''Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1'' is the debut

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by American rapper

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. It was released on March 7, 2016, by KSR. Cardi B has been sued by a model for allegedly using his image on the mixtape's

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work without his permission. On October 21, 2022, a jury found in favor of Cardi B.

Track listing

Cover art

The album's cover, designed by graphic artist Timm Gooden, depicts Cardi B receiving a

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in the car from a tattooed man "Kevin Brophy Jr." while drinking from a bottle of Corona Extra beer. The image is actually a

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in which a tattoo belonging to Kevin Brophy Jr. was digitally composited onto the body of the uncredited male model who posed for the photo; Brophy later claimed that tattoo image was used without his permission and that his likeness was appropriated in "a misleading, offensive, humiliating and provocatively sexual humiliating way". Brophy has filed suit in

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over the unauthorized use of his image, and in December 2020 the court rejected Cardi B's motion for

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on the basis of

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, sending the case to a jury. On October 21, 2022, jury declared its verdict siding with Cardi B, and clearing her from the

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allegations.

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References

2016 mixtape albums Cardi B albums Debut mixtape albums {{2010s-hiphop-album-stub