The Coalescence of Cardi B and the #MeToo Movement
Her debut album, Invasion of Privacy , was released on April 6th, 2018 and is already dominating the charts. It features her familiar Grammy nominated single. “Bodak Yellow,” which became a number one hit and turned the reality star into an undeniable pop star. This song in particular seems to play into one of the central tenants of Cardi B’s essence, which is the fact that she can hold her own in a male-dominated industry known as the rap game (“Bodak Yellow” is famously influenced by Kodak Black’s “No Flockin”). The track, with its intense beat and spitfire lyrics from Cardi, has become a kind of girl power anthem as the Love and Hip Hop: New York star raps about protecting herself both financially and emotionally. The popularity of this track in particular coincided with the rise of the #MeToo Movement. While women in Hollywood stepped forward to share their stories about the abuses and injustices they faced at the hands of powerful men, and the silence of years and year