Rapper and husband to Cardi B, Offset, pointedly came to his wife's defense after one of the latest critics of she and Megan Thee Stallion's chart-topping song “WAP” came in the form of Snoop Dogg.
On Thursday, the Doggystyle rapper made an appearance on the radio show Central Ave and revealed he, too, had his qualms about the summer smash hit. When asked by host Julissa Bermudez what his thoughts were on the song, Snoop said he would have liked for the female rappers to leave more to the imagination, according to Revolt.
“Oh my God. Slow down. Like, slow down. And let’s have some imagination,” Snoop said. “Let’s have some, you know, privacy, some intimacy where he wants to find out as opposed to you telling him.”
He added that the song’s sexual lyrics were excessive and revealed too much.
“That’s your jewel of the Nile. That’s what you should hold onto," the 49-year-old said. That should be a possession that no one gets to know about until they know about it.”
Snoop, who also has a 21-year-old daughter, shared that he talked to her about the song.
“My daughter is from a different era, though,” the rapper said. “She’s from this era. She may be doing the ‘WAP’ or, you know what I’m saying, a part of the ‘WAP,’ but I can’t be mad at her ’cause it’s her generation, you know what I’m saying? But, at the same time, the things that I would rather see, you know, ’cause I’m an older man.”
Later in the interview, the "Drop It Like It's Hot" rapper acknowledged that he may have seen the track in a different light when he was younger.
“When I was young, 21 or 22, I may have been with the movement, I probably would have been on the remix,” Snoop said. “But as an older man, it’s like, I love it that they’re expressing themselves and doing their thing, I just don’t want it that fashionable to where young girls feel like they can express themselves like that without even knowing that that is a jewel that they hold onto until the right person comes around.”
Offset defended the women and said that men would probably be better served not involving themselves with women's matters.
"What is your reaction to Snoop saying Cardi should slow down when discussing her privates," a TMZ reporter catching up with the rapper said.
He prefaced the response by saying, "I love, Snoop, man. But she grown."
"I don't get in female business…I hate when men do that because I don't do that," the Migos rapper continued. "It's entertainment, that's a number one record. So anybody can say what they want to say, [it went] six times platinum in three or four months."
“As rappers, we talk about the same s**t,” Offset told TMZ before the reporter added that we should "be able to talk about our 'WAPS' if we want."
"Men can't speak on women," he said. "They too powerful, first off. And it's a lot of women empowerment, like don't shoot it down, we never had this many artists that's female artists, running this s**t."
The rapper continued by saying women need to be uplifted and referenced the smothering effects of the patriarchy.
“Women are strong right now. We should uplift our women," he added. "Don't say what they can and can't do. You know how long women been told they can't do something or they shouldn't do this and been blackballed out of entertainment.”
Seemingly referencing the argument that the song is harmful to young ears, the rapper said he's a father but his wife's record isn't the only song that can serve as a poor influence on kids.
"I got kids, too. But at the same time, it's entertainment," the 29-year-old continued. "You can go on YouTube and see people shooting videos with guns and talking about killing. We can't be judgmental about some things and certain things we don't."
Over the weekend, Snoop responded to the backlash over his criticism on his Instagram, saying that any hate people believe he has for the song is false because “[Cardi B and Meg] know that I’m n full support of the female M. C. Movement.”
"Stop wit the bullshit press I love Cardi B and Meg. Music period, point blank and they know that I'm n full support of the female M. C. Movement so stop trying to make me a hater," he wrote.
"That song 6x platinum. Talk about that," he added.