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With Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B Crafted the Perfect Thot Bop Album
In a since-deleted post on Instagram, Azealia Banks, the poster child for self-destruction, launched another attack on hip-hop’s newest female superstar, Cardi B. News about Banks trolling a peer on social media in itself is as mundane as word about the color of the sky, but part of her critique—“Scary ass, ghost written, sucking and…
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A Cardi B Invasion of Privacy Think Piece Because We’re All Waiting for One
I like Cardi B a lot. Who doesn’t? It’s almost impossible not to enjoy her brand of in-your-face in-your-faceism. She keeps it real, and that authenticity has endeared her to folks near and far. When “Bodak Yellow” dropped and broke records and wormholed its way into your subconscious—I actually can’t just say “moves” anymore without…
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The Glow Up Anthem of the Week: Lizzo’s ‘Fitness’
From the time we launched The Glow Up, we’ve known that music would play a part in our mission to inspire, uplift and empower our readers. After all, your managing editor is also a musician (and may or may not also have been a DJ in her pre-recording-deal years). Besides, what glow up is complete…
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Cardi B Dropped Invasion of Privacy, and It’s Already a Hit
You know why I’m here. At midnight ET Thursday night/early Friday morning, Cardi B dropped her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. It immediately began trending at No. 1 on Twitter, and the listeners were not disappointed. In case you are new here, I am the resident Cardi B stan at The Root. But even as…
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Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Breakfast Club Interview Is Why Young People Need Mentors
For an entire hour yesterday, I watched The Breakfast Club interview with Daniel Hernandez, better known to folks under 35 25 as Tekashi or Tekashi 6ix9ine or, officially, per his recent Day69 album release, as 6ix9ine. He’s the current self-proclaimed king of New York, something that used to matter back when niggas would pull your…
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Invasion of Privacy: Cardi B Reveals Much-Anticipated Album Cover and Release Date
Cardi B’s much-anticipated first studio album, Invasion of Privacy, drops in less than two weeks, and if that’s too long for you to wait to get your first official bird boss anthem of 2018, the rapper is here to whet your appetite with some visuals. On Monday night, Cardi shared a first look at her…
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Cultural Ambassador Cardi B Wants to Know Where the Hell Her Taxes Are Going
It’s tax season, and Cardi B has an important message for the government on behalf of all of us: She didn’t make all of these damn money moves to not know where 40 percent of her income is going. In an Instagram video posted Thursday night, Cardi went off about the government’s lack of transparency…
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Cardi B Says Voices of Video Vixens Absent from #MeToo
Unless it’s about pregnancy rumors, Cardi B is typically not one to hold back, whether it’s her thoughts on the humanitarian crisis in Libya or her free advice to people who label themselves “bosses” without the corresponding invoices. So it makes sense that throughout her ascension to the top of Billboard’s music charts, Cardi has…
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Cardi B Is Reportedly 6 Months Pregnant, and Legions of Cardi Stans Yell Out: ‘We Knew It!’
TMZ is reporting that world’s most famous procurer of bloody shoes, Cardi B, is pregnant—approximately six months along, in fact. The news will likely come as no surprise to fans who have noticed her increasingly covered-up looks in the last month or so. The rumor mill started churning during Super Bowl weekend last month and…