THE BIG INTERVIEW - Cardi B Tells Truth About GloRilla, Lying About Shakira + New Album After 6 Year Break

THE BIG INTERVIEW - Cardi B Tells Truth About GloRilla, Lying About Shakira + New Album After 6 Year Break

Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Welcome to another episode of The BigThe Big Interview Podcast. A lot of
people don't know this, like mygrind like now this story, like I
don't like to put my family businesslike, but he used to push way
and everything. And there was likethis one time that like like you know,
like he lived in Tennessee and whatever, so he ain't really told like

(00:21):
my grandma that like he was dealingwith somebody over there. And then like
he had a he had like akid out there and you know, like
that's Gloral his dad and everything.So that's what medica is related. Are
you serious, big boy? Neighborhood. Beautiful day in the neighborhood, Ladies
and gentlemen. Pleasure to have youback in the neighborhood. Man Cardi B.

(00:44):
Welcome back to the neighborhood. Areyou ready to do? And it's
not like you disappeared, but it'sgot to be a different run in a
different grinder. Are you ready forall this once again? Yeah, I'm
ready for the different grind I'm grinding. Was it one of those things where
you know, of course you neverdisappeared, you know what I'm saying,

(01:04):
never disappeared, But it has beenlike what five years or so since Invasion
of Privacy? Six six years?Yeah, okay, so six years and
then Invasion of Privacy is such agreat body of work, you know what
I'm saying. At any time,CARTI, do you think, like,
man, this album and this runhas been so successful, do you get

(01:26):
in your own way? Were youin your head? I don't know.
I don't know how to explain it, like e Zach, I'm in my
own head and everything. I justdon't be liking things. I just don't
be liking it. Like it's Idon't know, Like I could do a
song and I would love it forlike two three days, and then I'll
be over it and I'd be like, I need to do another song.
I need to do a new sound, I need to explore something else,

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Like I don't know. I'm alwayschanging my mind. And you found yourself
doing that. Yeah, I didthat lot. And then there's life too.
There's life, you know, there'skids, there's marriage, there's relationships,
there's family. And then we donot demand, but it's this other
one that we want that you feellike, damn, I got to give
the audience that too. Yes,and you thought about that, Yes,

(02:07):
I mean I mean, like whenit comes to music, or like when
it comes to life just music,Okay, yeah, yeah, I mean,
I mean I do like to includelike a lot of I like to
include like personal things in my music. But I don't want to include as
much things in my music because Ialways want like music like the people like

(02:30):
super enjoy, like I will giveyou a little bit of my personal feelings.
I don't even really like saying alot of personal feelings. And aside
from just the personal feelings and themusic just more so, like was it
where you say, damn not,I got I gotta do. I gotta
do some music because you're taking careof your person. There's a real life.
And then we have jobs. Andthat's the thing why I'm saying with

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us as far as like the public, we want the music. So are
you in your head? Like Igot to put this out. You know
it's been point did you think it'llbe six years? Well, you got
to count out two years out right, And why yeah, you gotta count
that out. You just gotta countthat out, you know what I'm saying.

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And then and we just talked aboutfrom the drop of invasion of privacy,
even invasion of privacy that still runsright now. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, I make a lot ofmoney. Yeah, as you should.
I've make really good money off thealbum. Is that Is that right there
too? Knowing that that you makegood money and the music was good.
Is that nothing that that does thatslow you up? Do that keep you

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on the reserve tank a little bitmore? To like it's still going?
No, no, no, nono, Because you know what I feel
like, I'm like the type ofperson that is like people don't care what
like you could have a diamond record, you could have whatever. People don't
care what you did the last yearor the where you what you did two
years ago. Like people don't care. People just just care about the relevancy
for like right now and everything.So I'm just not the time to be

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like, oh oh yeah, Igot like five number one, I got
like three Damon records, Like mygod, like I'm good. Like it's
like, no, I don't thinkthat. It's just a lot of just
a lot of like personal things thatI just been dealing with, Just a
lot of personal just a lot ofoverthinking, just a lot of the fact
that like when it comes to music, I really just don't like I just

(04:20):
don't like a lot of stuff,right, I don't. And do you
feel like you sometimes get in yourown way. I definitely get in my
own way, like like sometimes Ibe feeling like my team be calling my
personal people and they'd be like,Yo, she's losing it, like she
like, do you hear these records? Like cause like she got these records

(04:42):
are great, she just need toput them out, like she does need
to put them out. But I'mjust like the like I'm gonna give you
like an example, like I wouldlike listen to like a hundred beats until
I find some something that I waslike I kind of like or like I
really love. Is it harder nowwith the success as far as like listening
to music and knowing that do youcompare Cardi B to Cardi B? No,

(05:05):
No, it's not hard or notbecause of the success. It's hard
or not because now I'm like moremature and I'm and I'm I critique things
more now, Like I listen toeverything, like I listen to everything.
I hear everything, Like even me, like I do a song and I
would do one song like seven oreight times because I just feel like the
accent gotta be great. The flowgotta be great, that everything gotta be

(05:28):
great, Like I will mix asong like so many times my Jennier probably
hates me. And you say,and you said that to me before.
It's like, and the thing iscrazy because the things that we feel like
we love you for, like Ilove your accent. I love the personality
you. You find yourself in thestudio trying to like over pronounce over and
nunciate things because of your accent.Yeah, like all right, Like like

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when I when I talk, whenI say like like this is a word
that it's like, you know,like I say a lot when I rap,
like talking, but like when Irap and I'm rapping fast, I
might say like top right, andthat's a problem for that's a problem for
me. And there's other words.There's like I don't know, I sound
very meat. I meet up right, remember, But it's crazy that you

(06:11):
can critique yourself like that. Butyou also feel like you can critique yourself
where it's probably like too much.Have you had your team and even offset
at one point, I remember paraphrasing, he was like let it go,
like like drop it yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So
what's the difference now with saying,Okay, you know what, it's time.

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This is it because if it's notnow, it's going to be never
like that. If it's not now, it's going to be never. Like
even like like even like the freestylethat I dropped, right, I've been
had that song for a long time. I did it like I did it
like in January twenty twenty three,and I did the song and when I
remember when I did the song,I loved it. I loved it for

(06:54):
a whole month and everything. ThenI went to another song like I'm a
cheater, so I liked another songand like it was also the first time
like listening to it in January becauseI got so much songs. And he
was like, oh it was himand an R that I have and they
loved the record and it was likeit was like, you should shoot this
in your closet. You should youshould shoot it in your closet. I'm

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like, well, I'm in lalike like I'm not in my house,
and he's like, just shoot itin the house on some flight and I'm
like, well, I don't havethe video, like no videographers or anything.
He's like, I'm I get itfor you, like just just just
do it, Like you just needto do things, like you need to
stop overthinking your videos, you needto stop overthinking everything, like just go
and do it. And I justdid it. And it's like and it's

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like, I was like, butwhen am I going to ever drop this
freestyle? And it's like, He'slike, it don't matter. Just have
things in the talk, have thingsin the talk. Just have it.
I'm like, all right, allright. And it's crazy because I was
thinking about how am I going tocome back, because you know, I
went like off offline for a minute, and I was like, damn,
I don't want to come back withjust posting a picture and I I really

(08:00):
just don't want to put out asingle just like that. So it was
like, you know what, I'mgonna just warm people up because they haven't
seen me in a minute. AndI got this freestyle there, thank God,
already got it in the talk,the video in the talk. Let
me just put it out and thenI just put my single right after and
everything. And that works for youthough, and it worked out. It
worked out pretty pretty well. Itworked out pretty very well. And so

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when you record it last year,like what, you know what, I'm
saying freestyle, you hold onto itand you listen to it, and it
got old to you, which wasnever old to us. Yes, oh
no, I have a lot ofsongs. All I do is record,
and you're not even talking about Iknow you're gearing up towards an album,
but there's no far as like adate with an album right now that that's

(08:43):
public. No, it's not public. But we have a date. Okay,
what is it? Because you alwaystell me stuff, I can't tell
you, but I can sit downand I'll say it. No, No,
okay, I guess I guess it. But the next announcement that I
make, well, like, well, just I'm not gonna put out the
next thing I'm doing. I'm notgonna put out a single work. Right.
If I do put out a single, it's gonna be with the album

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announcement. Okay, So you dohave a large body of work, Yes,
let's just say that. If there'sI don't know, twelve songs fourteen
songs on the album, how manydo you record? What do you mean
like overall? If you pick twelveto fourteen songs, how many songs are
fully record? Are you a Irecorded twenty? I recorded fifty. I

(09:26):
got like one hundred, probably likeeighty. But I got like a lot
of songs. I got a lotof songs that it's just some. Some
to me is just like a littlebit just too outdated. Some to me,
I probably just do like one verseto it. Some to me,
I just got a hook that Ireally love. But they just like they're
like they're like, I got youthere. Hey. One of our Zoom
calls, right was Zoom interviews.I feel like you lie to us?

(09:50):
But how do you knew? Howabout that? How about that question?
You knew? How did you knowwhat I'm talking about? Cause because it's
like, because because how you know? Right? What? What? What?
What do you think you lied tous about? What do you lie
to me about? Yeah? Imean I couldn't tell you. I mean
it's not it's not it's not aplace for me to tell. It's her

(10:11):
stuff, right, Hey, dude. Soon as you said we were like,
yeah, that she care things.As soon as you started like,
I was like, oh my god, dude, I couldn't said it's her
it's her record is she has acollab with We were literally doing a for
real, for real and Nathalia cameup with the question was she So you
just came up with that question.I stay on, I stay online,

(10:35):
and I followed you. Yeah,man, she got the last four year
social security I get so you knowwhat, I could believe it. Hey
man, I asked you that shehas a collab with Shakira that's coming soon.
She has a collab with Shakira that'scoming soon, for real, for
real or for false? Well saidthat, I mean, I will love

(10:58):
I would love a collabor I wouldlove collabor with Why didn't I? I
said I would love Like I cansay, man, I would love to
say that. Yes, I saidI would love to have a wife.
I do have a wife, justthe way you said I would love to
have a song with Shakira, andyou did you do have a song when
she care? I did? Istraight up. I can tell everybody right

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now, do not rob a bankwith you because your poker face. We
were all like, yeah, yeah, my poker face sucks. Yeah.
We were like, oh yeah,she definitely. Like It's like, I
will laugh now when it comes whenit comes to like just collaborations and things
like that, like you've been ona lot of great songs. You shared
collaborations on your end, you jumpedon with other people. Do how do

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you pick someone that you're that you'reworking with? You know what I'm saying,
because and you've been all over,like all over different genres and everything.
It just depends on like if Iif I like the song, because
listen, I'm picking with my songs. I'm definitely picking with other people's songs.
So I'm collect with big artists moreartists. I don't care as long
as I like the song, Likefor example, like Fendy the rapper right

(12:05):
like it's like she's some girl fromlike Chicago and everything, and I just
loved her song so much. I'mlike, I just gotta hop on this,
like I love it like it's myit's my flow. It is my
flow, is my style, LikeI need to get on this record.
So it's just I just really gotto like love the record. And why
are you and not that you're supposedto be, but why are you so
comfortable with sharing your platform with otherfemale artists as well? Because we don't

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see a lot of that or somebodyalways trying to put you know, like
it's not enough room. But whydo you make sure that you also like
Nah, I gotta get with mygirls too. I mean, it's not
like if I like you, Ilike you like, if I like you
like, I just I just Ijust like you. Like. It's not
like it's like, oh my gosh, you make it. It's just a
female unity, because it's it's alot of few like it's a lot of

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a lot of like that. Butit's like if I like you like I
if I like you and I seesomething on in you, like I really
want you to win, I reallywant you to like, I want you
to go there, Like I likeyou a lot and I like your music.
You also pick people like like Okay, say, for instance, like
with the Shakira thing, I wouldn'tsay you you lied, I wouldn't call
you a liar. But then alsowith Glorilla, did you work with Gloriala

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because or do things with Gloriala becauseshe's a liar as well. But I
didn't lie, I didn't even lie. But well, well, this is
Gloriala right here, This is thisis Gloriala when I asked her about about
that she's related to Cardi B.This is her. I know you're not,
that's my cousin. People cousin orcousin, like like you know what

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I'm saying, cousin, that's mycousin. So Glorilla is your cousin,
yeah, because that's how you're lookingaround because you know, like you know,
like a lot of people don't knowthis, like my like no,
this story. Like my grandfather heused to like I don't like to put
my family like, but he usedto push way and everything. And there

(13:58):
was like this one time that likelike you know, like he lived in
Tennessee and whatever, so he ain'treally told like my grandma that like he
was dealing with somebody over there andthen like he had a he had like
a kid out there and you know, like that's Gloral's dad and everything.
So that's why like me because related, are you serious that's my cousin?

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All right? Good? Damn Ithought it was straight bullsh How did you
find out that? Damn? Twentythree and me, Yeah, I don't
know, Like I just felt likelike I just like asked her like you
don't feel like like I feel likewe just like too much alike or something
like you get my jokes and everything. She was like yeah, I'm like,
yo, there's something funny, Likethere's something funny, like something really

(14:45):
weird. So we just like,you know, we started like yeah,
crazy, that's cool. All right, Well I lost seventy five dollars off
of that. Yeah, thank you. Well let's get back to something that
don't cost me any money, youknow what I'm saying. So touring and
everything. Now, are you areyou ready for for that too? Oh?
Yeah, I'm ready. Yeah,I'm very ready. Did you miss

(15:05):
anything without being you know how wesay, oh that's the marquee, you
know, the concerts and everything.Did you miss that or do you like
kind of did you Did you enjoyedthat time away from because you ran a
lot and you you damn near hada baby on stage pretty much because even
during the pregnancy you kept you keptgoing, picking up the bags. Did

(15:28):
you enjoy kind of stepping away andnot having rider contracts and tours and all
that kind of stuff as much asheavy I did enjoy it. I did
enjoy it. And then when Igot back like to like performing and everything,
I'm like, oh my gosh,oh my gosh, I'm nervous again,
Like why am I having so muchstage fright? Like it's like to
this day like why am I havingso much stage fright? Like I used
to do this every single day.So but but I'm ready. I'm I'm

(15:52):
ready. But then again, I'ma little nervous because now I have like
two kids. So it's like Idon't know how it feels like to go
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, like just on the road, on
the road, on the road,like even like even like now, like
I'm in LA for like a month, right, but I'm gonna fly my
kids out because my daughter's off tothe twenty fifth gotcha spring break? Yeah,
so it's like, you know,if I could fly, like I

(16:15):
was in Miami for a month andI was flying my kids over there every
weekend. But like on the road, it's gonna be kind of like hard,
like oh yeah, keep going withme every single day. And so
I'm a little sad about that becauseI'm really close with my kids, Like
yeah, and that's the balance thatsome people understand, but a lot of
us don't understand. Yeah, LikeI have two kids, and my wife
is you know, she's at thehouse. She got the harder job to

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tell you the truth, you knowwhat I'm saying. And I could come
and do what I have to do. But I can go home every day.
Yeah, every day, Like whenyou're on the road, it's like
yeah, and then people just bethinking like, oh, but you're rich,
you could get like like school teachersand everything, and it's like that's
that's not real life. Like mykids have real activities, Like my son
is in boxing, my daughter's inpiano classes, dancing classes and everything,

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like, oh, it's not more. It's more than just having a school
teacher on the road, right,it's just taking them out of every venue.
Yes, yes, Like it's likelike they're real kids. They are
they they're real kids. They reallythey do real kids stuff. And but
you know what, it's a sacrifice. It's a sacrifice. There's a lot

(17:18):
of you that you give to uspublicly, you know, and especially with
the device. Now you know,everybody's on this. Everybody got an opinion,
everybody got a thought. How doyou where do you find your privacy
at I actually do have a lotof privacy yet because I do give a
lot, but there's a lot thatpeople just don't know at all. And
that's what you give by choice.Yeah, that's what I give by choice.
Because some people think they know me, but do you really know?

(17:41):
Like do you really know? Likeit's it's a lot that be happening behind
the scenes of my life and everything, and it's just like people just will
never know, like I'll let youknow what I want you to know,
or sometimes you know, like youknow, when I have an outburst,
you might know because I'm having anoutburst, not because you just somebody told
you, like, oh, somebodytold me that this, well I don't

(18:03):
know who told you about the shakiraright right right the sec thing. That's
just what do you know what I'msaying? But sometimes I do be wondering,
like I'm not gonna say I regret, but sometimes I do be wondering,
like it's like, damn, didI give people too much of me?
Like that's why I feel like Iwas, like, you know what,
I gave y'all too much of me, And that's why I feel like

(18:23):
sometimes people feel like they're too comfortableof like wanting things from me, suggesting
things from me, or feel toocomfortable of thinking that they know me,
or feel like too comfortable to thinkinglike that they could play with me,
or feel like they're just too comfortableof like trying me like it's like I
feel like people know that I'm like, I'm not a very I'm a person
that I like to cut the hatcheright there. So sometimes I just feel

(18:45):
like people like feel like I knowif I can say something to Cardi or
I know if if I say this, this and that about Cardi or her
man or her family for this,I know I'm gonna get a respond for
her. So I feel like Ialso got people got too comfortable of my
reactions, and I feel like Ishouldn't have given people a lot of me,
like a lot of me, evensometimes I'd be wanting to help people,

(19:06):
So me wanting to help people,me wanting to help people backfires on
me, you know what I'm saying, Like like I would tell you something,
I'm being honest about something, andthen like y'all will use it against
me, and it's like you see, Notine telling y'all nothing. Do you
feel like everything even though everything isbig, do you feel like personally you're

(19:26):
getting smaller, like the people thatyou talk to, the people that you
could so called trust. Do youfeel like that circle is getting smaller?
Kind of sort of my circle alwayskind of been like really small, though
like I always had like a smallcircle, Like if something comes out of
me, I could I could probablyfind out. I probably already know who
said it because because it's like mycircle is that small, and everybody in

(19:49):
my life is like divided in groups, you know what I'm saying, Like
because like these are my work people, these are my family and friends.
And then I got different types offriends. You know what I'm saying.
These are my day one, theseare my gossip friends, these are my
going on friends, these are mygang gang gang friends. Like it's like
I have like different type, Likeeverybody's like in a group in my mind.
That's not my mind. In mymind. In my mind is like

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you got like a little foul cabinets. Yeah, I got is being an
entertainer and being as known as youare a CARDI is it a gift that
a curse? It is a giftand a curse, you know what I'm
saying. I mean the gift isI never have to make a line,
honey, right, you said youhave to work. I don't got to

(20:32):
make no lines. Like I'm alwayslike it's like I go to a restaurant,
like my food is sur first,Like you know your privilege. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yougotta be aware. When people say,
oh, there's no white privilege,I'm like, you don't understand what
privilege is, Like you understand,Oh, honey, I take all advantage.
Like I'm going to a family.I'm going through something in my family

(20:53):
right Like I have a family memberthat they're very sick, and I'd be
like to I'd being like facetimeing rightnow. I want to talk to the
doctors right now, because it's likelike once you show your face card is
like yeah, y'all gotta take care. Y'all gotta take care, like you
know one time, like no,it was last year, my grandmother got
sick and we was taking turns inthe hospital and they had her like in

(21:14):
this room with a curtain sharing itwas another old lady that the old lady
was just tripping like but you knowshe's older. And as soon as I
got in there, they gave mygrandma a room by herself upstairs. And
is that you see? Yeah,and you got it, and you got
it. You gotta know, yougotta know your privilege. Yeah. Can
you walk into like a basketball gameor a concert and know that you don't

(21:37):
have to have a ticket. Ohyeah, do you do that? But
you'll do that? Yeah? Hellyeah. You know that come from TUCRDI
that comes from not having a lot. I think, like with mine,
like still I'll go to a restaurantand if somebody say, oh I got
you, there's times I got it, But if they I got them,

(22:00):
all right cool. I mean itreally depends though, Like I like,
I like one thing about me.I like to give tips. I don't
even I don't. I don't likewhen people feel like it's like, oh
yeah, I give you no rightright, no, no, no,
here's your money, Like here's somebodylike is that all right? But you're
definitely not waiting in line at OliveGarden. Oh no, I'm not trying
to wait in line. Yeah.Yeah, I'm not trying to wait in
line. Do you go out tothe front or you got somebody like my

(22:22):
guy, hose we got big overhere, you know what? Or do
you walk up? It depends becausebecause I'm very spontaneous. I'm very spontaneous,
Like sometimes like I could be inthe house, I always have a
driver outside and it's like I don'tgot time to be waiting for security or
I don't got time to be waitingfor somebody. I need to eat right
now, so I'm going out rightnow. So sometimes we just go I
be hoodied up, be hoodied up. Do you disappear? Do you have

(22:47):
one of them outfits where you knowhow to disguise yourself? Oh? Yeah,
all the time, black hoodie.I don't care. If we the
pandemic is over, I still weara mask. I do not care.
Gotcha? And you say you havea driver outside? Have you got your
driver's license? Yeah, I haven'thad You haven't had time because I haven't.

(23:10):
No, but I don't. That'sone another thing. I do not
want to just walk to the dm V and just get like things like
it's like, I don't I needto pass it because it's like, okay,
you could fake past it, butit's like, well, you can't
fake past it when you're on theroad and you don't know drive, I
mean, because we don't want youto. We don't want you to get
your license on a hook up.I know how to drive, like when

(23:33):
the streets are not busy, butI have never been like on a highway,
but I don't. I'm scared.I think I'll be like I you
know, well I'll probably be like, all right, you start driving,
you drive when I'm on my wayto the bridge. I never did that,
but I have drove like around likeyou know the blocks. How many
cars do you have? Cardies Acouple? I kind of, I have
a like a lot. I haven'teven I've seen my cars, Like this

(23:56):
is a long time. Can Ihave I need to make a little bit
of money from it. Yeah,I'll buy something off of you know,
this is my thirty year anniversary forradio. Just just give me one,
okay, all right, Well we'lltalk about it after. It's crazy that
you got the end. You gotbeautiful cars. But you know what,

(24:17):
even even like like Kiari, likehe I haven't see him driving a long
time. I feel like we justgot Yeah, and you have drivers,
and dude, is your main residencelike in New York? Yeah? Okay,
yeah, so you really you reallygetting around? Yeah? Yeah,
you're not gonna You're not gonna driveand why would you even We're going into
now another political year, and Iknow at one point you you really held

(24:41):
a lot of ground when it cameto politics. Will you be as vocal
if it's necessary this go around?No, right, nobody but I feel
like I already I already feel likeDonald Trump is gonna win, right,
Yeah, man, get ready.That's why I tell people too, if
you're not a Trump support with everyday you even Biden, whoever's in there,

(25:03):
you just gotta do what you're gonnado anyway. Like, I'm not
worried. I'm not waiting for nobodyto take care of me. I'm not
putting all my faith in in thegovernment. I just know. I just
know that I got Veronica, Jadeand Jaden, yeah, front line and
all my family I gotta take careof. Yeah. But I mean,
like you you just see it,like you see that, I feel like
you could just see that he haslike a strong chance of winning. I've

(25:25):
even been keeping up because I alreadyknow. I already feel like you're already
gonna win. You got people thatdidn't support that didn't support him, they
had such a bad past four yearsthat it's just like, oh, yeah,
we're just gonna we're just gonna votefor as well, or or not
vote at all. Yeah, I'mnot voting at all. Yeah, already
though I heard that. Well,I'm gonna vote, you know, and
you know why, just because sosomebody asked me, I'll be like,

(25:48):
oh, yeah, I did,I did. I did. No,
I'm gonna tell you I didn't vote. I'm not gonna vote. I heard
that unless we have like a real, real big or stronger candidate. But
I just want happen. I justit's not. It's not gonna happen.
It's not going to be this year. It's just going to be like a
two two people type stuff. Itwasn't like the last time. Like the

(26:08):
last time, we had like alot of choices and everybody was excited.
This time it is like, yeah, I don't believe it anymore. You
know, I'll still pay attention toit, and I still keep on you
know, I'll keep a focus onit. But whoever whin, I still
gotta I still gotta survive. Yeah, like whoever we're in, just whoever
wins? I have. I havethis vision, but I know I wouldn't

(26:29):
be able to make it come true. But I do have a vision that
I would love to make it cometrue. What is it? See,
I don't wanna, I don't wanna. I don't want to talk about it.
I don't want to talk about it. But I always do have a
vision matter of fact, I'm goingto tell you about my vision, right,
I want to do that everybody eat, act like everybody eat. You

(26:51):
know what I'm saying, because it'sjust like everybody. Everybody like everybody.
Because it's like I don't understand whywhy not children, but like people that
want to go to college. Idon't understand why people that go to college
have to suffer the most. Likeeven when I went to college, right,
even when I went to college,like I did not have money like

(27:15):
that to buy food at all.I ain't have money to buy food at
all. And it's just like,you know, they will give you like
a nice little check for financial aid, but the check for financial aid,
it's just like come on, Likeit's like you gotta buy like five six
books it costs like three hundred dollars. Then you gotta buy your mentro car
monthly metro car that is like ninetydollars. And it's just like like it's
like just how they give EBT cardsfor the people in needs. I feel

(27:37):
like it's like why can't why can'ty'all just like give like those type of
monthly cards for people that want education, Like the only way that this country's
gonna survive is with an education.And I just feel like there should be
monthly checks, food, ebt cardsand everything. Everybody eats. Everybody eats,
can throw in there. Everybody getssome kind of medical card to that's

(28:02):
that's never I feel like that's nevergoing to happen. How I used to
campaign for that, campaign for that, but you know it's not going to
happen if you no, no no, because you know what, no no
no, no, no, nono no, because you know why I
feel that way because like four years, five years ago, I was campaigning
for that. But it's it's biggerthan just it's bigger than just like saying
that. It's just like it's it'sa billion dollar companies type of things that

(28:26):
they're never just going they're just notgoing to allow it to make it right.
It's just like it's beyond political stuff. It's beyond like it's like it's
the it's more about the people thatreally runs. Yeah, man, yeah,
And they say that the problem isin the not in the cure,
like the cure the man, wecan't cure that. Yeah, it's in
keeping. It's in the keeping yousick. And you know what this country

(28:48):
do you see you took me toanother black hole. I really feel like
that this country keeps you sick onpurpose. They have to. Like I
just went to Columbia and I like, it's like this is crazy, right,
Like I'm to Columbia and I andI ate like you know, the
KFC, the McDonald's and everything,and it was so fresh different. It
was so fresh. It felt likeit felt like they just cut the chicken

(29:11):
in the back. And then likeit's like it was so good that when
I came back to America like Icraved it. I craved it. It
was terrible. It tastes like plastic. And then it made me, you
know, take a big like it'slike, oh, I forgot why I
haven't ate I forgot why I han'tate KEFC in a long time. Like
it makes me, But it didn'tmake me in Columbia. Hey man,
you know what's crazy about that whenyou eat something so fresh, sometimes you

(29:33):
think something's wrong with it when yougo to other country, like, oh,
I don't taste the same, Likeyeah, but it was fresh,
it was delicious. And then whenI came back here and I ate the
same thing, it got me sickand It's just like, Yo, this
country and every shape or form iskeeping us sick. It's keeping us sick.
And it's like that's that billion dollars. Hey, Cardi, how is

(29:55):
it having all eyes on you andeveryone know who you are? Like,
say, for instance, like canyou just and you've been talking about,
you know, taking it. Iknow it sound crazy, but can you
just go into a restroom at arestaurant and blow it up? Sometimes that
could be a little bit embarrassing,says I try. I try to avoid

(30:15):
that, right, I try toavoid that. If I gotta do it,
I gotta do it. I justdon't want nobody to know. Yeah,
because I'm just one like everybody becauseall eyes are on celebrities. Yeah,
all eyes are on you now withthis the everything, everything and everybody,
it's just this goofy that goes on. Yeah, everybody's on. Gotcha

(30:40):
are you? And I don't knowhow worried you are about cancel cultures and
things like that. Do you findyourself like having really put your mental editor
on even more so because how sensitivethings are now? Yeah, I mean,
I mean that's what I just disappearfor a long time because I feel
like fame stripped me from myself,and now I'm like being back to myself.

(31:00):
Like you know, like there's alot of like music music critics that
just be like Cardi is scared todrop an album. She's scared to drop
music, and it's like, no, I'm scared to do everything. I'm
scared to do do. I'm scaredto talk about politics. I'm scared to
talk about my life. I'm scaredto talk about anything because it's like I
do not I'm scared to even posta picture because I'm just so tired of

(31:21):
people just criticizing and saying something likeeven like when I post a picture,
like I'm gonna give you an example, right, Like I just told her
something somebody yesterday, Right, Idisappeared for like a month on the internet.
Right, and then I got caughtgoing on a date to a restaurant
and I was covering my face.I was covering my face because I was

(31:41):
making out in the car and Iwas doing nasty stuff. And then I
have red lipstick everywhere, so Iwas covering my face. You know.
The next day, people were sayinglike it's like, yeah, she gota
she got another note job. Shegot another note job. And it's like
this is why I'm just like afraidto even even post a picture or to
even give yat anything because it's justlike, yeah, I just make people
afraid to do anything. And thenwhen you give something, they want more

(32:05):
or they take it wrong with it. Then when you don't give they make
it up. Yeah, they makeit up, like oh yeah, they
made a crazy story up about me. They made a crazy, crazy story
up about me, like the otherday when I went out, and it's
like, this is why I don'teven want to go out, Like like
it's like y'all just be making thingsup. And it's like I'm like,
should I dress it? And it'slike no, you want to know why,

(32:28):
because whether I've dusted or not,it's going to become another story.
It's not gonna stop right there.It's gonna become another story, or it's
gonna become another liar, or it'sgonna become another this. And it's like
no, you know what, livewith it. I don't care anymore.
How hard is it being a famouscouple. It's hard, yeah, as
being a couple anyway, it's hard. Yeah, yeah, especially to me

(32:50):
because I'm very sporadic. Mm hmmm, I'm very sporadic, So it's just
like, yeah, I'm not,that's me, okay, help, Yeah,
I'm very sporadic and everything. Soit's it's it's a little bit like
hard. It's hard. But andwhen you say sporadic, explain like it's

(33:10):
like all right, Like it's likesometimes I feel like, oh, you
want to play with me, I'mgonna do right now. Oh and then
you take it, you probably takesomething public or as opposed to no one
cares about like Jose and his wifeat the moment they can have with him,

(33:30):
no one because this is my partnerof years, but no one is
worried about he and Jennifer's relationship.But and that is true because I feel
like people especially do be caring aboutme after a lot, because sometimes I
will see a couple going through thesame thing exactly that we're going through,

(33:52):
and people don't even try to investigate. But when it's me and him,
they go up and down, reachingup and down, going side inside.
I like whatever, But it's likeit is what it is. Like,
what do you feel when people sayit comes with the business, what that
means, like, like, oh, you're famous, it comes with it?
Comes with being famous, no,and yeah, okay, it doesn't

(34:14):
and it doesn't Like I'm I'm I'ma regular person. Like I cry regular
teers. I probably cry more thanthan a regular I probably cry more than
a regular person, Like you knowwhat I'm saying, Like I'm just a
regular person. People just be like, oh, but your famous. It's
okay for you to have mental mentaltrauma. It's okay for your feelings to
be hurt. It's okay for youto be stripped down. It's okay.

(34:34):
Like it's like it's like if youhave if you have it, if you
have somebody right, if you havea friend, right, And it's like,
are you putting down your friend everysingle day for everything that they do?
Like do you do that to yourcoworkers? So it's like imagine me
getting online and y'all stripping me downfor everything, for my talent, for
the way I look, for theway I talk, for the way I
breathe, for the way the onlything that people can't say about me is

(34:55):
my is my motherhood, because y'allcan't even see my motherhood. But it's
like I could only imagine if I'dbe like, yeah, I did macaroni
and cheese from the box. Soit's just like that's not that's not an
easy thing, Like you know whatI'm saying, Like, that's just not
an easy thing. And I feellike I have lost myself and I'm regaining
myself, but but I feel likeI haven't lost myself in a way that

(35:17):
other people have. Like this iswhy some artists they start developing like mental
issues and and and and start doingdrugs and everything. And some people just
be like, oh, well,I would never do drugs. And it's
like I don't blame these mother thisis a lot. Yeah, And that's
what people say, Oh, yousigned up for and it's like, no,
you don't sign up for me.I did for this time. The

(35:40):
skin is supposed to be thicker.I remember years ago when I knew that
the Internet and social media was crazy. Was it was a picture of an
artist and the artist had there wasa picture of the artists in the sun
Sun is beautiful. They toured thisartist sign apart the the what's the stroller?

(36:01):
The baby was in? Yeah,every everything was a problem. And
that day that really turned me offfrom social media. Like I've never been
on Facebook everything, and you know, I don't be liking like when somebody
get like killed in a very likecrazy way and then people were like,
oh, well they shouldn't have beendoing that, Like, oh well they

(36:21):
shouldn't And it's like, what doyou mean, Oh well, like they're
there like like ye have lost everytype of compassion, Like people have lost
every type of compassion. Like it'sjust like, damn, is this really
the world that we have lived in? And I don't know, like this
generation to me is a little bitwhat have you learned from sharing either a

(36:43):
lot so much or too much?It could it could sometimes backfire you,
Like I feel like I just like, yeah, I could, it could
backfire you totally. Like it's likeyou've had that many many times, many
many times, many times. Yeah, dude, does it make you go
into social media or anything now alittle different because you still anyone that's in

(37:07):
here? You have emotions? Yeah, you know what I'm saying. And
so I don't know what I'm gonnado tonight, let alone next week,
you know what I'm saying. Soyou do have but that, but does
it make you hesitate a little bitmore because I know you're also a protector?
Yeah, you know, And We'vehad a conversation about how you know
people can come at you but don'tcome at my sister. It's different when

(37:29):
you come at my sister, there'sa protection. Do you find yourself being
that protector too when it comes toyour relationship. I'm a protector and everybody.
And that's why I feel like peoplelike to poke, like the people
that I love, the moss likethe other. Like just yesterday, they
was poking at my friend, mybest friend, and I really wanted to
get on Live and like just Violetbecause it's like y'all don't even know,

(37:52):
like what are you talking about?Or like sometimes people just automatically if they
if they want to hurt my feelings, there's like they're gonna like try to
pick on trying to pick on Isaid and everything. And it's like I
feel like when they can't get tome, they try to get to my
friends or like you know, mypartner and everything. They used to do
that a lot with my kid andstuff, like to the point that it's

(38:12):
like that was driving me crazy,Like that was driving me crazy. Like
I just had like thoughts of likestabbing repeating people because it's like, don't
play with my kid, Hey,dude, And that's the way I am,
Like, I'm real gun shy aboutputting my kids up. I don't
post my wife my wife, No, my wife know it's her birthday and
I love you and I'm coming homeand I'm doing this and this is what

(38:34):
we're gonna do. You know whatI'm saying. I don't post like my
sisters, because it's a different thing. If you say something about my family,
yeah, or someone that I love, and if plus, if you
if you just internet banging, likeif you're just somewhere, and I would
love for you to come to meand say something to me and my face,
and I guarantee you nine times outof nine and a half, you

(38:57):
wouldn't. You wouldn't like you,definitely you wouldn't. And so hard.
Yeah, have you met anyone livethat you knew was talking and you're like,
not like a troll. I haven'treally met a troll. I have
met like artists that like it's like, Yo, what do you mean by
that? What you meant by that? I have definitely like, Yeah,

(39:21):
your walk up game is a mess. Son. You will walk up,
huh? I walk and call becauseit's like some time because I don't really
be having time to see like Idon't really have time like to like like
oh see all address it all likeat that time and everything like this's like
and I'm not gonna keep I'm notgonna like, oh everybody just think like,
oh, I'm gonna go Tony Vanand I'm gonna be like a mess.
Like it's like if I feel Ifeel that you said something or you

(39:44):
did something, I'm gonna I'm gonnafind your number that day and I'm gonna
call you and I'm asking you,like what's the problem. And You've done
that all the time, right?Did you put up something on social media?
And I'll read this. There's avideo that you put up where you
say I want to apologize to myfans, to my fans, to myself
and to the people that love mefor losing myself, just losing myself and
not being myself because of negative thingsthat put me in a wall. Yeah.

(40:07):
Yeah, because you know, Iwas seeing my fans complain for a
very long time and it got tothe point that it's like, you see,
this is why I get I gaveyou up. I gave y'all too
much. But then it's like thenagain, it's like I can't be mad
at my fans because that's what Igot y'all used to, So is that
I can't even be mad at thatbecause I got y'all used to that.

(40:28):
And then like I just feel likemy fans just keep saying, like you
see this why I can't mess withher. She don't put no music out,
she don't do this, she don'tdo no consent, she don't do
that. And it's just like Ifeel like there was an understanding that It's
like it's not even about music,it's not ever about content. Like I'm
literally going through something mentally, likeI'm literally scared, Like you know when
you put your foot in the pooland it's like when you jump and it's
like the wires cold, you justwant to get out. Like that's just

(40:50):
me. I want to get out. I want to get out of the
pool, or not jumping at all, or not jumping at all, but
it's like I gotta let that feargo. You have anxiety, I feel
like I got I haven't got diagnosed, but I definitely feel like I got
anxiety. But it's like anxiety andgot you here, baby girl, Like
get over that, Like how amI giving my friends advice? And I
can take my own advice. Ifyou sound like me, this is what
you need to do. This iswhat you need to doing. You're not

(41:13):
doing anything. But you know,sometimes when you give someone advice or something,
you're talking to yourself too. Yeah. Yeah, you know, you're
talking to yourself. Yeah. Andsometimes when I tell somebody something like and
there's been million times I like,man, and I tell the person I'm
talking to me, I'm talking tome too, because I'm a like,
I'm a procrastinator. I got Igot so many of these things called patterns.
Yeah. But and I'll sit upand I'll say, man, okay,

(41:35):
I can man oh boy. Asa coach, I can get the
team together. As a player,I don't know about this, you know
what I'm saying, but yeah,and I do get in my own way.
Yeah. And that's why. Andit's crazy because even the conversation that
I'm having with you, it's likeI'm asking you because I'm like, okay,
yep, I'm I'm in the sameplace. I'm in the same place.

(41:57):
And it's crazy because with with withyour success or anyone, it's not
like there's a light switch like I'mwant to turn it on full blast today.
I want to turn it off.I want to turn it off,
and you can't, you know whatI'm saying. And it's crazy because you
want something in your life and yougot it and you get more and you're

(42:17):
living it. But it's like,you know, sometimes the price you pay
too, yeah you know, andsometimes people, you know, not not
to sound crazy, sometimes people paywith their lives or pay with their health,
you know what I'm saying. Soand it's crazy. That's why I
say, man, people love youand stay strong, but yeah, back
away too. Yeah you know whatI'm saying, back away because they eat

(42:38):
you alive. Man, and you'rebecome a hashtag. Yeah, yeah,
you're become a hashtag. Do youstill have fun though? Do you do
you go out like, oh yeah, I definitely have fun. Hell yeah,
yeah I'm not uh sometimes yes,you know, people look at you
hell yeah yeah. But I mean, I you do have fun, Like

(43:00):
I do have a good balance.Like I do have a good balance.
I have a lot of friends andI have a lot of family. So
it's like I do have a verystrong support system. Like I'm just not
like an alone person, right andI could say that, like the people
that work with me, they justdon't work with me for my money like
that. I know that the peoplethat work with me, like like lone,
my family loved me down. Allmy friends love me down. Like

(43:22):
when I be having like a likea mental breakdown, like my friends like
I'm gonna go over there right now, or my family gonna go over there,
like right right now. So I'mnever alone. That's a good thing.
I'm never alone. Do you knowthat? Like when you put on
an outfit, do you know orjust gonna kill them? Oh? Yeah,
all the time you go here now, yeah, yeah, I never
get that. I just like,even when I put on this this that

(43:45):
I'm wearing today, I was like, this ain't gonna kill nobody. You
know what I'm saying. When youhave on an outfit, like there was
something where I think it was youand was it in workout gear or if
you do like a red carpet orsomething, what do you do with the
those outfits that's almost look like they'reone and done that you can't repeat because
it went viral, you know,I keep them on the archive. I

(44:07):
need I need to start start sellinga whole bunch of things because I feel
like I have I feel like Ihave a lot. I have two warehouses,
right, Why do I have twowearhouses? I have one out here,
I have one in New York?Like, why of stuff that you
don't even wear anymore or just packedin there? Just you know, stand
there. I don't wear no more. Chris Brown had an estate sale.
He sold all his stuff at hishouse. Don't invite nobody to your house

(44:30):
because it's crazy. But why youdon't just go and open it up and
just have people walk through and sellit. I just haven't had the time.
Give many keys. I'll do it, you know what I'm saying.
I do it for on top anyway, I had the time. Right,
do you have time to do regularthings like cook? Of course you don't
have to get a license. Ihate cooking, really, I know how

(44:52):
to. I'm a foodie, okay, but I just don't like to cook
because I you know what I thinkof that eighty eight. I'm not diagnosed,
but I think that's the only thing. That's the only thing that I've
been like. I just don't likeI don't have the patience to do it.
I don't have the patience to doit. That's a really bad thing.
Huh, because now you got somebodythat can. Yeah, there's certain

(45:15):
things that we did out of justnecessity because we had to. And now
you're in the half. Now you'rein the half to. Now you're in
the want to. Yeah, youknow, do I want to? Don't
know? But when you cook something, yeah, and everybody's like, damn,
that was good. It does feelgood, but it's like enjoy it.
Yeah, I cooked every day.Yeah, Like I love cooking.

(45:37):
I love cooking. I'm the cookingin the house. I love it,
you see. But that's the thing. I don't love to. Okay,
when I love to do something,I could do it. I do not
love doing I do not love cooking. Is there anything that you spent money
on that you could look back andsay, why if did I buy that?
A lot of my like a lotof jury, it's like why the

(45:59):
what about this? Like I'm Idon't even wear this and I lost it?
I lost it? How did youlose your jewelry or some of it?
I don't know. I just damn, I don't know. I just
believing stuff. I'm very like I'munorganized. Right, have you ever left
anything in the hotel or do youdo it since got to go back and
grab stuff? Yeah? Yeah,yeah, like I like it was.

(46:22):
It was a point like I boughta watch for two years because I lost
two paddics in one year? Howmuch civil things cost a lot? No
tell me because I don't know,like one hundred and fifty type stuff like
that was like around two eighteen nineteen. I ain't bought watching for two years
because of that. Like I'm nevergoing to buy a watch again, never
gonna buy a watch. But Idid. But but at that time you

(46:45):
meant it, but I meant it, and I didn't bough watch this for
a long time, like I justdidn't. Do you know where you lost
them at the hotel? In thehotel? Damn? Because it's like those
are the times that like it's likeevery single day. Hurry up. I
didn't want to talk about it.Do you fly private or you still feel
like commercial? I do both?How do you feel about these plane doors

(47:06):
flying off and wheels coming off andeverything? I don't even want to do
anything, you know what. That'swhy I feel safer like flying with more
people because it's like numbers we allI know, I know they can gear
less. I know they can careless if there's only eight people, but
it was one hundred and fifty people. They're careful. Let me tell you

(47:27):
what's step about that. At thesame time, too, what's messed up
about that? Say, for instance, all of us got on the on
the plane or train, whatever itis. Let's say all of us,
everybody in this room, everybody onthis floor, right, and something happened
to us. Worst case scenario,we all pass. You know what the
news will say, CARDI b passed. Yeah, it'll be messed up.

(47:52):
You know. That's why, dude. I want my you know, and
not not sounded crazy or it's coming. I want my own day. You
know what I'm saying, because letme tell you what I mean by I
want my own day, all right. Do you know that Pharah Fawcett Do
you know Farah Falseter is Charlie's Angels. Do you know that Farah Fawcet and

(48:12):
Michael Jackson died the same day?I google that It's true. Yep.
So Pharah Falalset died and in themorning there was like Charlie's Angel Superstar Pharah
Foster's died and three hours later itwas like Pharah Fox won't get this out
of here, Michael Jackson, justso I want, like you know what

(48:34):
I'm saying. Have you ever watchedthat movie that she played, that mother
that killed her kids? Yes,like she's an incredible actress and it's like
there on Michael Jackson. Yeah,if it had been Hey man, when
when when we first I remember itwas we did the It was like the
baby shower that we did, didour own for little culture, right and

(48:57):
we got a no culture, agift and everything. Do you still have
that matter, daddy? It's thestory, Okay, you do. I
have a lot of things. Ihave a lot a lot of but like
the matter, daddy, not theone that we gave you, because I
remember you were saying you had amatter of Daddy. Yeah, listen,
my mom she probably has it somewherebecause my mom she's like I won't say

(49:20):
she's a hoarder, but she justalways But this was for you. Yeah,
no, but you took a picturewith one right, Yeah, but
my mom runs everything. Not thehorse, but the other one. That's
the matter, daddy, can guysor something? Yeah, what the hell
is the matter, daddy? Nothing'swrong? Nothing nothing the matter I'm going
you know what I'm saying, I'mdoing cool. I just love having this

(49:42):
conversation with you. But nothing's thematter, you know what I'm saying.
Offset Paul's he gonna get mad?Just calling me mad, Just call me
daddy, daddy. Nothing is thatlike a basket of hey man, you

(50:05):
see now that Beyonce got a country, I have them mouth. How do
you feel about just different genres likethat as well? Because you've tapped into
everything you know, English, Spanish, you know what I'm saying, like
like, how do you feel aboutwhen people are brought in their horizons and
spread their wings like that? Ilove that because like me personally, I
love funk music Like I love funkmusic, and I love you know,

(50:25):
I love a lot of Spanish music. So it's just like I mean,
even when I tap it with Bongos, it was like its me all because
bongos is like it's like funk,and I wanted to let people know funk
is not a Spanish It's Brazilian music. And I love that record, like
because I love funk music, andpeople was like why what is this?

(50:45):
What does bank bank bomb means?And it's like I was so I was
like, but I love it,but I do love to tap in like
different music, Like I love thatmore than everything. And it's just like
if you could do so, it'slike good for you because they were like,
hey man, when you and Megandropped Wop that killed the world,

(51:09):
Yeah, people were saying wop thathad no idea what WP was. Did
y'all know that going in, like, oh, we're about to kill them
with this? No? I didn't. It was gonna be like like that
big. I didn't even know thatthat was gonna be like a big like
a who came with the acronym wopand who came with the title? Like

(51:30):
who came with that? It's likebecause the song is just like what it's
like the word that was like beingsaid the most. So I was like,
just call it. I'm like callinglike like sometimes I'll be on when
people found out what it was,you know what I'm saying, it makes
sense like yeah, I guess itwould you know anybody that know you know

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what? But it's crazy because I'dbe struggling with like finding I be like
finding names to songs, but likeWO was like low hanging fruit. So
now when we fast forward, orwhen we're in present time today, it's
like you and people. It's soeasy when you like, oh, she
in her bag, she in herbag. But do you feel like,

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oh, yeah, I'm in Ohno, I'm in my bag, Honey,
I'm in my bag. I'm sodeep. Yeah, I'm a green
peppermin. I'm deep in there.You gotta search me because there's a lot
of red peppermins, but I'm thegreen peppermint one. Yeah, that's how
you gotta because that's how I'm deepingit. Hell yeah. And with the
new single enough Slash Miami, youknow what I'm saying, Like, what

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what is that to you? Oh, it's a record that I that I
like. But I feel differently aboutthe record now because when I did the
record, I was very angry,but now like I'm not as angry anymore.
Like I'm not as angry anymore,so I feel it now like it's
a fun record, not like anangry record. I was angry when I

(52:58):
did it, but going in itwas like, Okay, it was therapeutic
because you felt something and you're like, this is that record for the time
I feel right now. I don'tlike saying therapeutic because sometimes when I do
music, when I have a certainfeeling, it doesn't feel like it's like,
oh, I feel so much betterthat that I wrote this song about
how I feel. I feel likeit's like, damn, I really want

(53:19):
to kill somebody. This song makesme want to kill somebody even more.
Y'all gotta die. Yeah, Soyou're like, yeah, I wrote the
record and I'm even more. I'mmore mad, like even just in the
booth, I'm angry. What doyou love most about it? About Enough

(53:40):
Slash Miami. What I love aboutit is just like the things that I'm
saying on it, Like it's likethat's how it's like kind of funny,
you know. I like I likedoing like like comedic bars and stuff like
that, and let's like I haveit in there. I like the energy.
I like that it's club energy.I love can club music because I
came from that scene, Like that'smy scene, like club music period,

(54:07):
and it's like I go to theclub a lot, so I want to
hear that when I go out.So I remember you saying at one point
and it was like like we're notmaking anything for the clubs right now,
yeah, you know, And itfelt like like we weren't. At one
point, it just got I gotattacked and then people started saying that.

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Then people start saying it, andit's like, you see why y'all y'all
always got to attack me when Isay something. Yeah, and then they
come back there and say, youright, But it's not you, that's
right, that's not me, that'sright, it's not me this right?
But I was right? Yeah?Man, So you feel like sometimes man,
instead of saying like we need somethingfor the clubs, did you feel
like, Okay, I'll make somethingand we need it and we need more
summer anthems as well? Yeah?Yeah it is enough slash Miami. Is

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that what you feel is like,okay, yeah, this is this is
a summer one. I mean,I mean it really depends on how the
people feel and take it. BecauseI really thought that Bungos was gonna have
people shaking their people was like,why is that this is sound different?
This South? What is this isthis Mexican? It's like it's not even
spatish, it's funk. It's funk. And you so you had a different

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You had an expectation and it wasn'twhat you thought. But even though Bongos
went though it did win. Yeah, and it did went, but it
was just a little bit it wasjust a little bit too different for people.
But you know what, that's whyI will never I will never regret
it though, Like I don't carehow people take it or not, because
it's like, this is what Ilike to do, Like, this is
what I like, this is whatI like. I like, I like

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it. When I heard Bongo's thebeat, I love that beat. So
it's like, it's what I like. And I was like, I cannotop
thinking about what people like or not, Like it's like I didn't I didn't
win in the first time to astudio thinking about you you you you you
heard her her? I thought,I thought about what I was doing at
that day. That day, Iwas gonna go to strip club. I
was gonna straight and I said,I need all my money makers bring that
cash out, I need all mylike like that's what I said. And

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it's like that's what I like.And I'm gonna do and talk what I
like. I'm gonna pick the beatsthat I like. I want to say
what I want to say. Andit's like if you don't like it,
you don't like it. You're therenow. I'm there now, and you
were there before invasing a privacy andbefore Bodak Yellow, before the blow up.
At any point, did you findyourself not even dropping the music but
even in your head, Oh,I need it, I need a radio
hit. I needed this hit.I needed that. Did you find yourself

(56:21):
trying to super serve all those thingstoo it wasn't really much of like a
radio hit or anything, because youknow, it's so crazy. I almost
felt bad for winning too much,and it's like that is so ridiculous.
And it's that because people try tomake me feel bad that I was winning
too much, and it's like I'mnot all right, so let me do

(56:42):
these type of songs. And thenis that when I started doing these type
of songs, they started running withmy formula and it's like, you know
what, I cannot let people likelike like I cannot let people get in
my head because it's like that's whatthey want me to do, like they
want me to stop doing certain things. I tell people, never apologize to
this for your success. Yeah youknow what I'm saying, Like it's like
I'm too blessed, like no,right, yeah, yeah, And especially

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if you if you put that,if you put that work in as well,
Yeah, and no, and welook at the glitz and the glamour.
Nobody look at the flights, thetiredness, the this, the balance,
you know, no one, noone looks at that. Yeah,
because it's like, yeah, Imake it look easy, but it's like
it's not. Yeah. Man,I remember I was somewhere and I don't
know where you are, but youwere pregnant, and I remember, dude,
you was up there performing and Iwas like, dude, my feet

(57:29):
hurt. I was like, dude, my back hurt. And I'm in
the audience like, yeah, youyou you give a lot to this game.
Yeah, and you know what,you know what I when I just
put out this freestyle and everything,a lot of people said that, like
it's like, oh, well,you know, Cardi stopped doing music and
everything, and I feel it's becauseshe was never really passionate about this.

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She she never cared about this,and it's like, you're really actually wrong.
Actually, the reason why I haven'tput on music is not because I
ever stopped. It's because I'm passionate, too passionate that I overthink too much.
I'm overthinking my accent I'm overthinking ofthis beat is a very different beat
than nobody ever heard. I'm overthinkingthe things that I'm saying. So it's

(58:12):
that I'm extremely passionate, and thatis the issue nobody seeing me. Nobody
seeing me because I'm not every singleday on liar Like it's like, yeah,
I'm in the studio, but I'min the studio every single damn day,
Like every single day, I'm inthe studio like it, and people
like, yeah, she was neverpassionate about it, Like what are you
talking about. I went to aschool for music, Like, I went
to a school for music. This'salways been my dream. And if you
don't think I'm passionate because I haven'tput on music, No, I'm passionate

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because I became too passionate that Igot in my head. I got in
my head about everything, even thething that I'm passionate about. I'm I'm
passionate about political issues, Like I'mpassionate about all of that. But it's
like I got too much in myhead. Yeah, ate me up too
much. I just I just Ijust want to like I just want to
go to a little cottage with mykids. Yeah, like far and far

(58:59):
away from still feel like that sometimes, like sometimes but it's like who's gonna
cook? Right? Hey? Man? That's like when I was five years
old, I ran away so likeat the ground, I was like where
am I going? I'm already hungry, Like what am I? What am
I going to do? Here?But yeah, and that's the reality of
it, man, And it's notabout complaining or all, you know,

(59:20):
because people think they wish they hadit and sometimes you don't or you got
to take it all, you know. And I tell people as well,
man, and I'm not nowhere assuccessful as anyone that that that come and
sit in here, you know whatI'm saying. But I tell people like,
if you want certain things, youcan't have certain things. Bro.
This isn't a buffet that you couldjust say, oh I take this.

(59:40):
You got to take everything. Yougot to take my deceased mother, you
got to take my deceased brother,you got to take every problem all with
this, everything that I have,you got to take that. You gotta
take my sister's stroke, you gottabe in a character. You got to
take everything, everything, not justmy VIP pass, yes, everything everything.
And that's how it is with myfriends, like It's like, like,

(01:00:05):
that's why I know that I havelike good friends because it's like,
y'all can they don't just take vIP and like like you know the resources
that I could get them. It'slike, y'all gotta y'all gotta get that
mental break down. You gotta getthat. You gotta get that. So
that's why I love the people thatI'm around with because they get that.
You did mention a few times thatyou did feel like you lost yourself,

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but you are gaining yourself back.Was there something that you changed in your
life or something that you did toreally get back there. I got off
social media, and I just startedto realize that it's like, Yo,
even when I'm off social media,people talking about me. So it's like
whether I'm here or not, they'regoing to talk about me. So it's
like what pill you want to take? Right? And also what is the

(01:00:52):
best part for you about being amom? The best part for me is
everything everything. I love everything.Well I don't like to be crying much,
but everything everything about it, likejust like everything. My kids are
so worth everything. They're so funny, they're so cute. Oh my gosh,

(01:01:15):
it's a pleasure to see you.Yeah, you leave the black you
know, man, No, butyou always have and anytime when we're outside
the neighborhood as well, every timeI see you, you always a one.
And that's been since our day one, since I first met you.
You always been the same person withme. And I appreciate it. And
I'm so glad to not look overhere and look at you in this little

(01:01:36):
screen and I can I can seeyou in person, and I can't wait
to see you win. Our artistscoming back, They're coming back. They
are coming back, man. Yeah. We got a y entire dollar signed
tomorrow. That should be very myselfmyself, yeah, man, so it
should be very interesting. You knowwhat I'm saying. I'm going back to
it. I love my Uh whatis it that that is? Yeah?

(01:02:09):
Adid you find a big boy fromBig Boys neighborhood on iHeartRadio. We have
the most fun on your radio tiedollar sign yay votures. I don't think
people understand how talented you are.I was just saying you better ask somebody
like you said. Talented is likeon some prints, like I can't play

(01:02:31):
instruments. I can't half even sing, you know what I do It's called
confidence. And the thing about it, man, is not only do you
sing yay, you will get awhole crowd to sing with you. And
the one thing that we do knowis that when we hear you, we
know it's you. Did you guysfeel like not that you're feeling in a

(01:02:53):
void. But we needed this voturesor we needed this collaboration and not egotistically.
Well you said to not speak egotistically, so I'm not gonna talk about
well speak eoistically. Thank you forlistening. It is you find a big
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iHeartRadio. Whose baby is it puttingup to pull up with the switches?
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with the trenches, with the trenches,