WOC Talents Cardi B, Azelia Banks, Rita Ora + Feud Over Degrading Cultural Dialogue

Good goddess! Just three weeks ago, AOC had rapper Cardi B educating us on the Roosevelts. She named every American president backwards, or something to that effect. We extolled her intelligence, very abundant in her May 2018 GQ interview with Caity Weaver.

And now, all hell broke lose in an verbal-only brawl between Azelia Banks -- representing intelligent, cultivated women rappers like her -- and Cardi B, who reminds her of an "illiterate, untalented rat" and a "caricature of a black woman."

Banks continued in her Friday interview on the popular radio program 'The Breakfast Club' with her main argument: "Two years ago, the conversation surrounding black women’s culture was really reaching an all-time high. There was just this really, really, really intelligent conversation going on nationally and then everything just kind of changed and then it was like Cardi B.”

Cardi B had a few choice words about Banks in response, defending herself, her rapper personal and her musical style, saying:

Eye: Cardi B Sets GQ US May 2018 Straight On The Roosevelts -- Franklin & Eleanor -- Who REALLY Made America Great Again

Eye: Cardi B Sets GQ US May 2018 Straight On The Roosevelts -- Franklin & Eleanor -- Who REALLY Made America Great Again

Cardi B is fighting to stay true to her Bronx roots, having dropped a new album, 'Invasion of Privacy', opening in the top spot and making her (only) the fifth female rapper with a No. 1 album. Cardi B stands with sisters Nicki Minaj, Eve, Foxy Brown and Lauryn Hill,writes the New York Times, continuing:

“Invasion of Privacy” also had the highest streaming week ever for a female artist, with 202.6 million streams of tracks from the album, beating Beyoncé, who logged 115 million for “Lemonade” two years ago. In addition to the streams, “Invasion of Privacy” had 103,000 sales as a complete album, on formats like CD and download.

Cardi B drops into the pages of GQ US May 2018, lensed by Christian Weber and interviewed by Caity Weaver.

"I love political science," says Cardi, tucking into: Brussels sprouts with bacon, mashed potatoes with lobster, macaroni and cheese with optional truffle upgrade, shrimp cocktail with lemon and salt on the side, and a Coke with extra ice. We know the West Hollywood restaurant Cardi selected for dinner is good because, a member of her team explained earlier, Drake ate here last night. "I love government. I'm obsessed with presidents. I'm obsessed to know how the system works.

The "Bodak Yellow" rapper also weighed in on Social Security, telling Weaver that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was "the real 'Make America Great Again,' because if it wasn't for him, old people wouldn't even get Social Security."

In an added compliment, one not to be taken lightly, Roosevelt's wife gets her own high-five, after Cardi B finishes off her macaroni and cheese, and explains to Weaver how social security for seniors came to be:

Zendaya & Cardi B Cover CR Fashion Book #12, Lensed By Mario Sorrenti In Pop Culture Tribute

Pop culture girls Zendaya and Cardi B cover CR Fashion Book #12, styled by Riccardo Tisci.Mario Sorrenti is behind the lens, with hair by Larry Sims and makeup by Ismaya Ffrench. In these images, we see a cast of conceptual characters inspired by '70s performance art.

Zendaya is only 21, but "Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman feels more like a 70-year-old grandmother than a fresh-faced ingénue who can sing, dance, act, and even fly trapeze. Here, the multi-talented starlet talks with Cardi B about her mature nature, chasing happiness, and finding the “hood” in her." Read the interview.

Cardi B is also featured on the March 11, 2018 cover of The New York Times Magazine Music Issue.