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Creativity Quote by Cardi B

"I want people to feel like they can do it too"

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There is strategy hiding inside the sweetness here. “I want people to feel like they can do it too” isn’t just a motivational line from Cardi B; it’s a thesis statement for her entire brand, built on proximity. The key word is “feel”, not “know”. She’s not promising a roadmap or a checklist. She’s aiming for permission: the emotional unlocking that happens when someone who looks like you, talks like you, and comes from something like your life stands at the top of a machine designed to keep you out.

The subtext is class-coded and gendered. Cardi’s ascent from the Bronx, from stripping, from internet notoriety to Grammy-stage legitimacy has always come with a running commentary on respectability politics. This sentence refuses the old script that says success requires assimilation into polished silence. Instead, it frames visibility itself as a tool: if she can be loud, messy, hyper-specific, and still win, then the gatekeepers’ rules were never natural laws.

Context matters because Cardi B arrived in an era where celebrity is both more accessible and more cruel. Social media turns “you can do it” into an algorithmic dare: go viral or disappear. Her intent reads like a counter-spell to that cynicism. She’s offering a communal upgrade, not an individual flex - success as something you drag behind you like a spotlight, widening the stage for whoever’s watching from the cheap seats.

Quote Details

TopicMotivational
SourceInterview, NPR: All Things Considered, April 2018
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APA Style (7th ed.)
B, Cardi. (2026, February 8). I want people to feel like they can do it too. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-people-to-feel-like-they-can-do-it-too-184962/

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B, Cardi. "I want people to feel like they can do it too." FixQuotes. February 8, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-people-to-feel-like-they-can-do-it-too-184962/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I want people to feel like they can do it too." FixQuotes, 8 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-people-to-feel-like-they-can-do-it-too-184962/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Cardi B

Cardi B (born October 11, 1992) is a Musician from USA.

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