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3->''"People were thinking, 'She's so vulgar. She's bold. We're going to get a mixtape that's nasty.' And then they come to find out there are only three songs on the mixtape that are [explicit]. I tried not to put a mixtape out ... where every song is about a relationship, or the whole mixtape is about sex or homelessness. No. I try to [tackle] different subjects each time I write."''
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5Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally by her stage name [=CupcakKe=], is an American hip hop recording artist from Chicago, born on May 31, 1997.
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7She is best known for her crassly sexual songs, which often take on a [[RuleOfFunny humorous quality]] due to [[VulgarHumor how explicit and absurd the imagery in her lyrics is]]. However, she's just as prompt to rap about homelessness, gun violence or social rights (she's made several famous pro-[[UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity LGBTQ]] songs, as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjk8w8oRRQ one of very few prominent rap songs]] in support of [[UsefulNotes/{{Autism}} the autistic community]]), demonstrating remarkable lyrical dexterity and rap skills regardless of the subject matter. Even so, she embraces her hyper-sexual reputation, having nicknamed her fans [[FanCommunityNickname "the slurpers"]].
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9Raised by a single mother, [=CupcakKe=] spent nearly four years in Chicago’s homeless shelters starting at age seven. When she was thirteen years old, she was encouraged to turn her church poetry into rap lyrics and developed an interest in releasing music.
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11Her first music video, "Gold Digger", was released on her official [=YouTube=] channel in August 2012 (when she was only 14) and quickly went viral. Several of her ensuing releases went viral as well, with her most notorious viral hits being "Deepthroat", "Vagina", and "CPR", the lattermost of which experienced a {{memetic|Mutation}} renaissance on [=TikTok=] [[SleeperHit several years after its release]].
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13Her first mixtape, ''Cum Cake'', was released in 2016, followed by ''[[FunWithAcronyms STD (Shelters to Deltas)]]'' the same year. She has since released four albums: ''Audacious'' (2016), ''Queen Elizabitch'' (2017), ''Ephorize'' (2018), and ''Eden'' (2018). Her most recent releases have all been non-album singles, most notably "Discounts", which earned her her very first #1 on iTunes (as well as making her the first independent black female rapper to achieve that distinction). She's also a mainstay [[AWildRapperAppears featured artist]] for Music/CharliXCX, having appeared on "Lipgloss", "I Got It", and "Shake It".
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15Oh, and fun fact: she went to the same elementary school as Music/ChiefKeef and Lil Reese!
16!!Discography:
17* ''Cum Cake'' (mixtape, 2016)
18* ''S.T.D. (Shelters to Deltas)'' (mixtape, 2016)
19* ''Audacious'' (2016)
20* ''Queen Elizabitch'' (2017)
21* ''Ephorize'' (2018)
22* ''Eden'' (2018)
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25!!Lookin' like we belong on TV (Tropes), I'm rolling with the LGBT!
26* BigBeautifulWoman: In previous years, though recently she's lost quite a bit of weight.
27* BreakUpSong: "Exit" is on the more spiteful end of this trope. [=CupcakKe=] discovers that her lover has been hooking up with his exes on the side and [[WomanScorned runs through a laundry list of his faults while demanding that he move out of their place ASAP]].
28* BoastfulRap: Whether it's about her wealth, her sexual prowess, or her skill in a fight, [=CupcakKe=] loves a self-aggrandizing lyric.
29* TheDissTrack: She has a few songs that could qualify as diss tracks, but her remix of Music/FiftyCent's "How To Rob" takes this trope up to eleven, calling out a whopping ''twenty-three'' artists (ranging from Music/LadyGaga to Music/WizKhalifa) in less than two minutes.
30* EthicalSlut: Her work is incredibly sexualized, raunchy, and hedonistic, but she uses these themes to get her fans [[BeYourself to reaffirm and enjoy who they are, whatever their skin color, gender or sexual orientation]]. She also takes the occasional moment to discuss the bad sides of sexuality and makes it clear that there are just as many lines that shouldn't be crossed as there are avenues of personal liberation.
31* FemaleEmpowermentSong: "Biggie Smalls" is a body-positivity anthem that encourages women of all sizes to cast aside their insecurities and love themselves for the way they are.
32-->''One think she big like a whale, the other think she too frail\
33Both gotta understand that they gorgeous as hell!''
34* FunWithAcronyms: The title of ''STD (Shelters to Deltas)''.
35* TheImmodestOrgasm: Her songs often include load moans.
36* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: A vast portion of her song titles are just as explicit as the music itself, with gems like "Vagina", "Pedophile", "Deepthroat", and "Juicy Coochie" just off her first mixtape alone, itself called ''Cum Cake''.
37* IntercourseWithYou: Her music is ''very'' raunchy. Chances are, you could write an entire song about intercourse just by using the titles of her songs.
38* IHaveManyNames: Elizabeth Eden Harris, [[PunnyName Queen Elizabitch or Marilyn Monhoe]].
39* LargeHam: One would seriously struggle to describe her as "subtle". She raps with incredible passion and swagger, her lyrics are in-your-face and explicit in more ways than one, and her beats tend to be just as wild.
40* LyricalDissonance: Her musical atmosphere is generally loud, sassy, and energetic in nature, but she sometimes turns it against the listener. "Pedophile" is bluntly from the perspective of [[HarmfulToMinors a little girl traumatized by a child molester]], and the realization alone almost instantly makes its bouncy beat sound much more uncomfortable.
41* MyNaymeIs: That's "[=CupcakKe=]", not "Cupcakke", and ''certainly'' not "Cupcake" with only one k.
42* NWordPrivileges: The word often appears in lyrics and the song title "Grilling Niggas".
43* PungeonMaster: Don't let the bawdiness of her music distract you - she's a damn clever lyricist whose skill with punchlines and punnery is near-unrivaled.
44* RefugeInAudacity: Her use of sexual imagery in her songs is so over-the-top that, after a while, it's hard to be shocked by it.
45* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "LGBT" and "Crayons", though they retain her absurdist, horny-on-main tone, are surprisingly earnest queer anthems.
46* SerialHomewrecker: In "Post Pic", she raps about posting thirst traps to gain the attention of men in relationships and spite their wives/girlfriends.
47* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Her songs "Literature/{{Pinocchio}}", "ComicBook/SpiderMan Dick", "UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}", "[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]] Nose", and "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]".
48* SillyLoveSong: "Total" is an unusually (for her, anyway) sweet and affectionate song about her hopes for a new relationship.
49* SurrealHumor: Her raunchiest lyrics often border on this.
50* UnusualEuphemism: You'd be hard pressed to find a better embodiment of this trope than [=CupcakKe=]. Who else would compare a vagina to Mr. Clean, balls to a jumprope, and sex to a game of "Duck Duck Goose" all in the same song?
51* VulgarHumor: Her signature. All of her most iconic songs are laden with hilariously bizarre and explicit discussion of sex.

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