Cardi B had to censor the spicy parts of “WAP” for her Grammy performance, but she’s glad she did Fox News.
Conservative network experts gathered their pearls this week in front of the rapper’s award-winning show on Sunday night with Megan Thee Stallion.
Right-wing commentator Candace Owens took part in “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Monday to express her dissatisfaction, saying she was “terrified” that such content would lead to a “weakening of American society” and that “we are about to we see the end of an empire. “
“Yaaaayyyyyyy I MADE FOX NEWS BOYS !!! Wap wap wap “, wrote on Twitter Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, that night.
In a follow-up tweet on Tuesday, the rapper personally thanked Owens for giving him time to broadcast the performance and increased sales and views on YouTube.
This led to a complete Twitter beef. Owens took the bait, continuing to criticize the rapper’s dance and telling“You have become a stain on culture and what it means to be a woman.”
Owens’ complaints are nothing new. Conservatives reacted this week exactly as they did when “WAP” – a celebration of female sexuality – was first launched. The song was labeled degrading, anti-feminist, vulgar and more. However, the same critics were particularly less upset by sexually explicit song scores by male artists.
Cardi B replied in a tweet: “Imagine if wap caused the collapse of the American empire and not the North Korean bomb threats, terrorism, racism or bad governance?”
“WHAT WOULD BE SO ICONIC !!!” she added. (In August, she referred the initial conservative turmoil over her song with the same descriptor).
If you have popcorn and a lot of free time, the feud continues to be strong on Twitter at the time of writing.
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