In other words, this is a shit-talking record about ending your drama and owning your awesome. Its combination of drill austerity with bounce energy achieves, to my ears, a pretty neat trick: Cardi has produced a joyous drill song—which sounds oxymoronic, even borderline impossible, yet she makes it work. When she launched with “Bodak Yellow” four years ago, Cardi was a rousing, bruisingly feminist , take-no-shit newcomer, and her breakthrough hit was all menace. “Up” has the same fierceness and braggadocio, but it somehow sounds, well … up —a kind of 2021 sequel to Mary J. Blige’s spartan 2001 party jam, the Dr. Dre–produced “ Family Affair .”If there’s one thing Cardi B is going to do on a Monday morning, it’s tell you exactly what’s on her mind. And this time, it was all about hair.

On Mar. 29, the rapper shared a series of tweets, comments, and photos of her natural hair via Instagram. The first was a screenshot of the star explaining how her ethnic heritage has nothing to do with her texture, after fans commented that the only reason Cardi has long hair is because she’s a Latinx woman. She also added photos that showed off the diversity of her ‘fro.

…

In the caption, she revealed that she will be coming out with a haircare line and further explained that race and ethnicity are two separate things.

“This year I will be coming out with a hairline that I been working on at home for my hair and my daughters however, I think is time for people to educate themselves on nationality, race and ethnicity,” Cardi wrote. “Being Hispanic/Latina don’t make your hair long, don’t make your skin light or don’t make your face features slim specially Latin countries from the Caribbean islands.”

“Dna have something to do with your hair not your nationality but guess what you can always maintain your hair,” she continued. “And one more things not everyone that speaks Spanish is Mexican.”

Cardi has yet to share what exactly will be included in her haircare collection, however since she’s been testing them at home and on her daughter, there’s a good chance they’re all-natural.

From Publisher: InStyle

And here’s another article:

Cardi B Was ‘Nervous’ Over Meeting Kylie Jenner

Why Cardi B’s “Up” is No. 1. on the Billboard Hot 100.

Just over a week later, right on schedule, Cardi B has a new No. 1 song. Her combination Chicago drill–plus–NOLA bounce jam is the biggest song in our itching-to-be-vaccinated, ready-to-party nation. Who’s feeling “Up”? Apparently, we all are.

For the record, the woman born Belcalis Almánzar wasn’t sweating this at all. Cardi B was very happy with her then–No. 2 hit. The week of its debut, she tweeted thanks to her fans for giving her the highest solo debut for a female rapper since Lauryn Hill dropped “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998 . The key word in that stat is “solo”; “Up” is just Cardi, no duet or featured performers. She even said in her tweet that she’d “over succeeded”—you can’t fake that kind of Zen. Call me naïve, but the fact that she threw no shade Olivia Rodrigo’s way really indicates she would’ve been content if “Up” had gone no higher than the runner-up slot.