Writing your own lyrics & having your own flow is not within “hip hop purist” territory. Hip hop purist is more about content, IMO. The aforementioned are simply the BASICS of the craft & Cardi fails to even do that.
I am personally glad that Nicki explored the Pop arena, given how black people responded to that borrowed diss track from Remy’s jealous a$$. The fact that Remy allowed herself to be used to drag a black rapper down, only to be replaced by a non black & non talented artist is some straight sellout ish, but people rarely discuss that.
And Cardi is a pure rat. She calls dead black children roaches. She allegedly sends grown MEN to fight stripper chicks for entertaining her trash husband. She treats people behind the scenes (MUA) like they are beneath her. She throws shoes at red carpet events. He behavior is literally DEPLORABLE.
My point is that if people can accept a trash, untalented bird like Cardi, then they can accept Nicki. This is literally expecting a black woman to behave better than her non black counterparts, whom is hugely supported. The hypocrisy is not okay.