Cardi B is on a major wave right now thanks to her soon-to-be Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hit “Bodak Yellow” — so naturally people are trying to dig up her past.
A Twitter user by the name of @WokeMutant decided to thread together past instances of Cardi B calling people ‘roaches.’
https://twitter.com/WokeMutant/status/895433059440279552
The user assumed that the term ‘roach’ was derogatory and specifically aimed at darker-skinned Black women, but he was wrong. ‘Roach’ is a pretty common clapback — and it doesn’t discriminate.
Not one to let things slide, Cardi addressed the controversy head-on. She included a video in which she even referred to her own self as a roach.
I called MY OWN self a reach before so stop it !its a word I use ALOt Bronx bitches use a lot stop trying to make it into some racist shit pic.twitter.com/IqUbCTwCRJ
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) August 10, 2017
Motherfuckers been trying to fuk my shit up all day,The devil really working but yaa and the devil ARE invited to this DICK
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) August 9, 2017
EXACTLY SHIT IS RIDICULOUS https://t.co/OTLcqWag6i
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) August 9, 2017
Exactly https://t.co/Ca4UQIMQaR
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) August 9, 2017
And there you have it.
