The #True #Disturbing #Meaning of #WAP by #CardiB

Cardi B’s “WAP” is considered to be a “cultural phenomenon” and is described by mass media as “empowering” and “sex-positive”. However, when one understands the meaning behind the symbolism of the video, “WAP” takes a dark meaning that is at the exact opposite of “empowerment”. 

By Vigilant Citizen 

It doesn’t take a rap historian to know that WAP is not the first raunchy song in rap history. Over 30 years ago, 2 Live Crew released the highly explicit single Me So Horny which became a massive hit with teens across America. Soon after, major controversy ensued and, for the first time ever, a U.S. district court judge ruled this recording “obscene”.

The album was banned from sale in Florida and a lengthy legal battle ensued over the song’s lyrics. The decision to ban the album was later overturned on appeal. This final ruling – which was upheld by the US Supreme Court – was deemed as a victory for free speech. In the following years, the rap world saw a constant flow of raunchy songs, many of which were performed by female rappers. And nobody really batted an eye.

Fast-forward in 2020: WAP is unleashed onto the world. And everybody loses their minds. And, because it is 2020, people found a way to make this song about moist female genitals political and divisive. On one side, mass media gushed over the song (pun intended) with unlimited praise. Complex magazine called the song “the epitome of female empowerment” while the Los Angeles Times wrote