Cardi B speaks of mixed feelings after turning down Super Bowl gig

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Cardi B said she received an offer to perform at the Super Bowl&comma; but struggled with the decision to turn down the lucrative opportunity in support of ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Grammy-nominated rapper said she had &&num;8220&semi;mixed feelings&&num;8221&semi; after she declined to take the stage at Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said it was a hard decision since her husband&comma; rapper Offset&comma; loves to watch football&comma; but she felt obligated to &&num;8220&semi;stand behind&&num;8221&semi; Kaepernick because he &&num;8220&semi;stood up&&num;8221&semi; for minorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;My husband&comma; he loves football&period; His kids play football&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s really hard for him&period; &&num;8230&semi; He really wants to go to the Super Bowl&comma; but he can&&num;8217&semi;t go to the Super Bowl&comma; because he&&num;8217&semi;s got to stand for something&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> said Cardi B&comma; who is nominated for five Grammys&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She is competing for both album and record of the year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-glade&equals;"" data-ad-unit-path&equals;"&sol;1005055&sol;n&lowbar;bn&lowbar;mpu&lowbar;start&lowbar;300x250" data-fetch&equals;"false">&NewLine;<div><em>&&num;8220&semi;You have to sacrifice that&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> she added&period; <em>&&num;8220&semi;I got to sacrifice a lot of money to perform&period; But there&&num;8217&semi;s a man who sacrificed his job for us&comma; so we got to stand behind him&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Kaepernick helped start a wave of protests by kneeling during the national anthem to raise awareness to police brutality&comma; racial inequality and other social issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His efforts ignited a political row over whether social justice needs to be addressed at the NFL&&num;8217&semi;s marquee event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Maroon 5 will be joined by Big Boi of Outkast and rapper Travis Scott at halftime of the game between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots on Sunday&comma; while Gladys Knight will sing the national anthem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some&comma; including Rihanna and Pink&comma; have reportedly turned down offers to perform during this year&&num;8217&semi;s halftime show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a recent song&comma; Jay-Z alluded to declining to perform at the Super Bowl&comma; and Amy Schumer refused to appear in a TV ad during the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year&comma; Cardi B said she wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t take the Super Bowl stage until Kaepernick gets a job&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With Kaepernick still without a team&comma; she is standing by her words&comma; but will perform at a concert on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cardi B hopes the protests supporting Kaepernick can create positive change in the world&comma; but she&&num;8217&semi;s not sure if that will happen anytime soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;We got an arrogant president&comma; and the racism right now has been reborn&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When they see &lpar;how&rpar; the choices they made due to racism has affected the country&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s when things are going to start changing&period; Right now&comma; they don&&num;8217&semi;t want to accept that their decision has affected the country&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed8622cc385">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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