After efficiently proving she’s “harmless for actual” in a high-profile assault case, Cardi B is getting straight again to enterprise.
On Wednesday, September 3, a day after she wrapped her trial, the 32-year-old rapper hopped on Instagram to advertise her new album “Am I the Drama?,” in a lighthearted video in search of “donations” amid her court docket charges.
“Donate to an angel for simply the worth of $9.99…Hyperlink in bio if you wish to go to heaven,” wrote the “Bongos” artist within the caption.
Within the video, with fiery shoulder-length purple hair, naked toes, and wearing a black “Bride of Chuckie” t-shirt and black shorts, Cardi explains that “attributable to in style demand,” she was unveiling restricted version “Am I the Drama” CDs with covers that includes her viral memes from the trial.
She pulled two completely different varieties from her waistband and offered them to the digicam. The primary was the day she wore the lengthy blonde wig, and the second was the day she wore the lengthy black wig. She famous she didn’t embody the primary wig she wore whereas muttering about the way it regarded.
“They value 9.99 and simply because I gained the decision, guess what I nonetheless gotta pay these attorneys,” she defined. “So should you might donate $9.99, these can be costing $9.99, please purchase these.”
Then, doubling down on claims she made in a brand new Billboard journal cowl story about being the “solely supplier” for the three kids she shares along with her ex-husband, Offset, she added, “You already know I’m a single mom of three.”
Cardi and Offset finalized their divorce in July 2024, however greater than a yr later, they’ve continued to be embroiled in drama, from social media fights to inflicting tabloid fodder. Whereas talking to Billboard, Cardi was requested the place issues stand and whether or not or not they may very well be associates. To which she responded: “I attempted. Subsequent query.”
She additional opened up in regards to the sacrifices she has to make to make sure the well-being of her kids: daughter Kulture, 8; son Wave, 3; and Blossom (who was born in September 2024).
“Should you assume while you get wealthy you’re going to cease working, you’re by no means going to cease working,” she informed the publication.
Throughout her comedic video, she jokingly harassed, “Like I swear to god, if I don’t promote these albums, I’m gonna have to love quit my Rolls Royce, quit my Lamborghini. Like, how am I going to reside? How am I going to take my children to high school?”
She added that the particular court docket editions of her album would solely be out there till Friday, earlier than teasingly asking her followers, “You bought $10 for me? You bought $10 for me. You possibly can’t give me $10 f— {dollars}?”
The video wrapped along with her taking viewers along with her to go and hawk the album by the roadside.
On Tuesday, September 2, a Los Angeles jury cleared Cardi in a $24 million civil assault case introduced by former safety guard Emani Ellis, ending a years-long authorized battle that stemmed from a 2018 encounter. Ellis accused the rapper of scratching, spitting, and utilizing racial slurs throughout an altercation whereas Cardi was pregnant and visiting the gynecologist’s workplace she labored at.
The jury swiftly sided with the Grammy winner after she testified she solely exchanged phrases, not blows. The trial grew to become a viral spectacle thanks largely to Cardi’s unfiltered, meme-worthy reactions and peak Cardi responses all through the proceedings. After her win, she informed reporters she was selecting to not pursue a countersuit this time, however others shouldn’t count on that very same grace sooner or later.
The courtroom victory arrives simply weeks earlier than the discharge of her long-awaited sophomore album, “Am I the Drama?,” due September 19.
