Commentary
Cardi B has had it with inflation.
The 30-year-old rapper took to Twitter last week to slam surging prices in a pair of tweets that received more than 40 million views.
“Naaaaaa grocery shopping prices are ridiculous right now 😑You might as well eat outside !!” she wrote. “… why lettuce cost 6 dollars where I live at?”
When followers responded that she was rich and doesn’t have to worry about rising prices, the Grammy Award-winning artist didn’t budge, posting an expletive-filled video in which she stressed to her followers the importance of budgeting and tracking spending.
“I get a summary of the money that’s being spent in my home every week,” she said. “I went to the supermarket and I’m seeing that everything tripled up. Lettuce was like $2 a couple of months ago and now it’s like $7. Of course I’m going to say something.”…