Behind-the-scenes journey as we take you inside the making of Cardi B's chart-topping hit song 'WAP.' In this in-depth interview, Cardi B and her collaborators share the creative process, the inspiration, and the story behind this iconic and boundary-breaking track.
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00:00 2020, 2021, right?
00:02 WAP became hot.
00:04 Wait, can we first clear the air on who introduced you to Meg?
00:07 Oh, my goodness.
00:08 Because back to y'all saying that Atlantic Records gives me
00:12 checks.
00:13 Not only did they not give me checks, I ain't got no plaque.
00:15 I didn't get no, Julie, you can fix that.
00:17 I ain't get no--
00:19 I don't even want no WAP, but I didn't get no nothing.
00:22 And I remember being in the hotel with you and the team.
00:25 I think Tokyo was there, and Colin, and Brooklyn Giant,
00:27 different people, and you were playing
00:29 all these different songs you had.
00:30 And when you got to that song, everybody in the room
00:32 looked at each other.
00:32 And Meg wasn't on at the time.
00:34 We all heard that.
00:35 She was like, yo, the gays is going to be in the club.
00:37 Like, my WAP, even though they ain't got the WAP.
00:40 Then you going to have a [AUDIO OUT]
00:41 Then you going to have a women.
00:43 You felt it was a hit.
00:44 You knew that was going to be out of here.
00:48 I kind of did, but I kind of didn't,
00:50 because I'm really hard on myself with music.
00:52 But you did put us on the phone one time.
00:54 I think it was in a party with her.
00:56 You was like, look at Megan.
00:57 This is Megan.
00:57 I was at the MTV Awards.
00:59 Yeah, and he was like, Cardi, this is Megan.
01:00 I'm like, OK, Jason, let me just get to know the girl.
01:03 Let me find a record that I think she will fit on.
01:06 Let me--
01:06 She did.
01:07 And then I sent her Meg's number,
01:08 and then they did the record, and I need my plaque.
01:11 No, but that song was-- and then you even
01:12 putting Kylie in there, just the way--
01:14 and another thing, another factor people may not know
01:17 is I did see the rough cut of the video.
01:19 I'm going to tell you how, before it came out,
01:22 and I saw that they didn't give enough of the women
01:24 enough shine.
01:25 The other women, Rosalia, Sukiana, and Lotto, right?
01:29 And your note to them was, put them more in the video.