Some seven years since she dropped her 2018 debut Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B has released Am I The Drama?, her long-awaited, star-studded second studio full length.
Aptly titled, the superstar rapper/writers new collection follows recent courtroom drama when several weeks ago, she was cleared of assault and battery in a civil case brought against her by a security guard. Emani Ellis had alleged the singer (born Belcalis Merlenis Almánzar) had spit on her face, used racial slurs and cut her face with her fingernail in her lawsuit, which she denied.
The album also lands shortly after the 32-year-old rapper announced she is pregnant with baby number four (following Kulture (7,) Wave (3,) and 11-month-old Blossom with estranged husband Offset,) and her first with 31-year-old footballer Stefon Diggs.
Cardi stated that delivering the record felt like preparing to birth a child and explained that the delay was due to waiting on the many featured artists – including Janet Jackson, Lizzo, Selena Gomez, Megan Thee Stallion, Cash Cobain, Kehlani, Summer Walker and Tyla – to send in their parts.
During a recent interview on The Jennifer Hudson Show, the New York City-born native said:
“I am so overwhelmed… It’s like I’m pushing another baby.” “It was completely completed and this is what’s missing out there. I touch on everything I wanted to touch.”
Kicking off February 11 in Palm Desert, California, Cardi will talke to the stage with Little Miss Drama Tour, her first-ever US arena trek at such major venues as Madison Square Garden, the Kia Forum, and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena before wrapping in Atlanta on April 17.
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Author: Al Denté
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