courtesy of Instagram/@iamcardibMusicNewsMusic / 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, 2019Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE11 alt Christmas anthems for the miserable and brokenhearted Last Days: The opera exploring the myth of Kurt CobainLenovo & IntelInternet artist Osean is all for blending art and technologyHow hip-hop is shaping the fight for Taiwan’s futureNew York indie band Boyish: ‘Fuck the TERFs and fuck Elon Musk’The 5 best Travis Scott tracks... according to his mumTheodora answers the dA-Zed quizDHLSigrid’s guide to NorwayThe 30 best K-pop tracks of 2025‘UK Ug’: How Gen Z Brits reinvented rap in 2025 How a century-old Danish brand became pop culture’s favourite sound systemDHLInside singer Sigrid’s intimate walks through nature with her fans