Cardi B played along to Beyoncé’s mute challenge during the singer’s final stop on her Renaissance World Tour in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Single Ladies singer, 42, sang the lyrics to her song Energy: “Look around, everyone’s on mute.”
Beyoncé stood still and still on stage and waited and the packed audience remained silent for over 20 seconds, which is more than twice as long as in other cities.
And the WAP singer – who is threatening her haters – recorded herself playing along as she made a series of animated faces, including frowning when someone else in the audience shouted out.
Cardi B, 30, was dressed for the occasion in a figure-hugging silver floor-length dress, sparkling jewelry and big hair.
Mute challenge: Cardi B played along to Beyoncé’s ‘mute challenge’ during the singer’s final stop of her Renaissance World Tour in Kansas City, Missouri
It’s an interesting time for the Bongos singer, as during an Instagram Live on October 2, she threatened her “haters” and told them to back off or she would deliver “receipts” that would devastate them.
I’m gonna fucking destroy this internet, bitch,” Cardi began her rant. “I try not to disappoint my fans because I try to be Cardi B, the professional. But Belcalis (her real name), the demon, would come very close. And I don’t want that, because I don’t want to disappoint my fans.’
She continued, “I’ll just say this: People love Cinderella until Cinderella gets a glass house. To my haters and all you muthaf**kas who want to see shit, leave me the fuck alone. Because I come with receipts. I come with receipts, years old receipts.
“I got receipts from all you niggas and all you bitches. And I’ll fucking destroy this internet, bitch (…) It’ll be insane. So let me keep it cute. I have grown up. Keep me there. ‘Cause this shit’s gonna go away, bitch. I’ll land a muthaf**king helly in this bitch. Facts.
“And I’m not even just saying it out of my mouth. I literally got real receipts with dates. So leave me, because none of you are ready for that. You will be ready for a reason. Let me mind my business. Let me keep working. Let me be a mother. Let me keep releasing music,” she concluded.
The Bodak Yellow singer appeared to address Kanye West, 46, and call her a “plant of the Illuminati,” in a resurfaced clip from a 2018 documentary.
West said that Cardi B “doesn’t write her raps” and is “just there to sound as ignorant as possible and then make songs like, ‘F*** them and get some money.’
West also said that Corey Gamble, the boyfriend of his former mother-in-law Kris Jenner, is an agent for the CIA.
Last stop: The Single Ladies singer, 42, sang the lyrics to her song Energy: ‘Look around, everyone’s on mute’
Bling: Beyoncé stood still and still on stage and waited and the packed audience remained silent for more than 20 seconds, which is more than twice as long as in other cities
Concert: And the WAP singer recorded herself playing along as she made a series of animated faces, including frowning when another person in the audience shouted out
Dressed up: Cardi B, 30, was dressed for the occasion in a figure-hugging floor-length silver dress, sparkling jewelry and big hair
Take no prisoners: the Bongos singer is ready to cause some trouble. During an Instagram Live on October 2, she threatened her “haters” and told them to back off or she would deliver “receipts” that would devastate them
West’s anger seemed to focus on the fact that he thinks Cardi B has been thrust into the spotlight to replace Nicki Minaj.
West said Cardi B is unaware of the behind-the-scenes efforts of higher powers to ensure her success.
“Now she doesn’t know what to do… and she has no idea what’s going on,” West said in 2018, the year Cardi B had a hit with her I Like It. debut studio album Invasion of Privacy.
He said of the singer, “She thinks it’s just a blessing from the universe – it’s not a blessing from the damn universe.”