It has been several months since Cardi B released to the world “WAP”, a hit who, together with Megan Thee Stallion, set off alarms around the world. And not for getting sneak into the playlists of both hemispheres, but because a sector of the population cataloged his lyrics as too explicit. The same argument he used Snoop Dogg when referring to the rapper’s latest project.
“Women are too powerful”
Faced with this situation, it was Offset himself, the rapper’s husband, who came to his defense claiming that he was not involved in a woman’s business, but who hates “when men do that”. According to the TMZ portal, the artist continued explaining that male rappers aren’t making a difference either Regarding the theme of his songs: “As rappers, we talk about the same shit. Men can’t talk about women, they are too powerful.”
In addition, he continued to appeal to the great role that rappers have today: “We never had so many female artists do this shit. They catch up with us and set records. They are two record women, “she confessed, referring to Cardi and Megan.”We must encourage our women and not tell them what they can or cannot do, “he concluded.
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Kylie Jenner, harshly criticized after her appearance on “WAP”
Apart from the undisputed prominence of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, Rosalía and Kylie Jenner were two great claims after the publication of the video clip of “WAPBut like everything the rapper does, it was not without controversy. Change.org, the platform for making online petitions, launched a campaign published by one of its users asking for signatures with a single purpose: to eliminate Kylie Jenner of the video clip for “WAP.” The initial goal was to reach 75,000. All for a matter of blackfishing where even Danielle Young, writer of The Root, published his opinion on the subject.
“Normani did ALL this and Kylie walked down the hall and opened a door.
If that’s not a perfect visual indication of Black women having to do the most and white women do the bare minimum to get somewhere, I don’t know what is. https://t.co/ZGvbfzQeLs“
— Danielle Young (@RhapsoDani) August 7, 2020
“Normani did ALL of this and Kylie walked down the hall and opened a door. If that’s not a perfect visual indication that black women have to do more and white women do the least to get anywhere, I don’t know what it is then, “he tweeted on his profile. The post summarizes the possible frustration some women might feel seeing Kylie in a video where, regardless of the fantasy of her aesthetics, the main theme is that black women are masters of their sexuality.
“There are problems in this world that I preach on all the time about race. But this is not about a fucking race “, Cardi B began in a tweet that responded to the one posted by Danielle Young. “Why did I put Kylie in my music video? Because treated my sister and daughter in a lovely way at your son’s birthday party. Travis and Set are very close, “continued the rapper. Some explanations that after a few hours she ended up eliminating from her social networks.
“#CardiB speaks out against comparisons between #Normani and #KylieJenner, explains why she invited Kylie to be in the #WAP video:
“This is not about f*ckin race. Why did I put Kylie on my music video? She treated my sister and daughter so lovely at her kid bday party.” pic.twitter.com/VcXOMQ4r0x“
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 10, 2020
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