{"id":2117374,"date":"2026-08-29T00:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2117374"},"modified":"2026-08-29T00:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:21:28","slug":"cardi-b-says-ah-ha-music-video-cost-more-than-1m-claims-she-was-overcharged-by-nypd-for-permits-they-was-doing-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2117374","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B Says \u2018AH HA\u2019 Music Video Cost More Than $1M, Claims She Was \u2018Overcharged\u2019 by NYPD for Permits: \u2018They Was Doing Too Much\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tCardi B took it to the streets of NYC for the gritty \u201cAH HA\u201d music video, but it cost more than she anticipated, as Cardi revealed the total price tag for shooting the visual was north of $1 million. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Grammy-winning rapper hopped on Spaces on Thursday (Aug. 27), where Cardi detailed the exhausting process of getting permits in NYC and working with the NYPD, who she feels overcharged her throughout shooting the video because of her A-list celebrity status.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t understand how the f\u2014 this music video was expensive. I swear to God, I wanted this music video to be simple. I wanted a very street New York summer vibe,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of artists do videos in the streets, that this video would be about $250,000. Bro, this video came out to be over a million.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCardi explained that she originally wanted to shoot the visual in her home borough of the Bronx, but ultimately was steered toward Sunset Park in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIf you look at the video, it doesn\u2019t even give that. Because I\u2019m Cardi B, I be getting overcharged. To get permits, I know for a fact the average rapper that do music videos on blocks, it doesn\u2019t cost that much. I really wanted to do my music video in a small block in the Bronx,\u201d she added. \u201cNo, they made me do it in different places.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCardi continued: \u201cTo get permits, it was so expensive. I feel like they overcharged me for permits. They made it a big deal because I guess I\u2019m Cardi B. It was about 40 NYPD cops, which made it impossible to motherf\u2014ing shoot. NYPD was being so\u2026 They was just doing too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe 33-year-old claimed this will be the last time she does a video shoot with fans being able to watch from a distance due to it being an open set, as she gets nervous with hundreds of onlookers. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis will be the last time I ever do music videos in a public setting that I cannot get control. I was so overstimulated, I was so underwhelmed,\u201d she said. \u201cI did not enjoy doing this music video. \u2026 I\u2019m not doing music videos in open settings ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAH HA\u201d served as Cardi\u2019s first single of 2026, which arrived on July 31, while the music video was released nearly a month later on Friday (Aug. 28). The DJ SqanQo-produced hit debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and currently sits at No. 40 on this week\u2019s chart. <\/p>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cardi-b-ah-ha-video-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Cardi B took it to the streets of NYC for the gritty \u201cAH HA\u201d music video, but it cost more than she anticipated, as Cardi revealed the total price tag for shooting the visual was north of $1 million. The Grammy-winning rapper hopped on Spaces on Thursday (Aug. 27), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2117374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2117374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2117374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2117374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2117374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}