled to have collaborated with those hitmakers, Rose, Jennie, Jisoo and Lisa, expressed their excitement in an interview with CNN. “We grew up listening to a wide variety of music. We all grew up in different areas, but I would say some of the amazing people we collaborated with we all grew up listening to and we are big fans of them,” the former first stated.

    In response to Rose’s statement, Jennie chimed in, “[Cardi B] is our first rap feature.” She then added, “We are so excited to share this music with you guys.”

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    Cardi B Dubs Rumors That Eminem Declines Her Collaboration Request 'Big Lies'

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    While setting the record straight on her Twitter account, the ‘Bodak Yellow’ raptress informs her online devotees that she hasn’t ‘sent no songs to no artist yet.’

    Mar 27, 2021

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    Cardi B has set the record straight on rumors about her collaboration with Eminem. Having heard speculations suggesting that the “Rap God” spitter rejected her feature request for her next album, the “WAP” hitmaker labelled the claims as “big lies.”

    The 28-year-old femcee offered her clarification via Twitter on Thursday, March 25. Retweeting a post that contained a shady report, she argued, “BIG LIES….I get off the internet and ya makin s**t up. I haven’t sent no songs to no artist yet. Love his work and much respect.This don’t even make sense.”

    Cardi B shut down rumors suggesting that Eminem rejected her collaboration request.

    The original post, which Cardi reacted to, read, “Insiders Report: that Eminem has now declined a ft request for Cardi B’s upcoming project: says ‘she doesn’t care about the culture or her craft.’ ” The user who brought up the fake news then added in another tweet, “Don’t shoot me I’m just reporting what the insiders said.”

    The “Bodak Yellow” raptress also set aside time to hit back at an individual who put out a since-deleted tweet. “CAUSE YA MAKE LIES ABOUT ME ALL THE TIME!!! Leave me the f**k alone !!!Ya be eating my d**k with mayonnaise even when I’m chillin then run with it,” she raged.

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    Cardi B urged one troll to leave her alone.

    Later on Friday, March 26, the wife of Offset made use of Twitter to tease her new project. “Since they like to make up LIES about me cause their so obsessed just know this .. y’all laughing about this fake rumor but wait until y’all see these next collab,” she pointed out.

    Cardi B teased her upcoming project.

    Cardi, whose song “Up” managed to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, previously shut down rumors about whether or not her latest track landed on the first position due to radio-play payola. “They love to run with that ‘Payola’ to make them feel better,” she stated on Instagram. “Mind you, I didn’t [debut] number 1 because of my low radio play and ‘WAP’ barely made radio cause it was so explicit yet still made number 1.”

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    Cardi B Celebrating as 'WAP' Grammy Performance Becomes Viral Hit Following Criticisms

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    The ‘Bodak Yellow’ hitmaker thanks the conservative critics including Candace Owens and FOX News for helping to boost online views of her raunchy Grammy performance.

    Mar 17, 2021

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    Cardi B is embracing the conservative backlash to her raunchy Grammy Awards performance of “WAP” because the controversy is only helping to drive up video views of the set.

    The rapper teamed up with song collaborator Megan Thee Stallion to turn up the heat at Sunday’s (14Mar21) ceremony with a steamy rendition of the X-rated tune, which saw the stars bump and grind against one another onstage.

    The set sent conservative political commentators into a spin, with pundit Candace Owens claiming the performance of “WAP” was “an attack on American values,” adding, “We are celebrating perversity.”

    However, Cardi, who has always made it clear the song was not for children, insists having haters discuss the topic on TV and online has only served to boost YouTube views of her Grammys appearance, which ultimately benefits her.

    “Love it or hate it, criticize it, judge it JUST BRING THE VIEWS IN… NUMBER 1 trending,” she tweeted on Monday.

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    As the video footage passed the four million views mark, Cardi quipped, “Americans are so horny,” and went on to share footage of Owens’ appearance on broadcaster Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show.

    “Yaaaayyyyyyy WE MADE FOX NEWS GUYS !!! Wap wap wap (sic),” she joked in the early hours of Tuesday.

    Cardi has since remarked, “Matter fact I’m just going to thank Candy (Owens).”

    “She put my performance on Fox News giving it more views that boosted the views on YouTube and is counting towards my streams and sales…”

    “STREAM UP AND WAP .REMEMBER GROWN PARENTS ONLY YOU CAN MONITOR WHAT YOUR KIDS WATCH NO1 ELSE (sic).”

    Cardi is no stranger to the criticism of “WAP”, an acronym for “Wet A** P**sy”, as she also faced backlash over the song’s subject matter when it was first released last summer (20).

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    Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Slammed for Glorifying Prostitution With 'WAP' Grammys Performance

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    The National Center on Sexual Exploitation claims in a statement that the two raptresses’ performance at the award-giving show was too racy, likening it to a ‘cut from a hardcore pornography film.’

    Mar 17, 2021

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    Cardi B and her “WAP” collaborator Megan Thee Stallion brought heat at the 63rd Grammy Awards on Monday, March 14 with their performance of the racy song. While some were impressed by the spectacular performance, some others criticized the two raptresses and the Grammys for allegedly contributing “to the sexual exploitation of women by glamorizing prostitution and stripping.”

    The National Center on Sexual Exploitation claimed in a statement that Megan and Cardi’s performance was too racy, likening it to a “cut from a hardcore pornography film.” Dawn Hawkins, the Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the group, also believed that CBS should have not air the performance “despite the ‘popularity’ ” of the song.

    “Prostitution and stripping are never empowering for women, as they set up systems that exploit and oppress women,” read the statement. “CBS has contributed to furthering the sexual exploitation of women and contributed to the ‘normalization’ of porn culture.”

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    This is hardly the first time for Cardi and Megan to receive backlash for the raunchy song. During her appearance on Australian radio show “The Kyle and Jackie O Show” back in August 2020, Cardi defended the chart-topping track, saying, “The people that the song bothers are usually conservatives or really religious people, but my thing is I grew up listening to this type of music.”

    She went on to say, “Other people might think it’s strange and vulgar, but to me it’s almost like really normal, you know what I’m saying.” Referring to her and Offset’s daughter Kulture, Cardi added, “No, of course I don’t want my child to listen to this song and everything. It’s for adults.”

    Megan also blasted critics during her appearance in a December 2020 episode of “The Jonathan Ross Show”. “All the male rappers I know love WAP. I feel like, for a long time, men felt like they owned sex,” she said at the time. “Sometimes when women speak about sex, I feel like it makes other people uncomfortable because it’s like, ‘How dare you talk about your own vagina? You’re not supposed to be talking about a vagina.’ But, I mean it’s frickin’ 2020, why am I not allowed to talk about my body? It’s my goddamn body.”

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    Cardi B Rips Comedian Out for Shading Her Hit Song 'WAP'

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    Conservative comedian Tim Young takes to Twitter to apparently throw shade at the Grammy-winning raptress for her raunchy song and liken it to books by children’s author Dr. Seuss.

    Mar 16, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Cardi B was hitting back at a comedian who wrote a subliminal tweet about the raptress’ hit track “WAP”. In a post on Monday, March 15, conservative comedian Tim Young appeared to shade and liken Cardi’s raunchy song to books by children’s author Dr. Seuss.
    “The lyrics to ‘Wet A** P***y’ are more welcome in some schools than Dr. Seuss books,” so the comedian wrote on the blue bird app. He went on adding, “just let that sink in for a minute.”
    Cardi caught wind of the tweet and didn’t hesitate to fiercely respond. “When has a school made kids read the lyrics to wap?” the “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker wrote in a quote-retweet. “I get it wap might be a lil vulgar but stop comparing a sensual song to books that has RACIST content! How can ya not tell the difference?I see that common sense aint that common.”

    Cardi B clapped back at Tim Young for the shady tweet.

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    The wife of Offset didn’t stop there as she continued to rant, “By the way Dr Seuss publishing company made the decisions to remove those books on their own .Black people are not the one telling these companies to do things that they think Is ‘progressive’ black only ask for equal justice.”
    She went on attacking conservatives, “Conservatives been making viral tweets comparing WAP to the banning of some of Dr Seuss books as if there’s any correlations between the two ….Well I can DEFINITELY tell some of ya ONLY read dr Seuss books. cause ya mind lacks comprehension.”

    The rapper further slammed conservatives.
    Fans rallied behind Cardi following her clapback tweets. “It’s the dumbest take ever. Comparing a rap song to a children’s book,” one person commented. “They really will say anything and not stop to think if it makes sense. Your target audience is adults who want to dance and listen to music. Suess target audience is children. CHILDREN.”
    “Imagine hating female sexuality that much. Imagine negatively obsessing over a song so much that everything you disagree with it becomes the measure. Imagine how empty their life really is. We love you, Cardi. #WAPForever,” another person wrote to the Bronx star. Meanwhile, someone advised Cardi to just ignore haters, writing, “stop giving the attention they’re looking for miss girl.”

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    Grammys 2021: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Deliver Sultry Performance, Doja Cat Goes Futuristic

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    The ‘Bodak Yellow’ hitmaker and her ‘WAP’ collaborator bring the heat with their joint performance, while the ‘Say So’ songstress wows during her laser-packed set.

    Mar 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion heated up the stage at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards. The duo delivered a show-stopping performance of their controversial, yet hit song at the Sunday, March 14 show.
    Megan started it off solo, performing her “Good News” single “Body” on a set that captured the glitz and allure of old Hollywood. Donning a silver long-sleeve body suit, she showed off her signature booty shaking moves, before delivering her Grammy-winning single “Savage”. While Beyonce Knowles didn’t appear to sing her part on the remix, Megan clearly owned the stage as she nailed the choreography, joined by suited male dancers.
    The stage then transitioned to a futuristic set, from where Cardi delivered her hit “WAP” in a metallic pink suit. Megan later joined the “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker, showcasing provocative dance moves for their first televised performance of the track.
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    Doja Cat also gave a futuristic vibe during her own performance of “Say So”. Donning a black leotard, she performed from a laser-packed set. “I haven’t been waiting for this for my whole life, I’ve been preparing,” she said in a voiceover before breaking into her rendition of her hit.
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    Also being basked in the laser beams was Bad Bunny, who performed “Dakiti” with his collaborator Jhay Cortez. He dressed up in a puffy jacket with futuristic-looking sunglasses, while standing on a towering platform, before Jhay appeared during the latter portion of the song.

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    Maren Morris and John Mayer delivered another duet performance that night, singing “The Bones” off her 2019 second studio album “Girl”. She looked stunning in a red silky dress with a thigh-high slit, as John stood a bit far left and behind while strumming his guitar.
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    Billie Eilish, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, South Korean pop sensation BTS (Bangtan Boys) and Lil Baby were also among the performers at the event. Earlier that night, Lionel Richie led a tribute to Kenny Rogers with a performance of “Lady”, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak sang “Tall Sally” and “Good Golly Miss Molly” to honor the late Little Richard, before Roddy Ricch wrapped up the ceremony with “The Box”.
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