Cardi B defends her decision to include Kylie Jenner in her headline-breaking music video for her new single “WAP.”
The track features fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion and dance comos from Sukihana, Rubi Rose, Mulatto, Rosalía, and Normani. It also features Jenner, 23, who strikes a chord in another scene.
After the video dropped, the Grammy winner got some backlash for asking Jenner to be part of the project.
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A fan on Twitter pointed out that while Normani was performing a dance sequence, Jenner was just running around, but more was being talked about.
‘Normani did this ALLEN and Kylie walked into the hall and opened a door. “If that’s not a perfect visual indication that Black women have to do the most and white women do the bare minimum to get somewhere, I do not know what is,” said the user.
Cardi B (L)’s new hit ‘WAP’ features Megan Thee Stallion (R).
(Atlantic Records / YouTube)
Cardi responded to the criticism on a few since deleted tweets, according to E! News.
“Normani is one of the best female artists who dances when she dances with her f – king a – off! Why would she open a door? Please tell me how that would make sense? The best part of the song is the beat & hook it what makes you want to shake your a–, “she said. “Not everything is about race.”
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Cardi further stated that she is throwing the makeup mogul and reality TV star in the video due to other factors.
“Why did I put Kylie on my music video? She treated my sister [Hennessy] and daughter [Kulture] so dear to her children [Stormi‘s] bday party, ‘she said.
Kylie Jenner in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new music video ‘WAP.’
(Atlantic Records / YouTube)
Rapper “Bodak Yellow” added that Jenner’s ex, rapper Travis Scott, and Cardi B’s husband, rapper Offset, are “close” and Jenner’s mother, Kris Jenner, gave her “advice on certain things” at the time. she is asked.
After another fan wrote, ‘Normani danced, that’s her talent! Kylie struts like a model, that’s her talent! People just weird! And Cardi replied, “Exactly.”
Some fans were so pesturbed by Jenner’s comeo in the video that a petition was made on Change.org titled “Remove Kylie Jenner from WAP video.”
“The video was perfect until we saw K and I wanted to throw my phone away,” writes the user who started the petition on the site. Over the weekend, more than 47,900 people signed the petition seeking a target of 50,000 signatures.
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Meanwhile, “WAP” has revamped more than 60M views on YouTube since Monday.
