Cardi B Cautions Fans to Please Do the ‘WAP’ Responsibly
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion blew a massive hole in the charts with their latest release, “WAP.” The song has been praised for its sex-positive themes, and since its release the song is breaking records. Unfortunately, that’s not the only thing breaking as a result of “WAP” and its challenging choreography. Cardi B took to Instagram caution fans to dance responsibly after a fan injured themselves trying to perform the choreography.
Megan Thee Stallion breaks huge chart record
Fans lost their minds as soon as Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion released “WAP.” The song isn’t just catchy, it also has a killer message centering on sexual positivity and empowerment for women.
To further drive the point home, Megan Thee Stallion broke a massively male-dominated streak thanks to “WAP.” As reported by Billboard, the song launched Megan Thee Stallion into position one on the rap songwriters chart.
This is the first time a woman has landed in the top position on the chart, a landmark event for the musician. Not only that, “WAP” has amassed a wild 93 million U.S. streams in its first week of release. That’s the most streams ever logged for a song in its first week following release.
The song also currently sits at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 list — and it doesn’t look like the accolades will be slowing down any time soon.
Cardi B cautions fans to dance to ‘WAP’ responsibly
Unfortunately for one fan of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP” may be breaking more than just a few records.
Tik Tok user @lib_bbbbbbb shared a humorous video of herself attempting to perform the song’s choreography before winding up in the hospital as a result. She captioned the clips, “Never doing the WAP dance again.” Though she may have wound up injured, the fan was able to take the whole disaster in stride with a laugh.
Cardi B caught wind of her fan’s injury and shared the video on Instagram. She captioned the clip, “Please guys be safe while doing the WAP WAP WAP.”
Other fans on Instagram got a huge kick out of the clip as well. “Trying to do the WAP is something serious,” wrote one Instagram user.
“She did her back like you do your records BREAK THAT SH*T,” joked another fan.
“Went from WAP to welp real quick,” added one commenter.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion announce ‘WAP’ giveaway
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are going on to prove that they love their fans after their runaway success with “WAP.” The to announced a plan to give out cash to female fans, up to a total of $1 million.
Megan Thee Stallion tweeted, “To all everyone supporting #WAP we see you!! we’re partnering with Twitter and Cash App to celebrate all the powerful women out there by giving away a total of $1 million dollars. [H]ow can some $ help you or a woman you know right now? [D]rop your $cashtag and use #WAPParty.”
This initiative goes hand-in-hand with Cardi B’s statement that she wants her music to make women feel like “bad bitches.”
“My music is always going to make a woman feel like a bad b*tch. When you make a woman feel like she’s the baddest b*tch in the room, to me, that’s female empowerment,” explained Cardi B during a chat with Elle.
