In this VladTV Flashback from 2017, Cardi B spoke about writing her rhymes on her first mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1. Cardi explained that while she does prefer to speak in "street lingo," she made it clear that she reads a lot and has a wide range of vocabulary. 

Recently, Cardi B reacted to a head at Spotify questioning her bars, saying she writes it all.