Cardi B has responded fiercely after facing criticism for calling out her production team during her performance at the BET Experience concert on Friday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
As the headliner for the event, which also featured performances by Gunna, Davido, Sexyy Red, and Jordan Ward, Cardi B’s set encountered several production issues. On stage, she voiced her frustrations openly.
“For production, y’all messing up my pyros, the fans is off, y’all messing up my music. Fuck am I paying y’all pussy nas for?” Cardi exclaimed during her performance. “What am I paying y’all nas for? Put my fucking fan on, bitch. Let’s go.”
Her comments sparked a backlash, with some criticizing her for disrespecting her production team.
One user on X commented: “I understand that people have families to feed, but I wished we lived in a better world because no one should ever be disrespected like this in a workplace environment/at all. This principle isn’t exclusive to less glamorous positions. Celebrities included.”
Cardi B responded to the criticism, defending her actions and clarifying the financial dynamics of her performance.
“Girl shut up.. when you do a show you don’t pay after you pay before,” Cardi retorted. “I paid 350,000 up front the least they could do is get my pyro ready and turn the fans on because guess what??? At the end of the day that money is not returnable.”
She continued, emphasizing the importance of professionalism in her industry: “Don’t half ass my show because you comfortable when I definitely don’t half ass when it comes to paying.. don’t tell me how to talk to anybody when you the same ho talkin bout my kids and other deceased parents for no reason.”
In another tweet, Cardi B elaborated on the complexities of managing a live performance, highlighting specific issues with her production team.
“I spent 100k on pyro that we couldn’t use because the production team failed to have the fire marshall go over safety with my team which is sooo simple to do,” she explained. “[I] spent days in rehearsal learning choreography just so for them to have the wrong mix and we had to swap it out .. booked four fans so they could be turned on during Bartier Cardi and that never happened.. you wanna know why? Because they didn’t bother to show up to rehearsal while hundred thousands of dollars was put into this show. Don’t play with my money in this economy.”
