Cardi B Defends Her Fiancé Offset Over Homophobic Lyric Controversy

by Andrea Wurzburger 1/22/2018

Cardi B’s fiancé Offset was facing some serious scrutiny last week after his feature on the song “Boss Life” by YFN Lucci included the lyric, “Pinky ring crystal clear, 40k spent on a private Lear/60k solitaire/I cannot vibe with queers.” Many were accusing the rapper of being homophobic for saying that he could not “vibe with queers,” which landed him in hot water on Twitter.

The Migos rapper spoke out on Instagram, saying that he wasn’t talking about gay people when he used the term “queer.” Alongside the definition, the rapper said that he was using the word because it fit into the rhyme scheme and also because it describes, “…lame people who film you, post it and stalk you. Lingo that means strange or odd.”

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I didn’t write the line about gay people. I have said before since these issues before that I got love for all people. My passion for fashion has lead me to a lot of gay people around me who I have mad respect for and we are very cool so I’m not in a place where I’m hating like that. When I wrote that I was thinking of words that could rhyme with the others (here, lear, solitaire, bear) and I saw this definition about her having a queer feeling she was being watched and it fit what I was thinking about a stalker creepy paparazzi situation. To me that “queer” I don’t mean someone who’s gay. I mean lame people who film you, post it and stalk you. Lingo that means strange or odd. I M S O R R Y I A P O L O G I Z E I’m offended I offended anybody

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And now his wife-to-be is speaking up for her man. She went onto Periscope to explain why Offset isn’t homophobic at all. Here’s a video of the live stream:

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She says that, even though she and her fiancé aren’t on the greatest terms because of “personal problems,” she still isn’t going to let people come for him. “I’m not going to let somebody call him ’homophobic’ when I know that he’s not. And I’m saying this because I seen him around these–around gays, and he treats them with the same respect he treats everybody. He never acts uncomfortable and he just don’t care.”

Cardi apparently even called Offset to confront him about the lyric, asking him why in the world he would choose that word. She was shocked to find out that he didn’t know the lyric was derogatory. She thinks that the solution isn’t bashing people on the Internet, but educating one another.

“A lot of people are not aware about what’s wrong or right in the LGBT community. Why don’t we do things to educate instead of bashing and trying to label something that they not?” She says that the lack of education in schools and within families is to blame here, not Offset’s use of the word.

She closes it off saying, “Let’s educate each other so that we can no [sic] what’s right and what’s wrong.”

Reactions were honestly a mixed bag.

Some claimed that it wasn’t the LGBT community’s job to educate her:

Cardi b out here blaming the lgbt community for not educating her pic.twitter.com/SPaXGSz5EK

— Christian Robert (@christianrbrt) January 21, 2018

Would’ve loved to see Cardi educate offset and him understand that what he said was in fact homophobic. But that’s not what happened so Cardi B, honey, you’re canceled along with your man

— seth (@sethighup) January 21, 2018

Cardi B and Offset saying they didn’t know “tranny” and “queer” were offensive to the LGBTQ community coming from their STRAIGHT mouths is really quite something.

“People need educated” but when people try to educate y’all they get called a ‘snowflake’ or you just don’t care lol pic.twitter.com/CWiMNEiOCE

— Artpøp (@ArtpopRemixed) January 21, 2018

And that her defense of Offset is problematic:

I believe Cardi doesn’t mean harm but when she defends her homophobic partner (who offends FREQUENTLY) I have to decide for myself where the line is as a gay man, b/c my well-being & in some situations my LIFE is at stake w/ this thought process.

— yall didnt leave cishet ppl in 2017?? (@itsottwall) January 21, 2018

Others said that she was totally right:

Cardi B said NOTHING wrong during her Instagram live, she’s simply saying that nowadays people are so quick to label people and rip them apart instead of allowing them to be educated on why the things they’ve said/done weren’t acceptable to begin with.

— ‏ً (@hosthetic) January 21, 2018

Canceling cardi is one thing but are you actually doing the work of educating working class folks about queerness or is Cardi B an easy scapegoat so you don’t have to show up…??

— Clarissa Brooks (@ClarissaMBrooks) January 21, 2018

A lot our family members feel/think the same way. I’m always down to talk and educate if folks really want to grow and learn. Cardi made it clear she wants to learn…y’all just need someone/anything to write long threads about.

— Clarissa Brooks (@ClarissaMBrooks) January 21, 2018

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Cardi B Defends Her Fiancé Offset Over Homophobic Lyric Controversy