Cardi B records NYC Subway train etiquette messages: “Ride safe, keep it cute, and keep it moving”

Cardi B has recorded some public service announcements for the NYC subway. Check them out below.

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The rapper joined forces with New York City transit to promote her new album, ‘Am I the Drama?’, which dropped last week.

In the collaboration, she has recorded a variety of announcements encouraging good train etiquette, and reminding those commuting across the city of the rules in place.

Confirmation of the two joining forces was shared yesterday (Tuesday September 23), when the MTA shared a clip of the ‘WAP’ rapper in the studio recording the voice overs.

“We’re walking here!” she says in one of the messages, while another sees her playfully scorn those blocking the stairwells in subway stations: “Steps are for stepping, not sitting. Move it, Bucko!”

In one other message, she says: “Stop subway surfing. Ride safe, keep it cute, and keep it moving. These trains don’t move without you, so make sure you pay that fare and keep it real.”

The video also shows her walking through a subway station in the city, gleefully tapping her card and going through the barriers to the platforms. Check it out below.

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This isn’t the only creative way that Cardi B has started to promote her latest record. Recently she also went viral after walking through NYC subway cars and selling her LP to those on their daily commute.

She then set up her own street vendor stand to sell records around the city. “My label said I gotta get out in these streets and sell this album,” she joked in the video on Instagram.

For her long-awaited sophomore album, Cardi confirmed that ‘WAP’ would appear on ‘Am I the Drama?’, as would 2021’s ‘Up’. When fans were critical of the fact that the 23-track album would also include her two previously released hits, she defended their inclusion, telling listeners, “Go cry about it!”

Cash Cobain, Janet Jackson, Kehlani, Lizzo, Selena Gomez, Summer Walker, Tyla and Megan Thee Stallion are all guest features on the new LP.

The album was given a two-star review from NME, and described as “overstuffed and underwhelming”.

“Ultimately, ‘Am I The Drama?’ is palatable enough for a one-time listen, but nothing here demands a replay,” it read. “Where ‘Invasion of Privacy’ felt fun and feel-good, its follow-up is bloated, derivative and unsure of its own identity. Cardi doesn’t just recycle her past tricks, she half-asses other people’s legacies too, and the result is a bloated, soulless shell that never finds its own voice.”

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