Cardi B covers 'Elle,' calls out male rappers for not talking about Breonna Taylor

Cardi B has waded deep into politics over the past year, piping up on behalf of Senator Bernie Sanders, advocating for Social Security, and criticizing Donald Trump. The rapper, who covers the September issue of Elle magazine (a pretty huge deal, BTW) in a stunning jeweled headpiece to match her new(ish) labret piercings, shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to speaking out.The rapper, whose new single, ‘WAP’ has come precariously close to breaking the internet for more than one reason, comes out swinging in the interview — aiming in the direction of some of her music industry colleagues. Cardi told Elle that she takes serious issue with the fact that she doesn’t see many of her male peers demanding justice for murdered EMT worker Breonna Taylor who was shot by Louisville Police during a horrific no-knock raid earlier this spring. “A woman like Breonna Taylor, she was young. She looked like she was listening to your music. She looked like she was your fan. You should stick up for her,” she told Elle in a particularly pointed comment.[video_embed id='2011374']BEFORE YOU GO: Viola Davis and Christina Aguilera love the 'WAP' video, but Carole Baskin’s claws are out[/video_embed] 

 

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My first Elle magazine cover! The fact that they love my labret piercing makes it my fav! Thank you @ninagarcia @elleusa

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Cardi began advocating for Taylor following a conversation she had with the 26-year-old’s mother, Tamika Palmer. “What they did to [Breonna) is really f*#ked up,” she told the magazine. “Really f*#ked up. What’s the excuse? Why is the cop not in jail? Wasn’t what he did a crime? It’s a crime! And no apology. No apology. No video of the cop coming out crying, ‘I fucked up. I don’t this. I don’t that.’ Nothing. It’s nothing. I don’t even know how her mom still holds her head up. Unbelievable.”The rapper is currently one of many celebrities (along with Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Sonequa Martin-Green, Sophia Bush, Jessica Alba, Regina King, and more) who continue to make heard their demands for justice in Taylor’s case — justice meaning the arrest and prosecution of the three police officers (Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove) responsible for shooting Breonna eight times inside her own home.Cardi is no stranger to gun violence and it’s motivated her to get involved in both gun control activism and the Breonna Taylor case. “I remember everybody waking up at 3 am and driving all the way to New Jersey, to the hospital,” she said, recounting the story of the murder of her cousin. “And through all that driving, you’re crying and scared and everything.”One thing she’s not scared of is continuing to speak her mind. Despite several social media-based attempts to cancel Cardi, the rapper always bounces back. “I feel like people are attacking me because they want me to feel the pressure of bullying, and they want me to give up, and they want me to say, ‘Oh, I quit music’ or ‘I’ll delete my Instagram, delete my Twitter,’ and I’m not willing to do that. No one will ever have that much power [over] me.”[video_embed id='2011083']BEFORE YOU GO: There's more to this unique 'pie house' than meets the eye[/video_embed]