Cardi B reveals being sexually assaulted during photo shoot
Cardi B who is known for her unfiltered opinions and candid nature, opened up about being sexually assaulted on the sets of a magazine photoshoot early on in her career.
Not everyone has treated the star with the respect Cardi B deserves. While Cardi B may be one of the biggest rappers right now, the Grammy-winning artist reflected upon some of the struggles she faced in the industry in the initial phase.
Cardi B revealed she was sexually assaulted on set of a photoshoot in a new interview with WE tv’s Untold Stories of Hip Hop.
Recounting the horrific incident, the 26-year-old rapper said,
“I will never forget how I went to shoot for this magazine and the photographer, he was trying to get close to me like, `Yeah, you want to get in this magazine? ` Then he pulled his dick out.”
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Cardi B told the host Angie Martinez in a clip from the episode.
“I was so f–ing mad, and I was just like, `This is crazy`,” she added. When the `I Like It` hitmaker told the magazine owner about the harassment, Cardi B said she received a nonchalant response.
When asked how she reacted to the incident, Cardi B said she left the shoot. However, when she told someone about what occurred, there was no apology.
The 26-year-old rapper compared her disturbing experience to the #MeToo movement, which went viral in October 2017 after a number of sexual abuse allegations were made against film producer Harvey Weinstein.
The movement was started by activist Tarana Burke on MySpace in 2006. “When I see the Me Too movement, there are girls from the hood I know that went through the same type of treatment, like they make you feel like you got to do a certain type of thing for the most bulls– s–. It happens, really, every day,” she said.
When asked by Martinez if she still faces similar experiences today, Cardi responded, “Oh, hell no. I`ll put you on blast on my Instagram … I`ll f–ing violate.”
Cardi did not name the photographer or magazine, or when the assault allegedly happened. But in 2018, when Cardi was on the cover of Cosmopolitan, she told the publication how the #MeToo movement was ignoring the hip-hop industry.
She said video vixens in particular were left behind by the movement, and were silenced when they spoke out about abuse because of the provocative nature of their occupation.
Cardi B on me too movement
Cardi also told the magazine that she didn’t trust the men in power who were publicly embracing #MeToo and calling themselves allies. “These producers and directors. They’re not woke, they’re scared,” the rapper added.
The #MeToo movement gained traction in Oct. 2017, when The New York Times published a report on Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual abuse history that spanned decades.
Soon after the article’s publication, legions of women shared their own Weinstein stories, from Lupita Nyong’o to Salma Hayek to Angelina Jolie.
Weinstein denied the allegations, but was ousted from his company. He has pleaded not guilty to all accusations, and is now awaiting trial.
Since #MeToo began, multiple photographers have been accused of abusing their power. In 2017, allegations against photographer Terry Richardson that spanned decades and went widely reported for years without repercussion resurfaced.
Richardson was released from contracts with Vogue, Vanity Fair, and others as a result. In 2019, photographer Marcus Hyde, who previously worked with Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian, was accused of sexually assaulting models during shoots.
Following that accusation, photographer Timur Emek, who has had featured work in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, was also called out for allegedly demanding sex for photo shoots.
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