Cardi B faced comparisons to Milli Vanilli in the wake of her set at Drai’s Beachclub in Las Vegas on Saturday, as her music continued to play after she was involved in a confrontation with an audience member who threw liquid at her while she was performing.
In response, the WAP hitmaker, 30, threw a microphone at the fan, all the while her 2018 hit track Bodak Yellow continued to play with her vocals.
A number of social media users made references to the 80s pop duo Milli Vanilli – which consisted of Fab Morvan and the late Rob Pilatus – and had hits such as Girl You Know It’s True, Baby Don’t Forget My Number and Blame It on the Rain.
Morvan and Pilatus (who died in 1998) had to give back their Best New Artist Grammy in 1990 after it was revealed they hadn’t sung on their tracks.
On social media, a number of music fans drew comparisons to the pop superstar and the former tandem.
The latest: Cardi B, 30, faced comparisons to Milli Vanilli in the wake of her set at Drai’s Beach Club in Las Vegas on Saturday, as her music continued to play after she was involved in a confrontation with an audience member who threw liquid at her while she was performing
Flashback: The 80s pop duo Milli Vanilli – which consisted of the late Rob Pilatus (L) and Fab Morvan – had hits such as Girl You Know It’s True, Baby Don’t Forget My Number and Blame It on the Rain. It was later revealed they were not the actual singers on the tracks
Said one user: ‘So Cardi B has a whole lot of Milli Vanilli action going on as she hums her mic at an unruly fan.’
Another chimed in, ‘Milli Vanilli is trending!! What year is this?! Cardi B caught pulling a Milli Vanilli! And y’all thought she actually sang on stage!’
One user wrote, ‘Cardi B’s Milli Vanilli moment, lyrics keep playing after she throws at fan. Does the audience get a refund for lip syncing?’
Some people came to the defense of the singer, saying the comparisons were not accurate, as Cardi B actually performed her music in the first place, whereas Milli Vanilli did not.
‘It doesn’t surprise me that you weird little kids have Milli Vanilli trending bc of Cardi B,’ one user said. ‘You clearly aren’t old enough to know that the issue with MV was that they weren’t singing on their song at all.
‘Not the same as lip syncing to your own voice due to the type of venue.’
Another said, ‘For folks who keep trying to connect this to Milli Vanilli to Cardi B – the issue wasn’t lip syncing it was that the singers we know as Milli Vanilli never actually sang the song.
‘What we heard were two different singers. Big difference from lip syncing over your own voice.’
Feedback: On social media, a number of music fans drew comparisons to the pop superstar and the former tandem
Details: Some people came to the defense of the singer, saying the comparisons were not accurate, as Cardi B actually performed her music in the first place, whereas Milli Vanilli did not
‘Milli Vanilli’s problem was that they never actually recorded the masters, those were done by session musicians,’ one user said. ‘It’s one thing to lip synch to your own songs, it’s another to lie and take credit as vocalists.’
The pop star was pictured Saturday throwing a microphone at an audience member who tossed a drink at her, hours after throwing another microphone at a DJ in Las Vegas.
The WAP hitmaker was seen hurling the microphone from the stage after getting splashed by a drink thrown by a fan, in a video shared to Pop Base Twitter on Saturday.
It wasn’t the first time this weekend the rapper — who just released a new song with her husband Offset titled Jealousy — decided to use her microphone for something other than singing.
The night prior, Cardi was performing at Drai’s Beachclub when she became irritated after the DJ was allegedly cutting off her songs too early.
In a clip shared to social media by user kfen777 the entertainer was seen shouting out her name before turning around and flinging the microphone in the direction of the DJ as if she was throwing a football, before walking off stage.
The first clip sees Cardi, born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, wearing a busty bright orange dress while performing on stage in the daylight hours.
She is in the middle of singing her 2018 hit Bodak Yellow, and raises the microphone up to her face for another verse, before suddenly a spray of liquid is seen hitting her in the face from a drink a cup in the audience.
Heated: Cardi B was pictured throwing a microphone at an audience member who tossed a drink at her, hours after throwing another microphone at a DJ in Las Vegas; seen Saturday
Cardi B throws microphone at audience member who threw a drink at her. pic.twitter.com/alLgHMFshb
— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 30, 2023
Cardi appears shocked for a brief second before swinging into action and throwing the microphone at someone in the audience, presumably the drink-tosser.
Meanwhile the soundtrack to her song along with her vocals continues on in the background.
Cardi is then seen fixing her hair as security appears to handle the situation in the crowd.
Fans in Las Vegas reportedly waited two hours in 112 degree heat before the star showed up to perform.
The hip hop star reportedly even asked fans to throw water on her as she complained about the excessive heat in Sin City.
The night prior she was seen barefoot on stage while performing her smash hit I Like It in a neon yellow mini dress prior to the microphone incident.
Cardi ended the set with a confetti celebration before throwing the mic and then leaving the stage.
Confused users in the comments asked, ‘What happened?? There’s no context…’
The poster of the video explained: ‘DJ cut the track short on multiple songs! She was livid (as you can see)’ with a laughing out crying emoji.
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Rowdy fans: The WAP hitmaker, 30, was seen hurling the microphone from the stage after getting splashed by a drink thrown by a fan (pictured Saturday)
Dramatic show: Cardi was singing her 2018 hit Bodak Yellow, and raised the microphone up to her face for another verse, before suddenly a spray of liquid is seen hitting her in the face
Vegas heat: Fans in Las Vegas reportedly waited two hours in 112 degree heat before the star showed up to perform
Sin City: The hip hop star reportedly even asked fans to throw water on her as she complained about the excessive heat in Sin City
How it happened: After being sprayed by the drink Cardi appears shocked for a brief second before swinging into action and throwing the microphone at someone in the audience
Giving them a show! Meanwhile the soundtrack to her song along with her vocals continues on in the background
Intense: Cardi was then seen fixing her hair as security appeared to handle the situation in the crowd
Dancing it up: Despite the high temperatures the star was seen dancing it up onstage for the fans
What happened: The poster of the video explained why the singer was upset: ‘DJ cut the track short on multiple songs! She was livid (as you can see)’
Later that same day, Cardi B took to Instagram to show off her outfit change as she enjoyed another show with Offset and several of her gal pals.
The star changed into a plunging red dress with halter straps to accentuate her ample assets and she also rocked a pair of oversized wraparound red shades.
Despite sitting down in the clip, she beamed and panned the camera down to show off her hourglass figure and entire ensemble.
Later, she recorded a cute clip of herself with Offset — who sported a leather vest and baseball cap — and showed off his diamond-encrusted dental jewelry.
The throwing incidents come after Cardi B shut down rumors that she and her husband Offset faked a cheating scandal to promote their collaborative single, Jealousy, which was released on Friday.
Following speculation that the 31-year-old Migos rapper publicly accused his spouse of cheating to drum up publicity for their new track, the mother-of-two set the record straight about their online spat.
In response to an Instagram comment calling his infidelity allegations just ‘a stunt’ to create buzz, the Grammy winner replied: ‘It wasn’t no STUNT.’
‘Tasha K made some ish up and yall was laughing about it and happy a** hell about it. Now that we putting it in the music is a stunt … Naaa baby be mad at the one who started trolling wit it,’ she wrote, according to a screenshot on Twitter.
Outfit change: Later that same day, Cardi B took to Instagram to show off her outfit change as she enjoyed another show with Offset and several of her gal pals. The star changed into a plunging red dress with halter straps to accentuate her ample assets and she also rocked a pair of oversized wraparound red shades
Red hot: Despite sitting down in the clip, she beamed and panned the camera down to show off her hourglass figure and entire ensemble
With her husband: Later, she recorded a cute clip of herself with Offset — who sported a leather vest and baseball cap
Big smiles: The couple beamed in the clip together and at the end, she asked him to open his mouth and showed off his diamond-encrusted dental jewelry
Cardi retweeted the post and added, ‘THEY C***HIE WAS SO WET WHEN THE LIE WAS GOING AROUND NOW it’s a different narrative when we put it in the music ….OOOO IM POPPIN IT ON THIS SONG!!!!’
In addition to alluding to her fight with Offset, she referenced her defamation lawsuit against YouTube blogger Tasha K, which she won last year.
The blogger, whose real name is Latasha Kebe, was forbidden by the court to post or repost any allegations linking Cardi B to drug use, prostitution, marital infidelity, or sexually transmitted diseases.
Additionally, she was ordered to remove clips and social media posts that a jury deemed ‘false and defamatory.’
Last month, in a since-deleted post, Offset accused his wife of more than five years of being unfaithful.
Cardi then hit back at Offset’s claim with a Twitter Spaces rant in which she accused her ‘motherf****r’ spouse of ‘spiraling.’
She also shared a recording in which she hit back at the father of her two children via song and urged her fans ‘not to pay attention’ to Offset’s shock allegation.
Cheating scandal: It comes after Cardi shut down rumors that she and husband Offset faked a cheating scandal to promote their collaborative single, Jealousy, which was released on Friday; They are seen in 2022
Setting the record straight: In response to an Instagram comment calling his infidelity allegations just ‘a stunt’ to create buzz, the Grammy winner replied: ‘It wasn’t no STUNT’
Fighting: Last month, in a since-deleted post, Offset accused his wife of more than five years of being unfaithful
Duo: The twosome secretly tied the knot in September 2017. In July 2018 they welcomed daughter Kulture, 5, and three years later their son Wave, 1, was born; Pictured in January 2020
Singing a well-known Keyshia Cole song called I Should’ve Cheated, the star vocalized: ‘First of all, let me say you can’t accuse me of all the things you know that you are guilty of. Sing it with me, y’all! And I see that it is easy for you to blame everything on me. Yes, honey!’
Cardi then said, ‘Come on, now. I’m Cardi B, n***a. I think sometimes motherf**kers forget I’m Cardi B. If I was giving this p***y to anybody, it would be out. I’m not just anybody.’
An insider later told People: ‘They’re just having a little quarrel. They’re very intense so [they] go back and forth quite a bit. They’ll hash it out like they always do.’
Offset and Cardi quickly put their marital woes behind them as they were seen enjoying Paris Fashion Week together just days after the online spat.
The twosome secretly tied the knot in September 2017 but waited until the following year to announce the marriage.
In July 2018 they welcomed daughter Kulture, 5, and three years later their son Wave, 1, was born.
Cephus is also father to sons Jordan, 13, and Kody, 8, and 8-year-old daughter Kalea from previous relationships.
