Baby and Bump Obsession Cardi Week Let's talk about Cardi B's body. Well, let’s talk about Cardi B’s profile in GQ, written by Caity Weaver, which has now become a conversation about Cardi B’s body. We’re big fans of Caity Weaver at this site. Lainey has written extensively By Kathleen • Apr 10, 2018 10:31 am
Music Cardi B’s Invasion Of Privacy Bodak Yellow dropped 10 months ago. It’s hard to imagine the charts without Cardi B. Her culture dominance and her presence in the pop world are now so pervasive, it’s astonishing that it has only been 10 MONTHS since Bodak Yellow became the instant classic that catapulted her By Kathleen • Apr 09, 2018 10:29 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Cardi B is pregnant Cardi B capped off a weekend of incredible reviews and an already-certified gold album (my review is coming up next) with the official announcement of her pregnancy. On SNL. In a tight white Christian Siriano dress, during a performance of the best song on an album full of great By Kathleen • Apr 09, 2018 10:01 am
Music Cardi B and #MeToo in hip-hop Cardi B does not fit the mold of the “perfect victim.” The “perfect victim” is not an ex-stripper. She’s not a woman of colour. She doesn’t dress the way Cardi B dresses or talks the way Cardi B talks. We’ve seen it time and time again By Kathleen • Mar 21, 2018 10:36 am
Grammy Awards 2018 Bruno Mars and Cardi B bring the JOY The thing that almost angers me the most about Bruno Mars beating out Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar (and even Childish Gambino) for Album of The Year is that it puts me in the position of having to say anything about Bruno Mars other than that he’s a goddamn By Kathleen • Jan 29, 2018 09:11 am
Music Cock-jacking Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake released a video today for his song Filthy. It’s the one where he seems to be mansplaining to an audience full of Asians how to do robotics. JT wanted it to be the music event of the weekend. And since it’s Golden Globes weekend, he’s By Lainey • Jan 05, 2018 01:42 pm
Cardi B Cardi B’s “genuine-tivity” One of my favourite celebrity profiles of the year was Allison P. Davis’s piece for New York Magazine on Cardi B. It delightfully captures Cardi’s rags-to-riches come-up while also giving a delicious glimpse into the whimsical mind of rap’s brightest breakout star. If you By Kathleen • Dec 22, 2017 11:27 am
Music Taylor sends Cardi flowers As mentioned the other day in What Else, with Bodak Yellow, Cardi B became the first female solo rapper to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 18 years, taking down Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do. And it’s worth a conversation because, obviously, Cardi By Lainey • Sep 27, 2017 10:39 am