Cardi B Talks New Album & Touring with XXL
Cardi B sat down with XXL to talk about her next few moves. She covers the Spring 2021 issue of the mag, speaking about her new album and hopeful plans of touring. The album will follow up her Grammy nominated Invasion of Privacy project released back in 2018.
In the new issue of the magazine, Cardi addresses supporting female artists, wanting to tour with her new album and her political viewpoint. She also touches on the GRAMMY Awards, going diamond with ‘Bodak Yellow’ and the direction of the new project. Take a look at some images from the magazine shoot below and read the full article over at XXL.
XXL: Do you get tired of being called a female rapper and not just a rapper? Always being classified by your gender and getting separated into a category?
Cardi B: I mean, at the end of the day, I just keep feeling like I don’t care because I am a female. It’s just like, I don’t mind if you don’t put me in a category. Like, even let’s say a billionaire, right? Like, I’d rather be the first billionaire female than just, “Oh, she’s a billionaire.”
XXL: You have publicly supported a bunch of newer female rappers by plugging them on social or putting them in your music videos. Do you feel like you have to cosign or endorse a new crop of female rappers?
Cardi B: No, I don’t. If I like you, I’m gonna endorse you. If I like your music, I’m gonna tell you that I like your music. I’m not in no catty shit, but it’s like at the end of the day, it is what it is. Like, this could get a little bit catty. So, it’s like, I don’t want to feel like I have a responsibility to look out for the girls and cuddle the girls and this and that. I feel like nobody did it for me, so it’s like, I don’t have to do it for you.
However, if you show me love, I’m going to show you love, and I’m gonna show you respect. Like, if you compliment me, I’ma compliment you. If you show love to my projects, I’m gonna show love to your projects. If sometimes, I see that you’re getting dragged on social media, like, I will want to give you an advice like, “Girl, just don’t say nothing. Don’t worry about it. Shit’s gonna pass. Yo, you know what? Do this so people could stop saying that about you.” I’m a person that likes to give advice, but I’m not gonna give advice to just anybody because they’re a female. Like, at the end of the day, I came from a female industry. I came from the strip club. And I’m from New York. The women are just crazy two-faced.
