I've also somehow avoided a full song of hers (I'm washed in my own way, scouring Soundcloud and LiveMixtapes for rappers nobody will care about for another year while ignoring what's already happening) so it's never really washed over me like that.


I will say I keep reading articles pointing to her Jimmy Fallon interview as a moment when the entire country realized she was indisposable, and I find that interview really grating. I'd hate if Pusha T went "yeeeuch" after everything he said in an interview, too, for what it's worth.


Leave your adlibs for the records.


I feel 72% certain even the people who are attempting to praise "audiences" for ignoring the cultural peeping tom-ism that is possible with Cardi B are, in fact, engaging in that same fascination with an "other" getting the green light. But then I also wonder if Nicki Minaj just had slightly better coaching? Or am I too nostalgic for when Left Eye was the wildest on the block, and the Cardi Bs just popped up in Cam'ron behind-the-scenes featurettes for videos?

Hard to say, I guess. Wish her the best.


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