Okay, this is a semi-bias promo-post because I’m talking about a female artist who manifested her dreams from a tiny apartment room in the South Bronx district of the big apple city. As it is said “If You Can Make It In NYC, You Can Make It Anywhere”, and Cardi B has made it!
The former reality star turned rapper is heating up the charts with her newly released album debut – ‘Invasion Of Privacy’. This is was long awaited and highly pressured by the fans who help Cardi chart her two prior singles ‘Bodak Yellow” and ‘Bartier Cardi’ to No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Cardi is giving us unvarnished millennial testimonies all through out this album. With feature collaborations with SZA (I Do) Khelani (Ring), The Migos (Drip), Chance the Rapper (Best Life) , and J Blavin (I Like It) – Cardi is serving us an all inclusive of trap, pop, r&b, rap, and reggaeton music.
“She has also been the most reliable hip-hop guest star of the last 12 months, with appearances on G-Eazy’s “No Limit,” Migos’s “MotorSport,” Ozuna’s “La Modelo” and the remix of Bruno Mars’s “Finesse” — she has yet to release a dud. For someone who only started rapping a few years ago, that stylistic versatility is striking — it shows Cardi to be a quick study” – Time Magazine
Keeping the momentum lit, Cardi confirmed pregnancy rumors with fiancee’ – Offset in the second set of her Saturday Night Live performance.
After Cardi B’s pregnancy reveal on SNL, there was an onslaught of criticism that weighed more heavily than her congratulatory mentions. Her age, the man in her life, and concerns for her rap career (after confirming that she has a ‘ghost writer’) was up for questioning.
As hip hop fanatic, I was a bit distressed to learn that Cardi B was not writing her own raps but this is no SHOCKING news either as there are tons of ghost writing that goes on behind the scenes. Former and current millennial hip hop artists (Drake, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Fat Joe, Jim Jones, etc) are rumored to have had record assistance from other song-writers and producers.
In her own words, the 25-year old millionaire is capable of providing for her unborn and sustaining her music career. ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ is out now.