in the era of #MeToo, some are wondering whether it's time to cancel Cardi B after she admitted to drugging and robbing men when she worked as a stripper.
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"Cardi, who could have only been in her late teens or early twenties at the time of these alleged events, was wrong. But is she more wrong than the scores of Black male rappers and Hip-Hop artists who have made careers discussing their criminal pasts and its necessity for their survival?" an Essence.com essay asked this week.
Outrage ensued, with some comparing Cardi B to Bill Cosby, who was convicted last year for drugging and molesting a woman in 2004. Others posted .SurvivingCardiB on social media, playing off the ultra-popular Lifetime documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly," which helped lead to new sexual abuse charges against the R&B singer a decade after he was acquitted of child pornography charges. The singer has denied the new allegations.
"These are things that male rap artists traditionally, historically, have been able to use to tell their story , 'I used to do X-Y-Z, but now I rap.' That's a stable of many rap origin stories," Scott said. "I can name so many rappers who have legitimately said on record and in an interview, 'Oh man, I was going to continue selling drugs but my manager or my friend or my boy who raps told me I should focus on this because I have a gift.
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