Cardi B shares emotional post after Dominican Republic nightclub tragedy
Cardi B recently took to Instagram to share a heartfelt message with fans after news of a devastating roof collapse at a Dominican nightclub, which killed dozens of people.
The incident occurred at Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo during a merengue festival. While enjoying the event, the roof reportedly crumbled onto partygoers, leaving over 200 people injured and sadly killing at least 184 individuals.
It is still unknown why the roof collapsed, but several Dominican celebrities fell victim to the implosion, including relatives of merengue singer Rubby Pérez and former Major League Baseball superstar Tony Blanco. Fashion designer Martín Polanco also perished after being stuck in the rubble.
Cardi B, who is of Dominican descent, shared a lengthy message on Instagram on April 9th asking her fans to keep those affected in their prayers. The message of mourning hit many fans hard.
Taking to Instagram, the ‘Up’ rhymer wrote, “I’m in literal tears scrolling down my timeline seeing my Dominican people being rescued, some with lives and some gone. I’m sad seeing families crying desperately in pain, looking for loved ones.”
She continued, “I feel like every Dominican around the world is in a big Hora Santa praying for survivors and praying for the ones that are gone to be in God’s Glory. For the people who lost a family or a friend don’t have bad memories. They left this earth singing and dancing and most likely happy and enjoying themselves, and that’s how the lord will receive them.”
The musician also shared her condolences for the late headline act Rubby Pérez, writing, “It’s so heartbreaking to see one of our iconic artists Rubby Perez leave in such a tragic way,” adding, “I’m glad tho our final memory of him was him sharing his beautiful voice to us .. Sang one last time. I want my fans to pray for those who was in that building last night ❤️💙.”
Jet Set Club has not released a statement but is iconic in the Dominican Republic and is mostly known for its “Jet Set Mondays,” which feature local and international merengue artists. After 24 hours of rescue crews searching the rubble, efforts stopped as it was presumed that those who could not be found were most likely deceased.