Cardi B‘s anxiety got so bad last year it made her “afraid” to “do everything.”
The “Enough (Miami)” rapper has admitted she was too worried about being judged to go out and enjoy herself, post on social media or release her album.
“I just feel like I lost myself like with everything, like, you know, like, a lot of like music commenters and everything … a lot of people just be, like, you know, ‘She’s afraid to drop an album, she’s afraid to drop music.’ Last year, I barely dropped music. I was just afraid to do everything,” B said on Complex’s “360 with Morman.”
“I was afraid to go live; I was afraid to post a picture; I was afraid to go to the club, and then the next day seeing people, what they going to say about me and everything. I was afraid to do everything,” she continued.
Her fear of being mocked even stopped her from dropping a verse on Ice Spice’s “Munch” remix.
“I did do a thing for Ice Spice, but I just did not like how it sound. I love the record … You know it being on a drill beat, it’s not as easy as it looks … I was, like, ‘They’re gonna drag me and they’re going to drag the song bad,’” she said.
The “WAP” hitmaker is determined not to let her haters win and has vowed to release her follow-up to 2018’s Invasion of Privacy.
“I’m not letting my anxiety, I’m not letting what haters say, I’m not letting what fans say stop me. If I do a song, I’m gonna just [redacted] drop it,” she said.
After releasing the single “Like What (Freestyle)“ earlier this month, B took to her Instagram Story to share a short video in which she scrolled through numerous music files on her computer, some of which were dated as far back as Jan. 27, 2023.
“Look how long I’ve had this record for,” she said.
“Well, I’ve got no choice because I’m dropping my album this year, so stay tuned for the announcement,” B added.
