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Cardi B announces during WWE SmackDown that she will host the two-night WWE SummerSlam paid live event in August.
Several musicians, such as Bad Bunny and Travis Scott, have appeared in WWE programming within the last year. Now, another rapper, Cardi B, will be hosting WWE’s SummerSlam later this year. During last week’s WWE SmackDown, Cardi B announced in a video that she will host the two-night event in August.
“What’s up, WWE Universe? Guess what? SummerSlam, MetLife, two nights, and I will finally be hosting — and nobody better try me,” she said.
This year, WWE SummerSlam, “The Biggest Party of the Summer” will be held across two nights for the first time, like the wrestling network’s biggest paid live event, WrestleMania. The show takes place at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on August 2 and 3. Notably, Cardi B announced the dates and venue for the show last year.
A lifelong wrestling fan, Cardi B was supposed to host the 2021 edition of SummerSlam — but she had just given birth to her son only a few weeks before the show, so the timing didn’t pan out.
Last year, she revealed that she was eager to be involved in a WWE event, either as a performer or to get into the action and “slap someone.” She might actually get to see both wishes come true, as some wrestlers such as Liv Morgan and Chelsea Green have expressed interest in going up against her in the ring.
The news follows the release of Cardi B’s latest single, “Toot It Up,” with Pardison Fontaine. The hip-hop star is also featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming Smurfs movie, with DJ Khaled’s “Higher Love” featuring her and Desi Trill. Both songs come at a perfect time for Cardi, who is working on her highly anticipated sophomore album, the follow-up to 2018’s Invasion of Privacy.
“The features on my album are really good,” she told fans earlier this month. “I’m working with artists, some that I have worked [with] before, and some that I haven’t.” She added excitedly, “I can tell y’all this — I am 100% confident with this album. I just don’t think what I got is out there.”
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