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The Shade Room became one of the most popular celebrity gossip destinations on the Internet, and with that came the requisite beef with the entertainers they highlighted. Cardi B, a subject who has been featured many times in the past, accused the outlet of “gaslighting” her in a war of words that spilled over into Twitter.
The Shade Room and Cardi B beef began on Sunday (July 10) with the Bronx superstar taking to Twitter and delivering a focused rant against TSR, accusing them of only posting negative stories about her. In Cardi’s tweets, she stated that TSR editors wouldn’t return her private direct messages thus leading to her going to social media with her concerns.
TSR posted a video on Sunday of Cardi B’s daughter, Kulture, as the pre-schooler celebrated her fourth birthday. Cardi says she reached out to TSR to have the video taken down, but not before attempting to handle the matter behind the scenes.
“Delete my child of y’all page,” Cardi warned via Twitter.
Cardi assumed that popular Instagram page deleted her comment from the post of Kulture she wanted to be removed, and said in a now-deleted tweet, “[O]kay you only post negative content bout me, cool no biggie. Got me blocked from commenting on their page ok cool. But please don’t post my child on yall funny ish.”
A person behind The Shade Room Twitter account fired back with claims that a conversation was held between them and Cardi, seemingly in an attempt to discredit the rapper’s accusations.
“You were not blocked from commenting. Please stop the LIES. We are only addressing your comment on negative content we didn’t bring up your daughter,” TSR replied. “And YOU called ME asking why we don’t post your family! Lie again and I’ll put out the receipts.”
Just spoke to @iamcardib
and we were able to come to a resolution. We’re putting the issue to rest and moving on. Cardi, we wish you the best and continued success. Glad we found a way to move forward peacefully. What happened earlier was bad, but how it ended is good— TheShadeRoom (@TheShadeRoom) July 11, 2022
As seen in the tweet above, the issue between The Shade Room and Cardi B is seemingly settled and Twitter definitely caught wind of it all. We’ve got the reactions from the sidelines below.
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if cardi b taking down the shade room brings back real entertainment journalism then so be it idk
— dj pinky (@pinkydollasign) July 11, 2022
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cardi b taking down the shade room could potentially do more for the black community than the civil rights act of 1964 https://t.co/KnzDuqqbJZ
— darēus. (@dareusdesign) July 11, 2022
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theshaderoom and cardi doing this pr stunt pic.twitter.com/taZuEojkfk
— Xeno
(@AClDBLEEDER) July 11, 2022
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Basically all that happened was cardi asked the shade room to not post her daughter and then they just started lying and being weird tryna start with her for no reason https://t.co/XKh67EDmu6
— Queen of Craziness
(@Itzbreeya) July 11, 2022
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cardi asking them not to post her kid in a calm manner and they’re giving push back and y’all don’t see how that’s weird
— stan normani (@SWEETENERMANl) July 11, 2022
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Idk what Cardi B and The Shade Room beefing about, but I’m rooting for her
— Slevin Kelevra (@DrunkUncTony) July 11, 2022
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The Nicki and Cardi beef happened 4 years ago, y’all really need to let it go… pic.twitter.com/JUNv7ZjeS5
— 𝓐𝓵𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓼
| #ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝟟.𝟚𝟡 (@_leyseuxxx) July 11, 2022
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I unfollowed the shade room on IG a loooong time ago and had them muted on twitter just as long. I hope Cardi take them down lol..
— bia
(@papercutbliss) July 11, 2022
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I hope Cardi takes shaderoom down for good
— Obinna Kenobi (@lulokra) July 11, 2022
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I’ve been building a case against the Shade room for 3 years. Tag me in Cardi!
— Riley Freeman (@TrillaryBlinton) July 11, 2022
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As a blogger, it’s actually super insulting to watch Shade Room throw rocks and hide their hand like this with Cardi. Even if you want to play the “I can’t control the content” card, we’ve witnessed you pander things negatively by chopping certain clips, providing 0 context etc
— KenBarbie
(@itsKenBarbie) July 11, 2022
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Cardi B is not wrong. The shaderoom is very biased. They won’t touch certain stories about certain celebrities. They won’t promote certain singles. They are a very biased blog. Not even when it just comes to Nicki v. Cardi. But in general.
— SLIDE ON A OPP (@dosicakke) July 11, 2022
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If people really paid attention, The Shaderoom did the same level of gaslighting against Megan thee Stalion during the Tory Lanez situation. Every post had “Megan is Lying” undertone.. So Cardi B isn’t the first victim of this..
— Camille (@CamistheOne10) July 11, 2022
Source: Hip-Hop Wired