Cardi B addresses the backlash her song 'WAP' received; says she was surprised

Cardi B and Megan e Stallion's collaboration song WAP found itself in controversies as soon as it was released in August 2020. Though it dominated music charts for a long time,  song received a lot of backlash from fans for its explicit content and lyrics. Cardi B has finally dressed backlash. Scroll down to see what Cardi B h to say about WAP backlash.

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Cardi B dresses WAP Backlash

According to People magazine, Money Bag rapper during a chat with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe said that she was “surprised” when people shared negative reactions to hit track. She shared, “When WAP came out, people that were criticizing it most, y were like, ‘This is so nasty, this is so freaky’ — I don’t even think it was religious people, it was really a lot of Republicans.”

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Cardi furr clarified that it was conservatives with social media platforms who criticised hit song and t elected officials. She said, “Big Republicans, t like senators and s— like that, it was literally like those morf—— that got blue checks on Twitter, y’re big influencers, and it’s just like out of anything that y’all could have talked about it?”

Cardi even thinks that negative backlash might have h been a result of her endorsement of Democratic politicians and policies, “I used to endorse Bernie [Sanders] and n Joe Biden, so y were just trying to figure a way out to pick on me.”
Cardi ded, “Like, ‘Oh Joe Biden is this girl you were doing that interview with? girl that’s talking about WAP? That’s what you want America to be influenced by?’ “

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Back in August 2020, post WAP's release Cardi defended song as t overly explicit and within context of hip-hop and rap genre, calling out a double standard in society. Cardi also ded that it should be a brainer that her music and songs are for grownups and she would t let her 2-year-old daughter Kulture Kiari listen to it. 

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Cardi B's Songs

Cardi B is an American rapper and songwriter whose debut album Invasion of Privacy which released in 2018 received universal acclaim from critics. New York Times called her debut album, "one of most powerful debuts of this millennium."  album entered at number one spot in United States, while she became first female artist to chart 13 entries simultaneously on  Billboard Hot 100. Her debut solo album became most streamed album by a female artist in a week on Apple Music. She has been named as a "pop culture phemen" by Entertainment Weekly and has been crowned as "Queen of Rap" by New Musical Express. Some of Cardi B's songs include hit numbers Taki Taki, Money, Girls Like You and many more. Her new single UP recently released on February 5, 2021.

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