Cardi B is defending her success after comedian Mona Love suggested that the rapper's lighter complexion contributed to her rise to superstardom.

During a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast , Love discussed a resurfaced clip from Cardi's 2024 Instagram Live, arguing that colorism played a role in her career .

"Cardi is very talented, but part of the reasons why she's there is because she's light," Love said. "Colorism does take part in a lighter person making it further. It's a fact."

Cardi responded in a lengthy post on X, claiming the 13-second clip failed to capture the full context of her original 15-minute discussion.

"I know that colorism is real I never denied that I seen it for myself," Cardi wrote, recalling how men treated lighter and darker-skinned women differently when she worked as a stripper.…