courtesy of Instagram/@iamcardibMusic / NewsMusic / NewsCardi B speaks out about the downside of being a role model‘People still spit my past right in my face so for now imma be my old self again’ShareLink copied ✔️April 7, 2019April 7, 2019TextThom Waite Responding to a Twitter comment from activist Kenidra Woods yesterday, Cardi B opened up about the pressure she’s put under by those who see her as a role model, and how people still bring up her past. “I love you ALOT,” read the original message from Woods. “But I don't agree with the messages you've been sending us young girls. So many of us look at you as a role model and that should send a very loud message.” But Cardi B’s response suggests that she feels weighed down by the “role model” label (and the obligation to perform a certain set of ideals that goes with it). “For these past two years I been watching what I say and I haven’t been myself,” she writes. “I been feeling trap and sad cause it’s not ME but everybody tell me to be it for me to be this ‘rolemodel’ and guess what ? People still spit my past right in my face so for now imma be my old self again.” This statement comes in the wake of a controversy about a three year old, resurfaced Instagram Live video, in which Cardi B said she used to drug and rob men who tried to pay for sex. “I never claim to be an angel I always been a street bitch,” she wrote in response to criticisms about the video (in line with her being “her old self again”) and pointed out the hypocrisy of those who glorify male rappers for similar acts. For these past two years I been watching what I say and I haven’t been myself.I been feeling trap and sad cause it’s not ME but everybody tell me to be it for me to be this “rolemodel”and guess what ? People still spit my past right in my face so for now imma be my old self again https://t.co/yyznDymIYp— iamcardib (@iamcardib) April 6, 2019Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThis book looks inside the mad world of Lee ‘Scratch’ PerryDazed Mix: Lauren Auder Nike How the Dazed US team are AirmaxxingZaylevelten is leading a Gen Z Nigerian rap revolutionBillionhappy is the ‘king’ of the Nu China rap sceneWhat makes a good sex song?Rap band WHATMORE are the sound of New York adolescence ‘Emo boy got the party lit’: The UK underground has a new identity crisisRawayana: How a Venezuelan pop band became political exiles‘Silence is punk as fuck’: Frost Children and Ninajirachi go head-to-head‘Fast, angry, chaotic’: The story behind the Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ video‘There’s been tears’: RZA on the final days of Wu-Tang ClanEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy