Whether they like it or not, celebrities, especially artists in the music industry, are public figures. They are subjected to criticism, praise, and at the same time, pressure from their fans and their audience.
While some artists develop a thick skin or put on a brave face to fend off their detractors, some of them can still be affected and largely impacted by these external forces.
Cardi B, one of the leading female rappers in the music industry right now, has candidly expressed her sentiments on her experiences living in the public eye.
In a recent conversation with Revolt's The Jason Lee Show, the "WAP" rapper opened herself up and got vulnerable when her personal life was discussed.
According to Cardi, she had suicidal thoughts stemming back to 2019, at the time that "degrading rumors" were thrown at her left and right.
"I'm afraid to be vulnerable because people wanna say, 'Oh, you looking for sympathy.'," she confessed.
Recalling her feelings back then, the rapper confessed that at one point in her life, she felt that she was "somebody dead" living inside a body.
"I kept telling people, 'I just wanna die, I just wish I was dead, I wanna be dead,'" Cardi said. "People from my management was calling me. It was really bad. It's terrible when people are making fun of you."
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Her husband, Offset, who has been with her all the time, has significantly helped her manage the difficulty she has been experiencing. She even revealed that the Migos rapper took her to the Dominican Republic at one time to escape.
At one point, Cardi B's managers became concerned about her mental health, especially during the time that YouTuber Latasha Kebe's damning allegations that she has herpes, which escalated into a full-blown libel case. Kebe has proven guilty of the case last week.
"I wasn't a celebrity," she added, referring to the allegations. "I was somebody that really wanted to be dead. It just made me cry. It was a point that I felt like I was so weak of a person that I was [too] weak to be a mom."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Cardi also admitted how the internet has "controlled" her, that she did not submit her smash hit "WAP" to the GRAMMYs because of fear of criticism by the public because of the sex-positive anthem.
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