Rap evolved, but some of the audience forgot how to respect it. When Cardi deliver that real hip hop, people get confused. Truth is, a lot of y’all don’t even expect authenticity from rap no more. Cardi just reminded everybody where it all started.

Cardi B's "Imaginary Playerz" has surpassed 2 million views on YouTube in less than 48 hours. It becomes the fastest rap song by a female artist to reach this milestone in 2025.

I’m a star but I’ll smack you, don’t get starstruck

😉😉💯💯👏🏽👏🏽😍😍 GEEKED!!

I love imaginary playerz 😭 This is how I wanted her to take for years!!!! They treated ‘Be Careful’ the same way! Ya’ll gon love it all of a sudden once it wins a Grammy tho

Run it up, Y’all!!! Make sure you actually download the songs from your downloads as well. 🥰🐦‍⬛

꧁ 𝐶ℎ𝑖 𝐵𝑎𝑏𝑦 ❥ 9/19 👠🐦‍⬛ friend this the 3rd time she may as well follow 🤣🤞🏽

Streaming “Imaginary Playerz”.

I really can’t stop listening to #IMAGINARYPLAYERZ 👠🐦‍⬛

I mute my phone 🥴

The hate be so FAKE…like I said before. #ImaginaryPlayers is REAL HIP HOP. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Naw..A few years ago I purchased a man’s watch and it was too big, so they had to take links out 🥶⌚️

Ayeee!!! Make sure y’all join the Stationhead now so it’s nice and warm when she gets there. 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

Y’all are still having conversations about music with fans of a bch whose best songs has Safaree Samuel’s in the credits? Like, what is the material??

We got exactly 1 month today #BardiGang let the count down begin. Am I The Drama 👠🐦‍⬛

Imaginary players sound so good banging in the car. I love this fucking song ❤️❤️

Here’s how Apple Music calculated streams. Also, this is how Shazam’s are counted for artists. Make sure you’re streaming and using Shazam on “Imaginary Playerz”.

Cardi B’s upcoming album “Am I The Drama?” enters the top 5 (+3) on Spotify’s most pre-saved albums worldwide for the first time! Pre-save here: open.spotify.com/prerelease/1tb…

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If I send you this photo, just know “I’m not sure”.