Angry fans petition for Kylie Jenner\u2019s removal from Cardi B \u201cWAP\u201d video Instagram, @KylieJenner[jwplayer Y7PB7YwV]Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s \u201cWAP\u201d music video has accumulated over 38 million views in just two days, but a 23-second cameo by Kylie Jenner has sent fans into an absolute uproar. While Twitter was by no means thrilled with Kylie\u2019s inclusion in the \u201cWAP\u201d video, that annoyance has turned surprisingly quasi-litigious as a new Change.org petition calls explicitly for the world\u2019s most prominent influencer to be removed from the video entirely. And it has over 53,000 votes, with many more pouring in by the minute. The video, which features six cameos including Kylie, is already breaking music industry records as the biggest debut for a female collaboration in YouTube history. And the song is breaking records too, as \u201cWAP\u201d hit 2,340,504 streams in its first day, reaching No. 1 on the US Spotify chart, giving Cardi and Megan their first chart-topper on the platform and breaking the record for most single-day streams by a female rapper in history. Read more: Top 10 most-liked YouTube videos – And Kylie is not the only notable cameo. Cardi, Megan, and Kylie were joined by Normani, Mulatto, Sukihana, Rosalia, and Rubi Rose for the hit. While the petition simply explains that \u201cthe video was perfect until we saw K and I wanted to throw my phone,\u201d the rationale behind Kylie\u2019s presence being problematic is nuanced. Principally, many fans believe her cameo distracts from the video\u2019s celebration of Black women and deflects from her history with cultural appropriation. This petition to remove Kylie from #WAP has me screaming \ud83d\udc80 pic.twitter.com\/dy0VaTOQpq \u2014 Stacy \u271d\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea|\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\u270a\ud83c\udffe\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde9\u270a\ud83c\udffe\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde9\u2665\ufe0f (@StacyIman) August 7, 2020 Others have been quick to note that those factors should not prevent Cardi and Megan from profiting off of her popularity. Kylie has 189 million followers on Instagram, among the highest in the world and an audience to which she (and her family) directly exposed the video. \u201cWhy is Kylie in the video \u201c Here: pic.twitter.com\/tf3iWSHuqq \u2014 S I L \u039b \u039e R H \u2206 Z \u039e (@SupSilverHaze) August 7, 2020 https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CDmavyAnBZ3\/ While thousands of fans may be bothered by her inclusion, Cardi is not. The superstar took to Twitter to thank the women who were a part of her and Megan\u2019s historic, record-breaking video for taking the time to help her represent female power across races and backgrounds. I wanna say thank you to every woman that was apart of my video! The fact that you made time in your schedules means alot to me! It was so important to me to include different women,that are different races and come from different backgrounds but are so powerful and influential. \u2014 Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 7, 2020 As Cardi explains, she found it important \u201cto include different women, that are different races and come from different backgrounds but are so powerful and influential.\u201d Read more: Top 20 most disliked YouTube videos ever – While the petition\u2019s signatures continue to mount, nobody involved in the now-controversial video seem bothered. And that\u2019s understandable, all that extra attention does is bring more clicks, exposure, and a chance to break even more records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Angry fans petition for Kylie Jenner\u2019s removal from Cardi B \u201cWAP\u201d video Instagram, @KylieJenner[jwplayer Y7PB7YwV]Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s \u201cWAP\u201d music video has accumulated over 38 million views in just two days, but a 23-second cameo by Kylie Jenner has sent fans into an absolute uproar. While Twitter was by no means thrilled with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}