Cardi B and Offset Released Back-to-Back Songs. Here’s How They Signal a Role Reversal

In the twisting saga of Cardi B and Offset, the actual music often seems tangential.

Gossip magazines and distinguished newspapers alike have breathlessly covered the roller-coaster relationship of the two chart-topping rappers: her pregnancy reveal, his onstage proposal. Her accusations of his infidelity, her breakup. His bouquet-wielding apology, their Grammys reconciliation.

In the twisting saga of Cardi B and Offset, the actual music often seems tangential. Gossip magazines and distinguished newspapers alike have breathlessly covered the roller-coaster relationship of the two chart-topping rappers: her pregnancy reveal, his onstage proposal. Her accusations of his infidelity, her breakup. His bouquet-wielding apology, their Grammys reconciliation.