Key Takeaways:

• Cardi B stunned NYC subway riders by promoting her new album, AM I THE DRAMA?, face-to-face.
• The rapper joked with commuters, bought CDs and vinyls, and had a hilarious run-in with a rat.
• Her subway stunt is a component of a bigger, unconventional rollout that features meet-and-greets and street-level promos.

Cardi B is decided to promote her sophomore album, AM I THE DRAMA?, by any means crucial. On Friday (Sept. 12) night time, the rapper posted a video of herself making an attempt to persuade subway riders to purchase her CDs and vinyl copies of the mission.

“Good evening, everybody. I’m out here tryna sell these CDs. I’m trying to change my life around. I used to be a professional ballerina,” she joked, seemingly referring to her stripper days. “But I’m trying to set a better example for my kids.”

She informed one commuter the CDs have been going for $9.99, whereas vinyls value “about 20, 30 dollars.” The Grammy-winning rapper added, “Please support a mother of three.” At one level, the Cardi freaked out when a big rat scurried previous on the platform. “Oh my God!” she shouted. “I can’t, I can’t, I can’t.” Toward the very finish, she mentioned, “Get me out of here.”

AM I THE DRAMA? is lower than per week away from launch. As Cardi humorously captioned her newest video, “Seven more days until I find out if I’m going to lose my home.” The rapper has been pulling off all kinds of hilarious antics main as much as the album’s launch, like burning sage whereas promoting copies of her LP open air final Saturday (Sept. 6).

She additionally lately introduced a meet-and-greet tour, slated to begin the identical day her album comes out on Friday (Sept. 19). Fans can catch the “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker in cities like New York, Atlanta, Houston, and Long Island so long as they seize a CD immediately from the retailer internet hosting the occasion.

In the meantime, songs like “Outside” and “Imaginary Playerz” can be found to stream. Cardi additionally determined to incorporate previous hits akin to “WAP” that includes Megan Thee Stallion and “Up” on the album as a result of she felt they “deserve a home.”