By Viviane Faver
She showed her outrage over the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency technician who was shot dead in the middle of the night at her home in Louisville, Kentucky, in March, by police executing a search and seizure warrant.
The rapper changed his Instagram avatar to show Taylor’s name. And she is using the platform, taking advantage of the fact that she has thousands of followers so that justice can be done after Taylor’s murder, asking for criminal charges against the police officers involved.
After 150 days of Taylor’s death, Cardi B pressures male rappers to use their popularity and protest against police crime.
“A woman like Breonna Taylor, she was young,” she explains in the cover story of Elle’s September issue. “She seemed to be listening to your music. She appeared to be his fan. You should stick up for her.”
She adds to questioning what happened. “That is so insane to me. [I saw] Breonna Taylor’s name everywhere, but I didn’t really know her story,” she continued. “What they did to her is really fucked up. Really fucked up. What’s the excuse? Why is the cop not in jail? Wasn’t what he did a crime? It’s a crime! And no apology. No apology. No video of the cop coming out crying, ‘I fucked up. I don’t do this. I don’t do that.’ Nothing. It’s nothing. I don’t even know how her mom still holds her head up. Unbelievable.”
Just like Cardi, other women celebrities have exposed the subject in recent months. Among them, Beyoncé, Regina King, Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Alba, and Amy Schumer.
Cardi also criticized President Donald Trump, explaining that she wants a leader who “understands the people’s pain” and “makes me feel safe.” She adds that she will do whatever is necessary to put Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in office.
Regarding Trump, she continued, “He’s not doing anything for anyone. He’s just saying things that please the same people. “
Cardi B has her new song with Megan Thee Stallion ‘WAP’ criticized by conservative analysts. They are asking to ban the track because of sexually explicit lyrics.
But Cardi could not be less bothered, writing on Twitter about the controversy: “THIS IS ICONIC TYPE AND I AM LIVING FOR IT.”
