Words by Shanice Stephanie
“I’m the hottest in the streets know you prolly heard of me”
24- year old Bronx native, Belcalis Almanzar aka Cardi B went from dancing in a Manhattan strip club, social media sensation, Love and Hip Hop Reality TV star, and now the first female rapper with no featured artists to the hold the number 1 Billboard spot since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998.
In the words of 50 cent “Man, whoever said progress was a slow process wasn’t talking bout me”. Go Cardi! She took Kodak Black’s popular not so popular track “No Flockin” added more bass, attitude, honesty, and that Hispanic Bronx flavor and created “Bodak Yellow”. It’s no wonder this track has become such a household name; from stuntin’ on your exes, kid’s birthday parties, clubs, captions and quotes, to recording artists paying respect and much more. Cardi B hit the red carpet at the annual ceremony
Friday night (October 6th) at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami for the BET Hip Hop Awards show which airs Tuesday October 10th. She received 9 nominations for this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards (Best Hip Hop video, Hot Ticket performer, MVP of the year, Single of the year, best new Hip Hop Artist, Hustler of the year, Made-You-Look (Best Hip Hop style), Best mixtape, and impact track). Other nominees included Dj Khaled, Chance the Rapper, French Montana, Future, Kendrick Lamar, Migos, Yo Gotti, Rae Sremmurd, Drake, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Dj Drama, Dj Envy, Metro Boomin, London on Da Track, Play Boi Carti, Nicki Minaj and so much more!
Spoiler Alert: Cardi B wins Best New Hip Hop Artist, Single of the Year and Hustler of The Year.
Congrats Cardi!
