Cardi B Says the Economy Is So Bad, Sex Workers’ Rates Have Dropped From $10,000 to $2,500

Bardi said that we know the economy is tanking because not even sex workers are “getting fly.”

By Tara Mahadevan – October 27, 2025

Cardi B used a very specific example to show that the economy is struggling. The Am I the Drama? rapper took to Instagram Live where she used what she said were sex workers’ declining rates to illustrate just how bad the economy is at the moment.

“You know how you know that the economy is bad? Because not even the prostitutes is getting fly. Where have you seen a hoe with a good Chanel bag?” she said at around the 11:45 minute mark in the below video.

“Bitches was buying Chanel bags like they was fucking female rappers. Where have you seen a bitch with a chain with her name on it? Huh? … Where have you seen a bitch pop out with a fucking good Birkin? Even the prostitutes going through it. The hoes was selling pussy for $10,000. Now the bitches is going for $2,500. ‘Cause the fucking economy is bad.”

Accurate information about sex work rates is difficult to come by. For more details — albeit details that are now 11 years old — check out a 2014 report from the Urban Institute.

In addition to Cardi’s rather perceptive take on the economy, she also slammed Donald Trump voters who are having trouble paying their bills.

“Donald Trump was never for y’all poor motherfuckers,” she said. “Donald Trump was never for the poor people. For the white poors, for the Black poors, for the Spanish poors, for the Asians, for the Indians… He don’t give a fuck about none of y’all motherfuckers. When I talk about poor, I’m not only talking about poor people that’s under the poverty line. To him, even millionaires are poor! He don’t give a fuck about the millionaires like me, neither!”

Last week, Cardi criticized the Trump administration for cutting $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps tens of millions of Americans buy groceries.

“These are the type of things I was trying to tell y’all about when I was talking about the Trump administration… But all y’all cared about was me saying ‘Shrump,’” she said.