Rapper Cardi B is keen to get “nasty” on the subject of defending her youngsters.
Following the discharge of her second full-length album “Am I the Drama?” in September, the “I Like It” singer publicly feuded with Nicki Minaj. Each rappers’ youngsters had been additionally pulled into the fracas.
In a current interview with Paper journal, Cardi B opened up in regards to the combative change.
“This week I confirmed the world that I’ll get probably the most nasty about mine. I by no means needed to get that nasty for my youngsters. However I did, and I actually really feel like a lioness,” she mentioned. “This has been one of many moments I obtained examined probably the most about being a dad or mum.”
The meat between music’s greatest feminine rappers has been an ongoing saga courting again to 2017. The latest spat happened on X in late September, when Minaj belittled Cardi B’s file gross sales. The 2 proceeded to tear aside one another’s private {and professional} lives.
Cardi B known as out Minaj for feuding together with her on X as a substitute of celebrating her son’s birthday. Minaj known as Cardi B’s 7-year-old daughter “ugly,” amongst different mean-spirited names, and began to query her son’s mind growth. The spat ended with Cardi B asking to fulfill up with Minaj — they haven’t posted about one another since.
Cardi described her habits as that of a “mom warrior” and defined the lengths she would go to guard her kin. The 33-year-old performer is presently pregnant together with her fourth little one, her first with New England Patriots broad receiver Stefon Diggs. The “WAP” performer shares three youngsters — Kulture, Wave and Blossom — with rapper Offset.
“Am I the Drama?” is Cardi B’s first full-length venture in seven years. The 23-track album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200 and hit platinum 10 days after its preliminary launch. Her debut, “Invasion of Privateness,” earned her a Grammy for rap album in 2019 and made her the primary solo feminine artist to win in that class.
Whereas doing press for her latest LP, Cardi B hasn’t strayed away from speaking about parenthood. She informed Paper that she goals to instill a hardworking mentality in her youngsters.
“It’s a must to hope that your youngsters have that work ethic in them, and I simply pray that they do,” she mentioned. “I don’t need one in every of them to really feel they’re behind their siblings. You simply set to work and never assume an excessive amount of. … Procrastination is what kills you. It’s what slows you. Don’t ask an excessive amount of questions. Simply go and f— do it.”
