What’s up y’all, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver Music, and last week, Megan
Thee Stallion and Cardi B teamed up for their latest hit, ‘Wap,’ a collab that came
with a music video that nearly broke the internet.
No seriously, the music video featured the two rappers and even had cameos from fellow
artists including Normani, Rosalia, Rubi Rose, Mulatto, and Sukihana.
The music video also featured a cameo from none other than Miss Kylie Jenner, which left
some fans confused, upset, enraged….
And feeling all the feels…. to say the least.
In the video, Kylie can be seen strutting down a hallway in a leopard outfit and entering
a mystery room while the music cuts out.
And she’s never to be seen again.
Fans instantly took to Twitter to share their reactions to Kylie’s cameo, and while some
fans were here for it, others were PISSED that Cardi and Megan chose Kylie to be in
the video.
One fan tweeted, “tell me why I was having a great time watching the wap video and then
kylie jenner appears.”
Another fan said, “Seeing Kylie in the #WAP video gave me the same feeling that I get
when I see tails on the shrimp in my pasta... why is it here?”
And other fans had suggestions as to who they would have liked to see instead of Kylie,
including Saweetie, the City Girls, Flo Milli, and Kylie’s ex-bestie, Jordyn Woods.
Perfect example, this fan tweeted, “Let me say this before I leave, WAP was amazing
but Kylie?.....was Jordyn Woods not available????”
However; others enjoyed seeing Kylie in the video.
This fan wrote, “Kylie looks so good y’all can keep the negativity to yourselves #WAP.”
And another fan said, “Kylie looked amazing in the WAP video.
Y’all are hateful.”
This fan made their point by saying, “Kylie being in the #WAP video was a genius marketing
move.
What y’all mad for?”
And Cardi B actually retweeted a user who had similar sentiments.
The tweet read, “Kylie in the #WAP video equals people moaning about Kylie in the video,
which equals people tweeting about Kylie in the video, which equals people who haven’t
seen the video going to watch the video to find out why Kylie’s in the video.
Cardi’s getting those hits.”
But regardless, some people were so upset about Kylie’s cameo that they created a
Change.org petition to remove her from the video.
Yep, desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess…?
The petition currently has almost 75,000 signatures and counting.
Cardi’s retweet still did not sit well with some fans, like this person who said, “Strategy
or not she didn't need Kylie for views.
The moment should have been focused on black women in music.
Kylie isn't black and she's not a rapper.
I don't see the point.”
But another fan made the argument that Kylie was not the only non-Black woman in the music
video.
They wrote, “Obv it wasn’t specifically about black women in music.
There were other non-black ppl in the video like Rosalía…”
And this fan went into further detail as to why they were upset about Kylie being in the
video, tweeting, “I can't believe they use someone who is notorious for stealing from
Black Culture...
While they all like #BreonnaTaylor this and that... #smh.”
But regardless of all the backlash, Cardi B tweeted how happy she was about the video,
and took to Twitter to thank everyone who was involved.
She tweeted, “I wanna say thank you to every woman that was apart of my video!
The fact that you made time in your schedules means alot to me!
It was so important to me to include different women,that are different races and come from
different backgrounds but are so powerful and influential.
And she also shared more tweets that have since been deleted.
When one fan tweeted, “Normani did ALL this and Kylie walked down the hall and opened
a door.
If that’s not a perfect visual indication of Black women having to do the most and white
women do the bare minimum to get somewhere, I don’t know what is.”
To which Cardi retweeted three times, saying “Normani is one of the best female artist
that dances Like she dances her f****n ass off!
Why would she open a door?
Please tell me how that would make sense?
The best part of the song is the beat & hook it what makes you want to shake your a**.”
Cardi’s second retweet said, “Not everything is about race.
There’s issues out here in the world that it is about race that I preach all the time
about.
This is not about f****n race.”
And her final since-deleted retweet read, “why did i put Kylie on my music video?
She treated my sister and daughter so lovely at her kid bday party.
Travis and Set are real close and Kris Jenner have giving me advice on certain things I
ask for and her husband real cool with mine."
Cardi also retweeted another fan who said, “Normani danced, that’s her talent!
Kylie strutted like a model, that’s her talent!
People just weird!”
Cardi responded with a simple, “Exactly.”
So there you have it!
Cardi B has officially responded to the backlash of having Kylie Jenner appear in her music
video.
And now I want to know what you guys think.
Did you enjoy seeing Kylie’s cameo in the music video, or should she have been replaced
with another artist?
Let us know all your thoughts in the comment section below.
After that, click right over here for our exclusive interview with Yungblud, where he
plays a game of Clevver’s ‘Lyric Recall.’
Thanks for watching Clevver Music, I’m Emile Ennis Jr. and I’ll see ya next time!