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Cardi B is stepping into politics again. This time, she’s backing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s initiative to provide free childcare to the city’s two-year-olds.
In a video posted on Friday, April 3rd, capturing a meetup between the two NYC celebrities, Cardi B agreed to help judge a competition to determine the jingle that will be used in commercials for the 2-K childcare program. To submit your 15 or 30-second entry, head to the contest’s website.
Cardi B, a mother and a native of the Bronx, where the program will launch, talked about the importance of childcare in the video. “Sometimes us women, we can’t really go forward because we don’t have nobody to help us take care of our kids,” she said.
“As Cardi B says: ‘I can get ’em both. I don’t wanna choose,” Mamdani added in a statement. “With universal childcare, New Yorkers won’t have to. For too long, families have been forced to choose between affordable care and staying in the city they love. Now, they can have both — free care in the greatest city in the world.”
This isn’t the “WAP” rapper’s first foray into politics. She supported US Senator Bernie Sanders throughout his presidential run for the 2020 election. Ultimately, Cardi B endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, which he won.
She has continued to be outspoken about issues Americans face, railing against rising grocery prices and inflation in 2023. At the kickoff of her latest tour, she made defiant comments against ICE.
Cardi B’s latest album, Am I the Drama, made Consequence’s list of the best 25 rap albums of 2025. She is currently supporting the full-length on her “Little Miss Drama Tour.” Get tickets here.
Meanwhile, Mamdani recently named his Top 5 rappers, a list that included the oft-named Notorious B.IG., JAY-Z, and Nas alongside Chicago’s Lupe Fiasco and Common.
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