Cardi B Slams 'Trump Administration' While Lamenting Sky High Rent Prices And Cost Of Living In NYC

Cardi B might've been joking when she playfully asked fans to purchase her second studio album, "Am I The Drama?" in a cheeky social media campaign several weeks ago. But now, she's apologizing after realizing that some of her fans could be facing financial woes due to sky-high prices across the United States. Amid her apology, the outspoken personality also took a swing at Donald Trump's administration and offered suggestions on how to help those struggling most.

Before Cardi B officially released her highly anticipated second album, the former "Love & Hip Hop" star pleaded with her followers across several social media videos to purchase it, also joking in the clips that she was "poor" and needed the money.

Elsewhere in the clips, she said that she was close to being "evicted" from her home and needed her supporters to buy copies of her box sets, vinyls, and CDs to help get her back on track. "I'm f-cked up in the game right now," she teased online.

However, after a recent experience of her own, Cardi B is no longer laughing about being "poor" or asking her followers for money.

During a recent livestream, Cardi B answered a few questions, specifically about the music video to one of the tracks on her album, "Pretty & Petty." During her statement, the Grammy winner also revealed that she was currently helping someone close to her get on their feet by getting them an apartment in the Bronx. The only problem is that Cardi B recently noticed "rent is so expensive ... in the most f-cking cheapest borough."

Cardi B went on to express genuine concern for her supporters and the general public. She even apologized for her previous social media videos, in which she asked her followers to support her as a "working single mother [of 3]."

"I am so sorry for asking y’all to buy my album, and this is how the economy is right now, that the rent is so f-cking high and crazy in the Bronx, no matter where. I am so sorry," the rapper said.

In her livestream, the "Hello" performer told her watchers that she had an idea about the prices across the US; however, she admitted she wasn't "paying attention" until she offered help to someone else.

Cardi B also mentioned the current administration and lamented the fact that some Americans are unable to receive assistance from the government.

"I hate the fact that I know if you was to say something to the Trump administration about the cost of living right now, they’ll be like, 'Yeah, suck it up,'" she said. "You know what I don’t like? I don’t like that there’s a lot of single people, there’s a lot of students, there’s a lot of people that are working nine-to-five and because they’re working they don’t get no help from the government. I always hated that."

Cardi B suggested ways the government could help those in need, such as offering vouchers or making it "easier to get food stamps."

"They need to make it easier to get a little something, to get a little help," she said. "How the f-ck you m-therf-ckers surviving?"

"Y’all gonna have to sell p-ssy, d-ck, and b-lls," she added.

In her second studio album, which became available for streaming on September 19, 2025, Cardi B wasted no time coming for those whom she believed wronged her during her time away.

In one track, "Magnet," Cardi addresses JT of the rap group City Girls, calling her an unloyal friend before rapping about her boyfriend, Lil Uzi Vert, whom Cardi seemingly accused of being gay with the lyric, "My n-gga cheat, but I don't stick no dildos in his a-s, b-tch (Haha)."

In another song, "Pretty & Petty," Cardi B addresses rapper BIA by name and raps about her physical appearance, saying, "I'd rather die on the surgery table before I gotta walk around here lookin' like you."

During a promotional interview, Cardi B explained her reasoning for mentioning BIA, linking the diss to BIA's previous comments about her children, Kulture, Wave, and Blossom.

"... When my kids grow up one day and they see that you mentioned them, they’re gonna ask me, ‘So what you said? What you did [in response]?' I’m not gonna tell my kids, 'I felt like she took the high road cause she lost, cause people wasn’t on her side.' Nah, I’m not sayin' that to my kids. I’m [gonna be] like, 'You see how I violated?'" Cardi B said.