Cardi B Shares Video for New Jay-Z-Sampling Song “Imaginary Playerz”: Watch

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The Bronx rapper puts a new twist on 1997’s “Imaginary Players” for her new Am I the Drama? track

Cardi B has shared the new song “Imaginary Playerz.” The latest single from Am I the Drama? appears to sample Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players,” and Cardi B has suggested that Jay-Z approved of the song and homage. The single was produced by DJ SwanQo, OctaneThisThatGas, and Sean Island, and it comes with a video that Cardi B directed with Patientce Foster. Find the video, which finds Cardi B enjoying a life of luxury, below.

Am I the Drama?—Cardi B’s long-awaited sophomore studio album—is out September 19. The album will include “WAP,” “Up,” and “Outside.”

Read about Cardi B’s 2018 debut, Invasion of Privacy, in Pitchfork’s “The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s.”

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