Cardi B Is Down To Perform At Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding

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Rapper Cardi B accepts the award for 'Hustler of the Year' onstage during the BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater on October 6, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Cardi B is willing to do it for free, too.

Yesterday, the big news hit when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle confirmed that they're engaged. While everybody's been talking about it, Cardi B was in the UK for the MOBO Awards yesterday when the news broke. While she performed at the MOBO Awards, she also hit up Capital XTRA for a quick interview. They chatted about a few things, including her relationship with Nicki Minaj. However, she later was asked about the royal wedding and what she thought about it. It seems that Cardi's pretty stoked on it and is willing to perform at their wedding, if asked.

During her interview with Capital XTRA, she was asked about her initial thoughts about the engagement. Cardi seems pretty stoked about it but not for any particular reason other than the fact that it is royalty.

"I'm a fan of just like they whole story. I'm a fan of the fact that it's just like people are still stuck to that tradition of royal kingdoms and everything. You know, that doesn't happen in America and it's just like when I see the palace, it's like, 'Oh my god, it's a freaking palace'," she said, "It's like they really do the soldier stuff. And it's just like... I want to meet Prince Harry. Just because of the fact that he is a prince. It's like 'Yeah, you met a President but did you meet a Prince?'"

Afterwards, her and the host conversed over whether they'd perform at the ceremony. Both of them agreed that they would, and for free. The host said he'd do it so he could have diplomatic immunity and wouldn't have to pay taxes. Cardi's response to a free performance was less demanding. Clearly diplomatic immunity doesn't work for Bardi since she's American but she'd be down to do it just for bragging rights. 

Cardi doesn't seem to cheap anyways when it comes to her performing services. At the top of the month, footage circulated of her calling out a promoter that didn't pay her for a set in New Orleans. She ended up performing for the sake of her fans.

Check the interview clip below: 


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