CeeLo Green apologizes to female rappers over comments

CeeLo Green has apologized to Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, and Nicki Minaj after questioning their musical content. He took to his Instagram on Wednesday morning to post a lengthy statement to address the controversy and to make amends with the three rappers. The controversy began when he was questioning whether the trio of female rappers should be considered as role models due to the ‘shameless’ content of their music.

A lot of music today is very unfortunate and disappointing on a personal and moral level. There was once a time when rappers were savvy enough to code certain things. They could express to those it was meant for with the style of language they used. But now music is shameless, it is sheer savagery. CeeLo Green did not hold back as he continued to slam them for their sexual expression going so far as to call them desperate.

It is problematic because there are those that have nothing to do with it, but it is assumed of everyone. You have the ‘Heads of State’ like Minaj or someone who is up there in accolade: success, visibility, a platform to influence. Minaj could be effective in so many other constructive ways, but it feels desperate. Attention is also a drug and competition is around B and Stallion, they are all more or less doing similar salacious gesturing to kinda get into position.

CeeLo Green gets it, the independent woman and being in control, the divine femininity and sexual expression.

CeeLo Green released a social media statement on Wednesday as he said there was a ‘misunderstanding’ about his comments and that he is actually a ‘fan’ of the trio of female rappers. He knows most of them personally and consider Cardi & Offset family. Therefore, he would never disrespect them by any means. He acknowledges them all as powerful, beautiful, and influential women… and professionals.

CeeLo Green wholeheartedly apologizes to each of them for the inconvenience they have been caused due to a snippet of his interview being used as a headline, and in turn creating controversy and disconnect between himself and these ladies as well as their fans. He supports everyone who is part of his community and culture, always have, and always will. He also called himself an “advocate of artistic freedom and expression” in the Instagram post.

After the initial interview, fans came to the trio of female rappers’ defense pointing out CeeLo Green’s raunchy lyrics and his comments about issues including consent. If CeeLo Green has never had anything about “adult content” coming from male rappers, then this is just sexism. Megan and Cardi recently released WAP – which reached No. 1 on the US iTunes chart Friday – contains provocative lyrics that centers on sexual female empowerment with some very rude innuendos for sex, prompting a strong reaction from fans and haters alike.

In the video, the pair bared flesh in a number of barely-there outfits sending viewers into meltdown.

It has only been five days since the world premiere but the music video has already amassed over 71million views on YouTube. CeeLo Green’s comments came at an interesting time as recently Cardi B seemed to declare Nicki Minaj is the ‘one female rapper that dominated for a very long time’, albeit without specifically naming her rival, during a recent interview with Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis. There was one female rapper that dominated for a very long time, and she did pretty good; she is still dominating.

When Cardi was younger, there was a lot different female rappers. And then there was a time that there was no female rappers at all. But then, presumably, Minaj came along and took back the scene for female rappers, in the early 2010s. You will never know if there is ever going to be a drought in rap music and it is impossible to predict when people get tired of all the female rappers, or people just stop promoting them.

Cardi and Nicki met on the music video set for rap group Migos’ song Motorsport in 2017, in which they both featured. Their infamous fight broke out during New York Fashion Week’s annual Harper’s Bazaar Icons party held at The Plaza Hotel. A video surfaced that evening that reportedly showed the contentious pair engaging in a physical back-and-forth that may or may not have involved Cardi hurling a red high heel in Nicki’s direction.

Following the blowout, both, Cardi and Nicki, spoke out publicly and attempted to shift blame onto one another.

But, nearly two-years later, the musicians have been unusually tight lipped when it comes to their feelings towards one another.