Cardi B faces backlash over resurfaced Instagram Live video
Cardi B has been facing backlash after an old Instagram Live video resurfaced.
The three year old footage shows Cardi ranting about her life before fame.
She says she used to trick men into going back to her hotel before drugging and robbing them.
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The rapper filmed the Instagram Live after people began to question her fame.
"For a b***h to say that I don't f***ing deserve it because I don't put in enough f***ing work..."
"I did it myself, the s**t that I did, to motherf***in' survive."
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Cardi worked in gentlemen's clubs before she shot to fame.
"I had to go strip, I had to go, "Oh yeah, you want to f**k me? Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's go back to this hotel.""
"I drugged n***as up, and I robbed them. That's what I used to do."
Social media reacts
The hashtag 'SurvivingCardiB' has been trending on Twitter since the video emerged.
It's a play on the R. Kelly documentary which accuses the rapper of sexually abusing women.
One user wrote, 'she represents the worst in popular culture is a horrible example for girls.'
I’m done with my @iamcardib commentary. I’ve been saying this since she came out she represents the worst in popular culture is a horrible example for girls and women and should not be put up on a pedestal. #survivingCardiB
— Kwesi 🇬🇭 (@thejollofking) 26 March 2019
The amount of women defending CardiB is fucking mind blowing, let it had been a woman being drugged and taking advantage of, they'd be throwing themselves on the ground like burn victims #SurvivingCardiB
— Jamaican_4Skin (@JAMAICAN_4SKIN) 26 March 2019
— Dmnq (@mrtrprt) 24 March 2019
Cardi releases statement
Following the backlash, Cardi released a statement on Instagram.
'So I'm seeing on social media that a live I did 3 years ago has popped back up.'
'I talked about things I had to do in my past right or wrong that I felt I needed to do to make a living.'
'I never claim to be perfect of come from a perfect world wit a perfect past.'
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'There are rappers that glorify murder violence drugs an robbing. Crimes they feel they had to do to survive.'
'I never glorified the things I brought up in my music because I'm not proud of it and feel a responsibility not to glorify it.'
'I made the choices that I did at the time because I had very limited options.'
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'Whether or not they were poor choices at the time I did what I had to do to survive.'
'The men I spoke about in my live were men that I dated that I was involve with men that were conscious willing and aware.'
'I have a past that i can't change we all do.'
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Cardi is still facing backlash online and hasn't commented any further.
