Cardi B Defended Women Rappers After Mariah Carey Producer Jermaine Dupri Slammed "Strippers Rapping"

"It seems like that’s what people wanna hear," responded Cardi.

Michael BlackmonBuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on July 12, 2019, at 11:58 a.m. ET

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Cardi B on Thursday defended women rappers after Jermaine Dupri, a longtime producer and collaborator with singer Mariah Carey, said the latest wave of women artists are like “strippers rapping.”

“First of all, I rap about my pussy because she my best friend, you know what I'm saying,” Cardi said in a video posted to social media. “And second of all, it seems like that’s what people wanna hear.”

The Grammy winner, who previously worked for a time as a stripper before reaching the heights of superstardom, talked about some of her personal experience as an up-and-coming artist.

According to Cardi, when she was “careful” about the music she produced, producers didn’t really care about her art.

“People was talking mad shit in the beginning like, 'What the fuck is this? This is not what I expected. I expected this, I expected that,'" she said. “So it’s like, if that’s what people ain't tryna hear, then alright. Ima start rapping about my pussy again.”