Deja Davis
Managing Editor
“I had very limited options,” said Cardi B referencing her recent controversy.
The Grammy award winner for best rap album has been receiving heavy backlash after a video resurfaced on social media.
The video was of her stating that she used to drug and rob men while she worked as a stripper in New York.
In the past, Cardi has addressed her career as a stripper, saying that it was part of how she managed to escape poverty and domestic violence.
The original video was made as her career was starting to take off and initially was a response to someone who said she didn’t deserve her success because she hadn’t put in any work.
“Nothing was handed to me. Nothing,” she said in the video, before going on to reveal that she would invite men to a hotel before drugging and robbing them.
When Cardi saw the story going viral, she posted a written Instagram post addressing the controversy.
“So I’m seeing on social media that a live I did three years ago has popped back up. A live where I talked about things I had to do in my past right or wrong that I felt I needed to do to make a living,” she wrote on Tuesday, March 26.
She added: “I’m a part of a hip-hop culture where you can talk about where you come from, talk about the wrong things you had to do to get where you are.”
Cardi B ended the statement by explaining that the men she referred to in the old video were men she then dated or was involved with, and were “very conscious, willing and aware”.
Many memes were created by Instagram and Twitter users, as well as the hashtag #SurvivingCardiB which was trending – the reference to Surviving R Kelly, the documentary that exposed the years of sexual allegations against the star.
Some users even compared the Bodak Yellow rapper to comedian Bill Cosby, who was sentenced to jail in 2018 after being accused of drugging and assaulting women.
“Bill Cosby and Cardi B are both criminals in my eyes. Only difference is that one is a female and popular in the media right now. She deserves the same treatment and punishment as him.” @AmbitiousHaedyn tweeted via Twitter.
The star mentioned that while many artists glorify violence and crime, that was never her intention.
“There are rappers that glorify murder violence drugs and robbing people. Crimes they feel they had to do to survive,” she said.
“I never glorified the things I brought up in that live I never even put those things in my music because I’m not proud of it and feel responsibility not to glorify it.”
Even though Cardi B stated that she was not proud of her actions, she felt they were necessary at the time.
“I made the choices that I did at the time because I had very limited options. I was blessed to have been able to rise from that but so many women have not. Whether or not they were poor choices at the time I did what I had to do to survive.” she said.
Her Bardi Gang fans are still showing their die hard and loyal support since it took place when she was a young minded 19-year-old, while others are still holding her accountable for this tragic issue and have officially cancelled her as a rap artist.
She ended with an Instagram post saying, “All I can do now is be a better me for myself my family and my future.”
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