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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00:002020, 2021, right?
00:01WAP became hot.
00:02Wait, can we first clear the air on who introduced you to Meg?
00:07Oh, my goodness.
00:09Back to y'all saying that Atlantic Records gives me checks.
00:13Not only did they not give me checks, I ain't got no plaque, I didn't get no, Julie, you
00:17can fix that.
00:18I ain't get no, I don't even want no WAP, but I didn't get no nothing.
00:22And I remember being in the hotel with you and the team.
00:25I think Tokyo was there and Colin and Brooklyn Giant, different people, and you were playing
00:29all these different songs you had.
00:30And when you got to that song, everybody in the room looked at each other, and Meg wasn't
00:34on at the time.
00:35We all heard that.
00:36She was like, yo, the gays is going to be in the club like my WAP, even though they
00:39ain't got the WAP.
00:40Then you're going to have the straight, then you're going to have the women.
00:43You felt it was a hit.
00:44You knew that was going to be out of here.
00:48I kind of did, but I kind of didn't because I'm really hard on myself with music, but
00:53you did put us on the phone one time.
00:55I think you was in a party with her.
00:56You was like, look at Megan.
00:57This is Megan.
00:58She was in TV Awards.
00:59Yeah.
01:00He was like, Cardi, this is Megan.
01:01I'm like, okay, Jason.
01:02Let me just get to know the girl.
01:04Let me find a record that I think she will fit on.
01:06Let me-
01:07She did.
01:08And then I sent her Meg's number, and then they did the record, and I need my plaque.
01:10No, but that song was ... And then you even putting Kylie in there.
01:15Another thing, another factor people may not know is, I did see the rough cut of the video.
01:20I'm going to tell you how, before it came out, and I saw that they didn't give enough
01:24of the women enough shine.
01:25The other women, Rosalia, Sukiana, and Lotto, right?
01:30And your note to them was, put them more in the video.