Cardi B, a famous female rapper, was said to release her new song “Money” on Thursday October 26^th. She posted on her Instagram “iamcardib”, on October 22^nd “MY SINGLE ‘MONEY’ will be out on THRUSDAY 12:30pm”, yet the next day, October 23^rd she stated “MY SINGLE MONEY IS OUT NOW ON ALL STREAMING SERVICIES!”

With over 39 thousand comments, Cardi received positive and negative responses. DJ Kahaled, a well-known music producer in the industry responded with a positive comment while others, called “Barbs” by Cardi’s fans, left negative comments.

“Barbs” is the name used to describe Nicki Minaj’s fans. Cardi B as well as her fans call Minaj’s fans “Barbs” and Cardi blamed the “Barbs” for the leak of her single.

Aside from the leak of the single, “Money”, since October 23^rd her audio on YouTube has received 11 million views, with over 400 thousand likes and over 50 thousand comments. I asked two ERHS students if they have listened to the new song and what they thought of it.

Thomas Ferrer, a junior here on campus stated, “Yes, I listened to it recently and it got my attention. It was something different and I thought it was pretty good.”

Ryan Victorio also a junior, told me, “Yes, the song was pretty good, but I was expecting a bigger beat drop in the beginning.”

Cardi B since releasing her song has continued to post positive responses from her fans on top of her negative response to the so called, “Barbs”.