Cardi B has used Snoop Dogg as an example while hitting back at claims her career has been benefitted by her skin color.
The drama comes after a social media influencer called the Bronx rap star “ghetto” despite not being “visibly Black.”
Speaking on Instagram Live, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper, who is half Dominican, half Trinidadian, addressed the criticism head on.
“There’s a lot of artists that are light-skinned. There’s a lot of artists that are dark-skinned. They don’t get the deals that I get. You wanna know why?” she said.
“Because a lot of n-ggas just don’t know how to market themselves. They just not smart enough. It’s not even about smart enough. I have been hustling for so many years. I worked in a strip club. I feel like I know the etiquette to make money.”
Cardi continued to reject the notion that she has benefitted from her light-skinned complexion by citing Snoop Dogg, who has a darker complexion, and his many endorsements.
“Or maybe I’m just born with it. It’s just like Snoop Dogg,” she continued. “Since muthafuckas wanna say I’m a gangbanger fucking ghetto bitch. Well guess what? Snoop Dogg is a gangster ass Crip. And guess what? He gets the best brand deals because we know how to brand ourselves.”
Cardi previously took issue with the comments about her ethnicity and being seen as “ghetto” in a rant on X (formerly Twitter).
“It’s crazy because when I became famous people said I’m ghetto, talked shit about my accent, call me dumb because the way I speak, say I got no couth, talk about my teeth, my braids, my two buns… and to this day no matter what I accomplished I still get called a stripper all because I’m from the ghetto,” she wrote.
“People misinterpret me because apparently I’m LOUD AND GHETTO TILL THIS DAY call me a hood rat and all… When I sat down with Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden they called me a ghetto stripper. Why is it that y’all gotta use me to make y’all comparisons cause y’all only see the glory but not when I get drag 24/7?
She added: “LEAVE ME TF ALONE AND OUT OF YALL BULLSHIT.”
Ice Spice, who was previously rumored to be at odds with Cardi, eventually stepped into the spat to diffuse the situation.
Whatever, it’s just shades of brown.
Right. It’s like sometimes my poop is dark dark. Sometimes it’s super light brown. Usually it’s a medium dark brown, kind of like a tootsie roll but a bit lighter. It’d be weird if we pooped white like seagulls, wouldn’t it? I think about that constantly and I can’t sleep because I wonder why…
They don’t get the deals she get. They don’t know how to market themselves. All she talking about is giving head and riding a pole. That ain’t talet or the it factor she being exploited by the music industry like a porn star. Body looking nasty with them implants. Butt stretched out of proportion and she wondering why her husband cheat left and right.Its cause she look nasty like the ghetto trash she is. That’s why her self esteem low. She getting old and looking tired. Her time about up like Nicki Minaj. And the industry will groom someone else to take her place.
We will continue this sad commentary while everyone past us by. Trashing each other for no gains.she didnt deserve that she didnt disrespect anyone the sss wipe she married cheated on his last females shes not the reason he doesn’t respect his own mother. Learned behaviors
She looks like a bodybuilder in that photo lol
Lets be real, its different for women.
Shorty is COMPLETELY dilusional. That’s a whole lot of jibbersh. She is a RAPPER that writes ZERO RAPS and calls it “THE IT FACTOR”? Can’t be that she’s LITERALLY AZZ NAKED ALL THE TIME? She 30 plus mother of 2 still “POPPIN OFF ON BITCHES AT…. EVERYWHERE! Y’all swear it’s CUTE BAD BISH Behavior and encourage it!!! She has repeatedly said SHE IS NOT BLACK yet says N#*AH more than my N!#@hs IN JAIL!!! Y’all sheep say She’s FROM THE HOOD SO SHE GET A PASS” Y’ALL Are the problem. She LITERALLY MAKES “MUSIC ” that she doesn’t EVEN LET HER OWN KIDS LISTEN TO, Y’ALL PLAY IT ALL DAY WITH Y’ALL KIDS! That ish dont sound CRAZY TO Y’ALL’S!!!