Rapper Cardi B is setting the record straight after rumors surfaced that she was paid to speak at Vice President Kamala Harris’s rally in Wisconsin. Cardi appeared at the Milwaukee event on Friday to endorse the Democratic presidential candidate but quickly took to X, formerly Twitter, to deny any payment for her appearance.
“I did not get paid a dollar for this,” she said, faulting her life experience for her concern with social issues. “Before I was a celebrity, I was a product of poverty for 24 years,” she said.
Such is the commitment to social change that has long underpinned Cardi’s brand, and this appearance proved no exception. She reiterated that for her, the participation derives from a genuine inclination to witness positive changes in her community, no paycheck necessary.
