Cardi B leaves Los Angeles while heading to the Super Bowl … after ending the plagiarism charges
Cardi B was seen leaving LAX while heading to the Super Bowl on Saturday morning.
The WAP hitmaker was escorted by an assistant while walking through the airport terminal; at one point, she stopped to speak to several attendants before getting on her plane.
The 28-year-old rapper’s trip comes just a day after she was accused of stealing the work of several musicians for her recently released single Up.
Up, up and away: on Saturday morning, Cardi B was seen arriving at LAX as she prepared to take a flight to the next Super Bowl
Fleeing: The hitmaker’s trip comes just a day after she was accused of stealing other musicians’ work for her newly released single Up
The composer wore a beige sweatshirt, which contrasted with a simple pair of black leggings.
She was also seen wearing a pair of pink Crocs with several pendants attached to the outside of each shoe.
Rapper Bodak Yellow allowed her long auburn hair to fall out of her hood, which she kept during her trip through the airport.
Cardi wore a large white face mask to keep herself protected from any potential exposure to COVID-19.
Flying in comfort: the rapper was seen wearing a beige sweatshirt and black leggings before taking the flight
Safe: Cardi and her assistant were spotted wearing white facial covers while at the airport
Although the artist seemed unconcerned at the airport, she currently faces controversy over the composition of her latest single, entitled Up.
A video clip was also posted on the composer’s official YouTube account the day before its official release on Friday.
Shortly after Up’s debut, New Jersey rappers Mir Pesos and Mir Fontaine called Cardi on Twitter and claimed that she had stolen the track Stuck, released last September.
Mir Pesos also posted a video side by side of the two songs in an attempt to show the similarities in the musical form they shared.
The caption on your post read ‘@iamcardib, we want my money.’
Controversy: On Friday, rappers Mir Pesos, from New Jersey, contacted the WAP hitmaker on Twitter under the assumption that she had stolen his track, Stuck, on which he collaborated with Mir Fontaine
Big release: Cardi posted a video of Up on her official YouTube channel before the single’s official debut
Although representatives of the I Like It songwriter did not immediately comment on the allegations, she responded directly in an Instagram Live video.
Cardi expressed anger at the accusations during the broadcast and encouraged Mir Pesos and Mir Fontaine to consider legal action.
She said: ‘If you are feeling in a way, we can take this to court. I do not care. ‘
The hitmaker also noted that any ‘drama’ surrounding their music production ‘doesn’t even bother me’.
Not having: Yesterday, Cardi went to Instagram Live to deny the accusations of musical plagiarism and expressed that the controversy about Up ‘doesn’t even bother me’
She also posted a video in her story on Instagram to further express her denial of the charges.
The clip showed her and her WAP collaborator, Megan Thee Stallion, dancing together; she also stated that the video dated August 7, before Stuck’s release.
In the video caption, she wrote ‘From August 7, check when the other n **** posted her song. I AM WORKING ON THIS. ‘
The composer later logged on to Twitter to explain her feelings about the situation and responded to a fan who was concerned about Up’s originality.
‘If I get inspired by a song, I wouldn’t mind giving a percentage or a few thousand, but I would never hurd if this man. I am happy while recording this song in August, I was playing with the chorus on this show, she wrote partially.
Evidence: Cardi posted a video in her story on Instagram that showed her and Megan Thee Stallion working on Up well before Stuck’s release in September
Direct: the songwriter accessed her Twitter to express that she would have been happy to offer payments if she had been “inspired” by Stuck, but noted that the song was never played for her