Cardi B had already stated her reason for turning the Super Bowl down to do the halftime when she was approached, but she stated she to The Associated Press on Friday that she had “mixed feelings” after she declined to take the stage at Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta.
She said it was a hard decision since her husband, rapper Offset, loves to watch football, but she felt obligated to “stand behind” Colin Kaepernick because he “stood up” for minorities and is paying the ultimate price for it.
“My husband, he loves football. His kids play football. It’s really hard for him. … He really wants to go to the Super Bowl, but he can’t go to the Super Bowl, because he’s got to stand for something,” said Cardi B, who is nominated for five Grammys. She is competing for both album and record of the year.
“You have to sacrifice that,” she added. “I got to sacrifice a lot of money to perform. But there’s a man who sacrificed his job for us, so we got to stand behind him.”
Kaepernick helped start a wave of protests by kneeling during the national anthem to raise awareness to police brutality, racial inequality, but it seemed the NFL rewarded him by shunning him from the league as he’s been a free agent since the end of the 2016 regular season.
Cardi B stated last year that she wouldn’t take the Super Bowl stage until Kaepernick gets a job. Even though she didn’t perform at the Super Bowl, she did take part in Super Bowl-related events.
“I hear people saying like ‘Oh, y’all are saying all this stuff about the Super Bowl, but you’re doing all these parties,'” she said. “And it’s like, well, if the NFL could benefit off from us, then I’m going to benefit off y’all. Y’all make the most money off our people. Why am I not going to take advantage of y’all and take money from y’all too? Because of y’all, we are getting these parties. OK, thank you.”
“We got an arrogant president, and the racism right now has been reborn,” she said. “They feel mighty brave nowadays. When Obama was around, I just feel like they were praying on the day when his eight years was over. A lot of jealousy.”
Cardi B added: “When they see (how) the choices they made due to racism has affected the country, that’s when things are going to start changing. Right now, they don’t want to accept that their decision has affected the country.”
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