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Former stripper turned multi-Grammy award-winning rapper Cardi B is defending Kylie Jenner’s appearance in her new music video for her new single “WAP.”
Cardi took to Twitter to share her thoughts on the matter after thousands of fans started a petition to have Kylie ousted (cut) from the music video, which has garnered 65,000+ signatures.
“The video was perfect until we saw K and I wanted to throw my phone,” the person who started the petition wrote.
More than 50,000 people have signed a petition for Kylie Jenner to be removed from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's #WAP music video https://t.co/ynD7uXeOcO
— Variety (@Variety) August 8, 2020
“Normani is one of the best female artist that dances Like she dances her f*ckin ass off!” Cardi B reportedly tweeted. “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 ass.”
“Not everything is about race,” Cardi continued on Twitter, USWeekly reported. “Theres issues out here in the world that it is about race that I preach all the time about.”
“This is not about f*ckin race.”
“Normani did ALL this and Kylie walked down the hall and opened a door,” the user tweeted, according to UsWeekly. “If that’s not a perfect visual indication of Black women having to do the most and white women do the bare minimum to get somewhere, I don’t know what is.”
Cardi B Defends Kylie Jenner's "WAP" Video Cameo In Deleted Tweetshttps://t.co/3wU05wUT71… pic.twitter.com/gYvY5u1gAq
— Emporium of Tings (@DrWongz) August 10, 2020
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The rapper then gave her reasons for choosing Jenner. She said Jenner had treated Cardi and her daughter “lovely” at Jenner’s daughter’s birthday party. She also claimed her husband Offset and Jenner’s baby’s father, Travis Scott, are also close.
Adding Jenner to this music video gave Cardi and Megan Thee Stallion so much more exposure than it would have gotten if she hadn’t been included. Megan has 13.4 million followers on Instagram. Cardi B has 72.3 million followers.
Jenner has 189 million followers on Instagram. She has shared behind-the-scenes photos on her Instagram and has uploaded Instagram stories included links directly to the music video. The video had 61 million views at the time this article was published.
