Cardi B’s XXX-mas ‘tape’
RAP’S hottest name, Cardi B, dropped a new single just in time for Christmas — “Bartier Cardi,” featuring 21 Savage — but the Bronx rapper didn’t expect an alleged sex tape to also drop on the same day.
The racy video surfaced online Friday, and blog MTONews claims the nude woman depicted in the clip is the stripper-turned-recording star.
Cardi B’s rep did not comment on the alleged tape when Page Six reached out for comment.
Her fans were outraged, with one tweeting, “Yes, [Cardi B] used to be a stripper who has naked videos from her past stop bringing it up when she doing good always hating going on it’s really sad.” Another added, “Why are people leaking nude videos of Cardi B? She used to be a stripper, her naked body isn’t a secret or a scandal. Y’all won’t let anyone successful keep their past in the past.”
The video is said to be a “preview” to a more explicit sex tape.
In the video, one can see Cardi B smiling, laughing, twerking and bending over for the camera. She shot to fame with her summertime hit “Bodak Yellow” and won Single of the Year at the BET Awards. The song went triple-platinum, knocking
Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” from the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
A video with her latest tune was also released on Friday, which had some fans speculating the alleged sex-tape scandal might be a p.r. stunt. An- other fan posted, “She obviously has haters that are trying to block her shine.”
Cardi B is nominated for two Grammys and is engaged to fellow rapper Offset of the chart-topping hip-hop trio Migos.
However, news of the potentially embarrassing tape couldn’t derail buzz over her latest single. Condé Nast’s hipster music blog Pitchfork praised Cardi B’s new single, saying, “‘Bartier Cardi,’ in a way, feels like a celebration of her stunning rise,” and that her “follow-up to her lovable surprise smash ‘Bodak Yellow’ is even more audacious, a defiant dispatch that trades on power a No. 1 debut can provide . . . the Bronx native continues to be unforgettable.”