The ‘WAP’ hitmaker has come out to apologize after receiving backlash for supporting and promoting a virtual fundraiser for Armenia amid the country’s conflict with Azerbaijan.
Cardi B supports Armenia and posted information on fundraising for victims of the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh vía her IG Stories (October 6th, 2020). @iamcardib pic.twitter.com/66pnCb0Hu1
— Cardi B Russia / Fan Account (@CardiBRus) October 6, 2020
In a voice note shared on Twitter, Cardi admitted that they (She and Offset) “didn’t do their research” and also called for peace.
In the voice note, she said, “I woke up this morning and I’m seeing that I and my baby father are getting attacked. Yesterday we were trying to sell a property that we have in Atlanta. Not a big house, but you know we invest in a lot of properties. And we were trying to sell it because of the market and everything.
I’m so sorry .We did not do our research. pic.twitter.com/SB3qudonSk
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) October 6, 2020
And our consultant is Armenia and he was really in distress because he was saying there’s a lot of terrible genocides going on in his country, and said ‘Can you please post something for a cause, for a good cause, for Armenia?’”
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) October 6, 2020
Last week saw Armenia and Azerbaijan fight over disputes relating to the borders in the Caucasus region following the end of the Soviet Union.
To Twitter users who claimed she supported terrorism, the rapper responded, “I don’t support terrorism.” Cardi again took responsibility for failing to do research before sharing the flyer but insisted she did not support any conflict in which innocent people are being harmed.
Stfu I don’t support terrorism.I literally posted it for my friend with out doing no research on what’s going on .Im sorry about that .I don’t like war .I don’t like conflicts between two countries period cause I hate innocent people being affected by it. https://t.co/VcogVfJZCg
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) October 6, 2020
Cardi and Offset are not the only stars who have spoken out about the conflict, Elton John has also called for peace.