While the 2022 Grammys award ceremony was taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, Cardi B was busy shutting things down on social media. Not only did she delete her Twitter account after several users criticized her for not attending the awards show, but the rapper also appeared on Instagram Live to defend her absence.
Cardi B received several Twitter messages from fans talking about her choice to skip the event, including some that aimed at her two kids with her husband Offset. The rapper asked in an eight-minute video addressing the hateful comments. “Why would I go to the awards for?” “Do I have any new music? Why would I show up with one nomination?”
Cardi, whose song “Up” was nominated for Best Rap Performance but lost to Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar’s “Family Ties” before the Grammys telecast, went on to slam those who dragged her family into the drama. She said, “If you bring up my son, I hate you. I wish the worst on you.” Meanwhile, Cardi added that she skipped the Grammys because she was working on new music, telling viewers, “I gotta prep today and, I gotta prep tomorrow.
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The rapper continues, “So Tuesday, I’m going far away and finish the album.” “I’m doing a red carpet soon and, it’s gonna be great, but I don’t like it when they attack me and then call me lazy because I’m not doing it,” she said. “One thing I hate is when people call me lazy because I work so much. And that’s why I’m mad.” However, after deleting her Twitter, it seems like she has also deactivated her Instagram.
Cardi attended her very first Grammy Awards in 2019 when she made history as the first female solo winner to take home the trophy for Best Rap Album. The following year, she and Offset, who tied the knot in 2017, made a glamorous albeit fashionably late appearance at the awards ceremony. She also attended the last year’s Grammy with Megan Thee Stallion.