The critic speaks about Cardi B’s Grammy win this year and the controversy that came with it. The message is that she was the first female solo rapper to win in the best rap album category, creating negative feedback from fans. Cardi performed her new single “Money” during her performance right before her win. The critic then proceeds to dive into the backlash that Cardi got from her achievement. Fans and other nominees started lashing out against Cardi’s Grammy win all over social media. This caused Cardi to delete her Instagram from the negative feedback stating, “ I’ve been taking a lot of bullshit today and I saw a lot of bullshit last night and I’m sick of this shit,”
The critic reports that Lady Gaga then stepped in and posted a picture with Cardi, defending her. Saying in her Instagram post caption, “It is so hard to be a woman in this industry. What it takes, how hard we work through the disrespectful challenges, just to make art. I love you, Cardi. You deserve your awards. Let’s celebrate her fight. Lift her up & honor her. She is brave.” Lady Gaga, being a previous Grammy winner, stepped in and defended her fellow Grammy winner, Cardi B, and voiced her opinion. The critic wanted to emphasize Gaga showing Cardi respect instead of tearing her down like fans were doing on social media. Portraying that Gaga supports her fellow female artist and celebrates her win as a Grammy winner as well.
The critic relates Cardi’s win to the Grammy’s broadcasted on television and the backlash on Instagram. Nerisha Penrose initially explains why this backlash came about with Cardi winning the Grammy. Then takes the situation over to Instagram where backlash was shown and where Lady Gaga voiced her opinion about Cardi. The article had screenshots of all the social media proof between Cardi and Gaga as well. Showing readers proof of exactly what went down and Lady Gaga’s brave defense for Cardi B.
https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a26323075/lady-gaga-cardi-b-support-grammy-backlash/
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