Cardi B Thinks Women Rappers Are Treated Unfairly

The Grammy-winning artist Cardi B commented on Twitter on June 24 that women rappers are mistreated.

The conversation began after a user shared a video from Cardi’s live set at the 2019 BET Awards: “Definitely, one of the best performances I’ve ever seen by HER,” the video was captioned.

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Definetly, one of the best performances I’ve ever seen by HER .@iamcardib ?? pic.twitter.com/0uZqDcvxUo

— tino♡*:･ﾟ☆.,*:･ (@FROGGYBARDII) June 24, 2021

Another person then commented on it, saying, “Unrelated but; I hate how Women rappers can perform & have whole ass choreography routines & still get criticized & picked apart while men rappers just walk around in one circle, jump up & down, giving the bare minimum with no criticism @ all.”

This comment to which Cardi doubled-down on saying, “Female rappers have to bust their ass on performances, great visuals, hours on make-up, hours on hair, pressure by the public to look perfect, make great music, and yet are the most disrespected,” she wrote. “It’s always they not good enough, what’s new? It’s boring. Why her not me.”

Female rappers have to bust their ass on performances ,great visuals,hours on make up ,hours on hair ,pressure by the public to look perfect,make great music and yet are The most https://t.co/wMRBbc23TK’s always they not good enough,what’s new? It’s boring,Why her not me. https://t.co/CQChqEjTVs

— iamcardib (@iamcardib) June 24, 2021

This, however, isn’t the first time Cardi speaks up on the issues that women hip-hop artists face.

During a 2020 interview with Billboard, she spoke about the crippling pressure she and others face to put out hit records at a fast rate.

“Female rappers, y’all, they are always in mad pressure,” she said. “If you don’t have a super crazy smash, it’s like oh, you flop, flop flop. The song could be like two-times platinum, and it’s still flop, flop, flop. You’re always under pressure, and I feel like it’s not fair. I feel like there’s male artists who go two years without putting a f*****g song out, and they don’t go, ‘Oh, you’re irrelevant. It’s over for you.’ Me, I didn’t put out songs for nine months, and it’s like, ‘Oh, she’s irrelevant. She’s over. She’s a flop. We told you that.’”