“Not even the prostitutes is getting fly”: Cardi B slams Trump and claims sex workers have had to reduce their rates because of worsening economy

Cardi B used an unusual to make a point about the state of the U.S. economy. During an Instagram Live session on October 26, 2025, the rapper claimed that even sex workers were struggling to maintain their former lifestyles amid worsening economic conditions, as reported by Complex on October 27, 2025.

In clips of the Instagram Live session, the Bronx rapper is heard saying

"You know how you know that the economy is bad? Because not even the prostitutes is getting fly"

The WAP hitmaker expressed some opinions on sex workers allegedly reducing their rates, calling it evidence of how the financial downturn is affecting everyone. Mispronouncing the President's name, Cardi B reportedly said,

"These are the type of things I was trying to tell y’all about when I was talking about the Trump administration… But all y’all cared about was me saying ‘Shrump"

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More about what Cardi B said about Trump and his economic policies

The rapper’s comments quickly went beyond economic metaphors to become a pointed criticism of former President Donald Trump and his supporters. In the same Live, the rapper claimed that the US president had failed to protect working-class Americans, as reported by HotNewHipHop on October 27, 2025.

“Donald Trump was never for y’all poor m***********s. Donald Trump was never for the poor people.… He don’t give a f**k about none of y’all"

Cardi B also addressed Trump’s immigration policies, accusing him of using migrants as scapegoats for the country’s economic issues.

"Now, Donald Trump was blaming the immigrants for America’s downfall. However, he was using that as an excuse for the issues that we have in this country, in this economy. Now, how many immigrants has he deported? … So, now the immigrants are deported, who are we blaming for the fact that we are practically going into a recession?"

Her remarks reportedly follow months of public frustration over inflation, high rents, and reduced federal assistance programs.

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Cardi B previously lashed out over food assistance cuts

On October 19, 2025, Cardi B spoke about the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act during a Twitter Spaces session. The rapper said that the Bill will cut $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal initiative helping millions of Americans buy groceries, as reported by Complex on October 19, 2025.

“People are complaining that they have taken away food stamps. Thanksgiving is next month, no turkey for some of y’all.”

Cardi also pointed to how tariffs and cost-of-living increases were affecting everyday people, and reportedly also apologized for encouraging people to buy her album.

The rapper also added a recent experience helping a friend search for an apartment in the Bronx as an example of rising rent pressures, and that working-class people receive little support from the government.

"I hate the fact that there’s a lot of people working nine-to-five and because they’re working, they don’t get no help from the government. I always hated that."

The rapper also added that she had previously tried to warn voters about such policy moves when she campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2020.

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Cardi B’s political commentary is not new. The rapper has long used her platform to speak about social and economic inequality, having previously supported Bernie Sanders and later endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, according to HotNewHipHop's report from October 27, 2025.

Cardi's latest statements come shortly after the release of her second studio album, Am I the Drama?, in September 2025. The record’s promotion has reportedly been overshadowed by political debates and public disputes with fellow rappers Nicki Minaj and BIA.

Edited by Devangee