Cardi B speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center on Nov. 1, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
There’s nothing on this world Cardi B likes greater than checks, however that doesn’t imply she took any cash from the Kamala Harris marketing campaign to attend a rally in Milwaukee.
On Thursday (Nov. 14), the politically outspoken rapper cleared up any misconceptions on the matter with a tweet aimed toward conservative commentator Candace Owens, who’d written on X, “Hey @iamcardib — Working on a story and was wondering if you were in any way paid to speak at the Kamala campaign event you spoke at.”
Cardi rapidly replied with, “I didn’t get paid a dollar and that’s on my three!!”
“I actually came out of pocket for glam and travel because it’s somewhere I wanted to be..,” the “WAP” artist continued. “Like please girl you know damn well I’ll argue you down about politics FOR FREE.”
The interplay comes every week after Donald Trump received the 2024 presidential election, beating out the Democratic Harris-Walz ticket. Cardi — in addition to quite a few different A-list musicians — had staunchly supported the VP’s White House bid, with the Whipshots founder even talking at a Nov. 1 marketing campaign occasion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to assist drum up some last-minute help.
“Like Kamala Harris, I’ve been the underdog, underestimated, and had my success belittled,” she stated on the time. “Women have to work 10 times harder and still face questions about how we achieved success. I can’t stand a bully, but just like Kamala, I always stand up to one.”
When Harris’ marketing campaign efforts proved unsuccessful, Cardi shared an emotional letter to the politician. “This may not mean much but I am so proud of you!” the hip-hop titan wrote, addressing the previous prosecutor instantly. “No one has ever made me change my mind and you did! I never thought I would see the day that a woman of color would be running for the President of the United States, but you have shown me, shown my daughters and women across the country that anything is possible.”
Cardi additionally issued a warning to Trump’s supporters post-election. “So you know, Trumpettes, y’all won, I know y’all happy,” she stated in a video posted to X Nov. 6. “Ain’t nobody acting like they’re the losers. However, y’all need to leave me the f–k alone. Because I got one more f–king cigarette in me before I start lighting your asses up. Aight?”
The “Up” artist’s historical past with Owens goes again years earlier than their newest X change, with the latter first calling the previous “illiterate” and suggesting that Black Americans ought to be “insulted” by Biden’s partnership with Cardi in 2020. The two girls have sparred a number of occasions within the years since, however unexpectedly discovered a fleeting piece of widespread floor in 2023 when Owens backed up Cardi’s assertion that Brian Szasz — the stepson of a billionaire who died within the Titanic submersible implosion that 12 months — was merely on the lookout for “clout.”
“We all know this day would come,” Owens tweeted on the time. “Finally, I agree with [Cardi B] and everything she said about the submarine stepson from hell.”
See Cardi’s tweet to Owens under.
I didn’t receives a commission a greenback and that’s on my three!! I really got here out of pocket for glam and journey as a result of it’s someplace I needed to be.. Like please lady you realize rattling nicely I’ll argue you down about politics FOR FREE https://t.co/SxJWWDSqFP
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) November 14, 2024
