Cardi B reveals her record label was worried about WAP's explicit lyrics - and execs were hesitant about Megan Thee Stallion featuring on the track
Cardi B's sex-positive anthem WAP made history when it debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was streamed 93 million times in its first week.
But the rapper has revealed her record label, Atlantic Records, wasn't exactly happy when she first played them the explicit song featuring Megan Thee Stallion.
'When they heard the song, they were like, "We really like it, but that song is so explicit,"' Cardi told Ash London Live on Wednesday.
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Cardi gets candid: Rapper Cardi B revealed on Wednesday that her record label was initially worried about WAP's explicit lyrics. Pictured on Australian radio show Ash London Live
The Bronx rapper's three-minute single includes more than 40 curse words, and its music video has inspired a raunchy TikTok dance trend.
'Let me tell you something, I haven't even said this, I've done so many interviews, but I haven't even said this, right,' Cardi began.
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'I told my label that I was ready to put out a song... When they heard the song they were like, "We really like it, but that song is so explicit."
'And I guess they were asking around because even with YouTube we couldn't use the explicit version. We had to use "wet and Gucci" to keep it PG-13.'
Groundbreaking: Cardi B's sex-positive anthem WAP made history when it debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was streamed 93 million times in its first week
'They were like, "We really like it, but that song is so explicit"': Cardi B said that Atlantic Records executives had reservations about WAP when they first heard it
'My label was really scared about the record. They were like, "Can you please get another record and you could put Megan on it?" And I was like, "No"' she added.
Elsewhere in her Zoom interview with DJ Ash London, the hip hop star claimed she had misgivings herself about one aspect of the song.
She feared that she was repeating the phrase 'WAP', short for 'wet a** p***y', too often during the track.
WAP's success marks Cardi's fourth Billboard No. 1, following her 2017 breakout single Bodak Yellow, 2018's I Like It, and her guest appearance on Maroon 5's Girls Like You later that year
'I kept asking people, "Am I saying p***y too much?"' Cardi said.
WAP's success marks Cardi's fourth Billboard No. 1, following her 2017 breakout single Bodak Yellow, 2018's I Like It, and her guest appearance on Maroon 5's Girls Like You later that year.
The former pole dancer landed her first Hollywood role in the 2019 film Hustlers, alongside Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu and Lizzo.
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