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If you’re a political hopeful or veteran hoping for a Cardi B endorsement, it’s not coming. The Bronx rapper is washing her hands of politics.
The “Bodak Yellow” rapper is fed up with the current political system and expressed her frustrations during an Instagram Live session.
Cardi B, who has always been quite vocal about politics and what is happening in the country and globally, was BIG MAD about NYC Mayor Eric Adam’s proposed budget cuts.
Mayor Mixxy’s 5% budget cuts will affect a bunch of NYC departments to help compensate for the billions of dollars that the city has to spend to take care of asylum seekers who have come to the city.
The New York Post reports that Adams plans to cut $32 million from the sanitation department, $74 million from the FDNY, and $547 million from the Department of Education.
Adams will also be getting rid of a bunch of street garbage cans in the outer boroughs, and 34 popular cultural institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Natural History will see their budgets cut by $6 million, according to the New York Post.
Mayor Adams Reasoning For The Severe Cuts
Regardless of there being a legitimate reason for the severe cuts, the Grammy Award-winning artist is not here for them, claiming things like the city will be “drowning in rats” (that’s been a problem forever) due to cuts to sanitation and crime will “go through the roof” because of the cuts coming to the NYPD.
“In New York, there is a $120m budget cut that’s going to affect schools, public libraries, and the police department. And a $5m budget cut in sanitation … We are gonna be drowning in … rats,” Cardi B said during the live session.
Mayor Adams might be on the side of Cardi B, who warned that more cuts would be necessary without additional federal funding to help manage the influx of migrants in NYC.
Per The Guardian:
Migrant costs are going up, tax revenue growth is slowing, and [Covid-19] stimulus funding is drying up,” Adams said in a statement.
“No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own, and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, today’s budget will be only the beginning.
Cardi B Is No Longer Endorsing Presidents
The Biden Administration has not agreed to Mayor Adam’s pleas for funding amid the growing criticism for the continued funding to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion and Israel’s ongoing conflict with Hamas, something Bardi touched on in her passionate IG Live along with announcing she is no longer endorsing presidents.
“I’m endorsing no presidents no more,” Cardi B said. “Joe Biden is talking about, ‘Yeah, we can fund two wars,’… talking about, ‘Yeah, we got it, we’re the greatest nation.’ No … we’re not. We don’t got it, and we’re going through some shit right now. So say it!”
She continued, “We are really, really, really f**ked right now. No, we cannot fund these … wars.”
Someone asked if the country is going “broke,” she replied, “Yes, it is. We ain’t got McDonald’s money.” Despite her claims, the country has seen some solid economic numbers. You can read about that here.
Further condemning Biden’s alleged terrible handling of the economy and foreign policy, she said, “Feed that … to somebody else, twinkle, but don’t feed it to me.” She then promised to ” get to the bottom of it.”
We will await those findings.
X Users React
Elon Musk’s sorry platform X has been a hotbed for discourse since Israel began bombing Gaza in retaliation to Hamas’ brutal attack on October 7.
Many have called on political leaders, mainly Democrats, including President Joe Biden, to call for a ceasefire in protests across the globe.
Recently, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been the target of many protests, and other Democrats. Still, some are pointing out the fact that the House of Representatives is currently under Republican control and are wondering why that energy isn’t being applied to the GOP and its batsh*t crazy members.
Many responded to Cardi B’s video by pointing out that she was aiming her valid criticisms in the wrong direction and that the Biden/Harris administration has nothing to do with New York City’s budget.
One thing is for sure: the upcoming presidential election will be a hot mess. We hope Cardi B and others understand that there is a lot on the line with a GOP hell-bent on “Making America White oops Great Again.”
Until then, you can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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2. Political Cardi is a hit with fans
6. Of course, you should not be shocked the MAGA folks will use this to their advantage.
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Will Smith became the new subject of a video tell-all by Tasha K, and Cardi B has come to his defense.
Celebrity blogger Tasha K made a post on X, formerly Twitter on Monday (November 13) highlighting an interview on her UnWine With Tasha K show with Brother Bilal, a former friend of Will Smith. “Will Smith will WISH this interview NEVER happened! This is one of the closest people to Will aside from Jada to sit down and tell all about him.” she wrote. In the interview, Bilal claimed that he walked in on Smith and actor Duane Martin engaged in sexual intercourse among other
salacious claims.
The uproar caught the attention of Will Smith, whose representative stated that the claims by Bilal were “completely fabricated” and “unequivocally false.” Cardi B went further and expressed her anger in an Instagram Live session on Wednesday (November 15). “I don’t like how I got fooled a couple of weeks ago..some people just never change,” she began in the video which was shared onto the X platform referring to Tasha K. Tasha K still owes Cardi B $3 million in legal damages.
“I don’t like what people be doing to Will Smith. I be feeling like Will Smith is very unproblematic and I feel like he has a nice heart, and that’s the thing,” she continued. “I found out that Will Smith is a Libra…Libras, we be getting tried, we be getting tried, and then when we outburst, we outburst so f—ing heavy, that we become the ones in the wrong. Cardi B also had words for those running with the claims, saying: “As a journalist, you should be able to determine whether someone is bulls——ing or not.”
Tasha K may be facing a new whirlwind of trouble after the Will Smith video. When asked by reporters about the situation after her appearance at the iHeart Radio stations in Manhattan, Jada Pinkett Smith shouted out “We suing” before exiting the scene. Tasha K has also been named in a lawsuit filed by R. Kelly at the beginning of the week, where the convicted singer claims that U.S. Bureau of Prisons officials leaked his personal information to the YouTuber to air on her show before his trial in Illinois on sexual assault charges.
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Will Smith is once again the talk of the internet, and it has nothing to do with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s memoir, but a rumor of him getting freaky with his bestie, Duane Martin. The hilarious part is that this all started on Tasha K’s show, and now the internet is chiming in on her potentially having to pay Cardi B and Will Smith as well.
Okay, here’s a brief rundown of the mess. Brother Bilaal, a man claiming to be Will Smith’s former assistant, decided to take his “tea” to Tasha K’s talk show series, UNWINEWITHTASHAK.
Brother Bilaal told Tasha K that he allegedly walked in on Will Smith and Duane Martin getting freaky, adding to the long-rumored entanglement between the two actors and friends.
As we previously reported, Will Smith’s rep shot down Brother Bilaal’s claims, noting that legal action is being considered.
In an upcoming Breakfast Club Interview, Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett, said that legal action is coming and Brother Bilaal was part of a “money shakedown that didn’t work.”
Jada also claimed that Will Smtih laughed at the idea he was getting his cheeks clapped by Duane Martin.
Social Media Users Think Tasha K Hates Money
X users are also throwing shots at Tasha K, who still owes Cardi B money after a judge ruled that the blogger must pay the Bronx Hip-Hop star more than $3.4 million for spreading salacious lies about the “Bodak Yellow” crafter.
“Tasha K is already losing her home and her car, hiding assets in Africa to avoid paying Cardi B the 4 million dollars she owes. She’s REALLY about to find out fucking with the Smiths,” one X user wrote.
Tasha K tried to get out of paying what she still owes to Cardi B in attempting to file for bankruptcy, but the judge said NAH!
Even pedophile crooner R. Kelly is getting in on the sue Tasha K movement. But that’s a whole other story.
Tasha K, you’re well on your way to being broke for the rest of your life, and it’s only because you can’t seem to stay out of people’s business. m
You can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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Cardi B and Patti LaBelle are partnering up to bring their unique energy to the holidays. The two divas are the faces of a new campaign for Whipshots and Patti’s Good Life.
The holiday season is almost upon us and the two entertainers are spicing up the menu. This week Cardi B and Patti LaBelle announced a unique collaboration that will pair “Bodak Yellow” rapper’s the innovative alcoholic whipped cream with the “Stir It Up” singer’s Good Life dessert portfolio. Fans and foodies alike can see the two stars create food pairings that will sure to impress the pickiest eater over the course of seven video segments. Not only will we see Cardi and Patti’s creative combinations the high profile celebrities will also share some of their fondest holiday memories and favorite family traditions.
In the first episode titled “The Hug” they meet for the first time and discuss their must try pairing. “We’re going to try your Whipshots with my Patti Pie” Patti said to which Cardi responded “let’s do pumpkin”. The choice left Patti a bit surprised as her most popular pie is sweet potato. Cardi explained her choice in signature fashion saying “I don’t know, they have sex together. They make love together; you got to trust me on this one.”
Whipshots and Patti’s Good Life products are both available to purchase at Walmart. You can see episode one below.
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Larsa Pippen is clapping back at Cardi B after the Hip-Hop star had thoughts about her former sex life with her ex-husband Scottie Pippen.
After the 49-year-old Real Housewives of Miami reality star revealed on Watch What Happens Live that she and her ex-husband of 20 years, Pro Basketball Hall of Famer and NBA champion Scottie Pippen used to have sex “like four times a night,” Cardi B touched on Pippen’s bedroom activities during a live stream.
The “Bongos” crafter was asked about women who have sex multiple times a day. Bardi allegedly called out the reality star and current object of affection of Marcus Jordan, saying she was being dishonest and that she should “stitch up her p***y and go away,” People reports.
At 2023 BravoCon in Las Vegas on Saturday, November, during a RHOM panel, Pippen used the moment to respond to Cardi B.
Per HuffPost:
“I don’t know how can someone else comment on how many times I have sex, you guys?” she said, speaking to the audience. “She wasn’t in bed with us, so I don’t know. I kind of feel like that was comical.”
Larsa Pippen’s claims about her former sex life were also questioned by one of her castmates, Alexia Echevarria, who was on the panel.
She slammed Echevarria for not trusting her, saying, “And like, Alexia, how could you say you didn’t believe me?”
“I just feel like if you were having sex with Scottie four times a day, you’d still be married,” Echevarria said.
Larsa Pippen’s Love Life Broken Down
Larsa and Scottie married in 1997, then separated in 2016, but reconciled before splitting again in November 2018 after Larsa filed for divorce. The former couple share four children.
She has been the topic of social media after confirming her relationship with Marcus Jordan, who is 16 years younger than her. What makes this relationship even more scandalous is that Marcus is the son of Scottie Pippen’s former teammate, Michael Jordan.
Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan are not on the best of terms after Pippen called out MJ in his 2021 memoir “Unguarded” claiming that Jordan’s Netflix doc, The Last Dance, only glorified Jordan “while not giving nearly enough praise to me and my proud teammate.”
What a mess.
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Cardi B is not the one to hold her tongue. She recently chimed in on controversy surrounding the Atlanta food scene.
The Bronx, New York, native has been living in Atlanta for some time after marrying Offset. According to HipHopDox, last week a popular social media food critic named Keith Lee recently conducted several reviews of the city’s most frequented eateries and while some locations hit the mark, many did not. As expected his content quickly went viral, and it seems that it landed on Bardi’s radar prompting her to give her two cents on the matter.
Last weekend she addressed the situation on Instagram Live. “I feel like Atlanta restaurants, they don’t like to make money,” she stated. “I feel like they don’t like people, they don’t like they customers, they just don’t f*cking like it. You could barely order in Atlanta restaurants.” Cardi B went on to further detail her struggles with getting food. “It gets to the point that I have to tell people that order food for me, ‘Can you just name-drop my name?’ Because they don’t do no pick up orders, they don’t do deliveries, they just don’t do sh*t.”
The “Press” rapper also made it clear the customer service also needs course correcting. “Even with the bougie restaurants, it’s not as bad as the Atlanta service. It’s like they treat you like they doing you a favor! Like, y’all want mothaf*ckas to come back?”
You can see Cardi’s rant below.
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It seems that Cardi B might be able to settle a legal issue that has been following her for years. Her assault trial has been postponed so she can work it out with her accuser.
Radar Online is reporting that the Bronx, New York native might have a chance to come to an agreement regarding a standing legal matter. Five years ago she was accused of assaulting a security guard in Los Angeles. Emani Ellis says the “I Like It” rapper was exiting her obstetrician’s office in Los Angeles, California. A then pregnant Bardi allegedly starting attacking Ellis after the security guard reportedly started filming her. Ellis would follow up with a lawsuit in 2020 stating that she suffered “physical, emotional, and psychological damages” and was left with a scar on her cheek.
Last week the celebrity gossip website obtained documents that were filed on October 12. The filing requested that the trial be pushed back to 2024 so they can hopefully settle the case via mediation. “Parties in an attempt to resolve this matter have agreed to a mediation with mediator John W. Shaw, Esq. at Shaw Mediations, and the parties are working on scheduling the mediation for December of 2023” the paperwork read. “As trial of the action is scheduled for November 14, 2023, the Parties have agreed to continue the trial date from November 14, 2023 to February 1, 2024 in order to accommodate the mediation, and to attempt to informally resolve their dispute”.
TMZ claims that an unnamed witness who was present described the incident very different saying things didn’t get physical and a staff member stepped in to break up the two women. Cardi B has yet to publicly comment on the matter.
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Social media knows that Offset and Cardi B have a history of showering each other with lavish gifts for the heck of it. So y’all already knew that when Cardi’s birthday came around, Offset was going to go all out as he has no problem splurging on his wife/baby mama.
According to Page Six, Offset broke his piggy bank and blessed Cardi B with a half a million dollars worth of Hermès bags for her 31st birthday this past Wednesday (October 11) and while that may sound like a bunch of purses, it was actually only three. Yes, three Birkin bags damn near totaled $500,000. That’s when you know you ballin’ outta control.
Still, the couple could afford it as they’re both very successful in their careers and while it may seem like a bit much for three accessories that can easily be lost at a venue or on a plane, Cardi ain’t complaining.
Per Page Six:
Cardi B squealed as she opened the first, which contained a hot pink crocodile Kelly bag; a similar style recently sold for close to $92,000 on 1stdibs.
But her next purse blew the first out of the water.
As she shimmied to the strains of Madonna’s “Vogue,” Cardi unboxed an extremely rare Faubourg Birkin — often called the “House Birkin,” as it’s modeled after Hermès’ Paris storefront on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
One of the purses is currently listed on 1stdibs for a staggering $298,975.
“My favorite!” Cardi screamed upon unwrapping the unique carryall, joking, “I don’t even think I’m ready to see the other one.”
Offset suggested she “take a shot” before opening her last box, which housed a glossy gold-colored crocodile Birkin.
A similar version sold at a Christie’s auction in 2020 for $72,000, bringing the total value of Cardi’s birthday gifts to approximately $462,975.
Most people won’t ever touch a Hermès bag nor ever see $400K, but for Offset and Cardi B it was just another night at the Delilah in West Hollywood.
Check out Cardi B stuntin’ for her birthday below and let us know your thoughts on Offset’s presents for his adoring wife in the comments section below.
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Tasha K will still have to find a way to run Cardi B her coins for lying on her name.
YouTuber Latasha Kebe, aka Latasha K, found out the hard way that you can’t hop on Al Gore’s internet and say anything you want about people, especially one of the most popular Hip-Hop artists in the world.
Tasha K tried her best to avoid paying Cardi B more than $3.4 million she was awarded in January 2022 by a judge in a defamation lawsuit by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May.
Unfortunately for Kebe, Judge Scott M. Grossman hit her with a gut check by ruling she is still on the hook for that massive check that her mouth wrote that her ass couldn’t cash.
Per Digital Music News:
Judge Scott M. Grossman ruled on Thursday, October 5, that Kebe cannot “discharge” the $3.4 million owed to Cardi B through her Chapter 11 filing — so she’ll still be on the hook for the payments even after exiting bankruptcy. While bankruptcy law allows insolvent individuals to evade certain debts, money owed because of “willful and malicious injury” caused to others is an exception.
Attorneys for Cardi B insisted that the exception undoubtedly applied here, as Kebe incurred the debt through “spreading false and defamatory statements” intended to cause career damage to their client. Kebe’s lawyers offered no rebuttal, and Judge Grossman ruled on Friday that the money owed was ineligible for discharge.
Welp.
A Brief Rundown of The Lawsuit
Cardi B, born Belcalis Almanzar, let Kebe know she had time when she hit Kebe with a lawsuit over what she describes as a “malicious campaign” on social media and YouTube with the intent to harm the “Bodak Yellow” rapper’s reputation.
In the videos that Cardi B’s attorney failed numerous times to have taken down, Kebe alleged that the Bronx native had herpes, was a prostitute, took drugs, and cheated on her husband.
Those words from Tasha K would cost her cause now she is screaming broke to avoid Bardi, but that argument has fallen flat.
Hopefully, Kebe’s misfortune will serve as a lesson to other gossip bloggers.
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A Megan Thee Stallion/Cardi B tour and joint album? It could happen.
Spotted on Complex, the head of Flamin’ Hot University teased the idea of a collaboration album and tour with her “WAP” collaborator following the success of their newest joint effort, “Bongos.”
In the interview, the Houston rapper said that she and her buddy Cardi are slowly building an EP together as they continue to deliver bops for the ladies to shake their booties to.
Per Complex:
“I literally think that’s the route that we’re going. So I’ve done two songs for her. And now I feel like I’m in a space where I know exactly what songs I want her to do for me. So we’re really building a little EP already. We’re gonna have enough music that we need to go on tour together. Me and [Cardi] going out together will be so amazing. We are already so cool. And I feel like we got similar fans. So if she wanted to do a little EP, I would definitely be so down to do that, but we are making enough music to already have that.”
Megan Thee Stallion Is Working On New Solo Music
In the same breath, the “Big Ole Freak” crafter also revealed that she is working on new music for a forthcoming album, telling the website she is “getting to the meat” of her next solo project.
She also seems to be in a much better space mentally, adding, “I’m making music that I really, really love,” and that she is “making music that I’m not about to have to fight with anybody about.”
Thee Stallion could be alluding to her ugly public battles with her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, which are ongoing.
The rapper is also coming off a massive legal victory after Tory Lanez was convicted of shooting her three years ago. He is currently beginning his 10-year prison stint, and his struggle mugshot is making its rounds on social media.
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