Joe Budden is not shy about critiquing another artist’s career, which means he also must know that he opens himself up for someone else to make a similar assessment of his career and some of the controversial things he’s done.
via: Page Six
Cardi B is calling Joe Budden out for constantly dragging her on his podcast for no reason – even going so far as to accuse him of using drugs.
“Bro, I gave you a lap dance two times in [the New York strip club] Starlets. You was high as f–k. High as f–k on coke, n—a. I could smell that coke through your breath,” the “WAP” rapper, who used to be a stripper, claimed during an X Spaces session on Thursday.
Cardi went on to say that she doesn’t “give a f–k” when people “talk s–t” about her, but that he is incessantly dragging her.
“It’s the fact you always talk s–t about me Joe Budden. Out of nowhere, you would think I did something to this n—a,” she said.
“For the past two years, this n—a has only talked bad things about me … constantly,” she added, before asking, “Why? ‘Cause you got an interview?”
Cardi accused Budden of pandering to his audience and said that he is constantly pinning her against other women in the rap game.
“Every five or six months you comparing another female rapper towards me, you compare new artists, old artists, every single f–king artist with me, bro,” she said. “If you love these bitches so much, why are you not talking about their album? You compare females to me that my worst records beat their best records. I don’t give a f–k about none of these bitches.”
Cardi also called out the broadcaster for claiming that her recent relationship drama with husband Offset was a publicity stunt ahead of her forthcoming album.
“You really sat here in December saying that I f–king got into it with my husband. Because this ain’t my little boyfriend n—a, this ain’t no fucking baby daddy n—a, this n—a and I been married for seven years,” she said.
“‘Oh yeah, she did that for a publicity stunt because this and that drop.’ F–k, what?”
Cardi expressed her anger and said that she was no longer going to ignore his commentary and play nice.
“Now I’m this girl. Now I’m Cardi B, the bitch you always talkin’ s–t about,” she said. “I’ve been giving you four years, sparing you for two years, even when I call you out, I don’t even disrespect you. You always tryin’ me. Always tryin’ me.”
Cardi ended her long-winded rant by telling Budden to stop being a “f—king hater.”
Budden said on Thursday’s episode of his eponymous show that he believed Cardi wouldn’t actually end up putting out a new album.
“We’ll never get another album again. I am standing on it,” he said. “Cardi got something dropping with my man Rob[49] on Friday, but that’s what Cardi’s gonna be now. A single artist,” he said.
Budden added, “I’m sure Offset wants Cardi to put an album out. Ay, fellas out there. Boyfriends, y’all know that feeling right? When you want your bitch to get a job. You in the house and your bitch won’t leave… Ain’t you got an album to do? Ain’t you got a single?”
The media personality ultimately ended up issuing a half-hearted apology to the rapper.
“She cursing me smooth out but she still hilarious lol…. I’m going to bed, i apologize to @iamcardib for whatever i did and peace and love to all,” he wrote on X on Thursday night.
He also claimed to have “never done coke” and said he has “never gotten a lap dance from this lady.”
“I promise you and can assure you, i will not cover a single thing this girl does for the remainder of her career… Peace & love,” he wrote, adding, “I really just wanted an album from someone whose music i love 🤦🏾.”
I just wish Cardi would stop going on social media and commenting on everyone that criticizes her. I feel it's a valid point on Joe's end to question why it's taking her so long to drop her sophomore album, because it's the same thing her fans have been asking.
I don't feel that she's going to replicate the same success of your debut, and as long as you put your blood, sweat, tears, heart and soul into what you are doing creatively, who cares what other people think.
I get social media and reality TV is what catapulted Cardi to success, but now that you're on a different playing field in regards to being in the mainstream music industry, as well as being invited into Hollywood spaces, Cardi needs to focus on her career and less on what celebrity pundits are saying about her.
As for Joe his job is to provide commentary on celebrities since he participates in the media space. I just hope if he is going to be critical of Cardi that he's also fair regarding other female rappers.
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