Cardi B is slowly restoring the close friendship between today’s top women in music. The Grammy Award-winning Bronx rapper leads a fresh trend in female-to-girl collaborations, and that helps her step into a new role in her star power: the striking fairy.
Case in point: Cardi B’s new collaboration with Latto, “Put It on Da Floor Again,” peaked at #7 on Apple Music’s top songs chart and has amassed over 11 million plays. watch on YouTube since the release of the accompanying viral track. video on June 2. The remix is all music fans can talk about after its release, and the same goes for fellow female rappers who have shown their support. Surname. On the release date, Maiya the Don lyrics tweeted from Cardi B’s verse, writes, “IM Dancing SEXUALLY IN THE BACKGROUND FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE OF BRITNEY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” GloRilla, meanwhile, wrote on Twitter, “If cardi doesn’t do it, she’ll slide to the beat of the mf 😂😂🔥🔥🔥 go bro nnnn @iamcardib.” And the excitement about the new track only continued on June 4 at Summer Jam 2023 when Cardi B bring Lotto to the stage to do it with her.
“She is creating a sisterhood to help other women win on the largest scale possible and form friendships along the way.”
“Put It on Da Floor Again” is just one recent example of Cardi B using her platform to elevate the rising and established women of her musical peer group. While she may not have invented this modern day movement, she is certainly mobilizing it with organic colleagues and comradeship that has been lacking over the past decade.
Cardi B’s stimulating feature pack includes more than just a fiery guest verse and her flawless intro. Most of all, it also ensures her female collaborators have public support, proof that Cardi B is doing more than just bolstering her record list. She is creating a sisterhood to help other women win on the largest scale possible and form friendships along the way.
In an interview around the world in 2021, Normani – who collaborated with Cardi B on the “Wild Side” collaboration that year – talked about how Cardi B has supported her career a lot. over the years, explaining that the rap star “has great energy” and “is such a genuine spirit.” While working together on their song, Normani added, “She brought light to this experience and to me after two years of not releasing. I felt like she gave me comfort and provide a safe space for me.”
Fans also can’t forget how sweet Cardi B defended Summer Walker when the singer’s love life caught the attention many years ago. She appeared in the “Bitter” intro on Walker’s album “Still Over It” in 2021 (and jumped into her remix of “No Love” with SZA in 2022) as a straight message. ropes encourage the “Over It” singer to move with grace in the face of adversity. Cardi B said: “Even if you have a problem, put that drama into your music, yeah / ‘Because if the bastards want to take you down, you take them down.” “…Make those bastards feel hurt, hit them in the pain / And put that thing in your music and monetize it in your music.”
Some might argue that Cardi B’s collaborations with today’s most popular female artists are like strategic moves in her career, as she hasn’t released an album since her debut. in 2018. But from what her co-stars have said, the “Up” rapper has maintained a seemingly genuine relationship with all of her musical co-stars after working together. Speaking to POPSUGAR, GloRilla – who teamed up with Cardi B for “Tomorrow 2” – revealed that she didn’t anticipate how big their pairing would be but that she was “grateful it was.” happen” with great success. And she remains connected with Cardi B to this day. “I don’t even know how to explain that moment. It’s crazy because I’m a Cardi fan,” GloRilla shared. “I was a Cardi fan before I actually started rapping, and she was one of the people I admired when I [officially] started.”
“I’m really glad she did it because she didn’t have to share her background with me. I really appreciate her for that.”
According to rapper “FNF (Let’s Go),” Cardi B’s line on “Tomorrow 2” “was a surprise to me.” “I don’t know what’s going on. And when I text her – she always texts me back very quickly; she doesn’t act impulsively or anything – she texts me back, and finally It was she who told me she was about my song. I didn’t even know,” GloRilla explained. “It was an iconic moment. That song went down in history.”
This isn’t the first time Cardi B has created a moment from one of her iconic collaborations. When she and Megan Thee Stallion declared 2020 the year of “WAP,” they also achieved an incredible feat of empowering women in one of the most male-dominated musical genres. and more. The couple’s ode to the unrepentant female body is a powerful moment, but it’s especially special for the stars carefully selected to appear in Cardi B’s playful music video. and Megan. Why? Because some people didn’t even realize how closely Cardi B followed their career at the time.
Back in 2020, Latto – before she skyrocketed to fame in the family and became a Grammy Award nominee – told Interview Magazine that she didn’t take the request to appear at first. in the video “WAP”. “When I got that call, I swore my manager was playing a prank on me,” the rapper revealed. “My mind can’t take in the fact that Cardi B even knows who I am let alone wants me to appear in her videos. I will always love her for that because she knows how to put what we put into that video will help our cause.”
Rapper Sukihana had a similar shocked reaction when she was invited to appear on “WAP”, when she explained that being mentioned at the same time as Cardi B “opened the door” for her shortly afterwards. “A lot of people want to work with me. Now I’m being featured in different magazines. It’s been a big help and I’m really excited because so many people are eyeing me,” she said. told Interview Magazine at the awards ceremony. time. “I’m really glad she did it because she didn’t have to share her background with me. I really appreciate her for that.”
Cardi B’s track record of collaborating with women over the years includes songs featuring artists such as City Girls (“Twerk) and Lizzo (“Rumors”), along with the aforementioned songs. Most of these releases have been certified gold or platinum by the RIAA.Not to mention, the rap star has also previously yelled at other female artists such as Saweetie, CupkakKe and Ice Spice – the latter happens. comes out when Cardi B alludes to the rapper “Munch” in “Tomorrow 2.” (“That n *gga a munch and he gon’ eat me like a mango.”) And despite only having one studio album, as well as two mixtape success has debuted before, she’s maintained her maximum relevance over the past five years largely thanks to her many chart collaborations — including with male artists like Bad Bunny and J Balvin, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, Kanye West, her husband, Offset and Migos etc. friendships with them have proven to be the most impressive – especially in today’s music environment that pits women against each other.
It’s no secret that the continuing relationship between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj arose from their infamous “MotorSport” collaboration in 2018. But that hasn’t stopped the former from trying to connect with the generation. next female artist after her. However, the same can be said for Minaj as she dances to songs featuring up-and-coming hip-hop artists like Sexyy Red (“Pound Town 2”) and Coi Leray (“Blick Town”). Blick”). She even released a “Queen Mix” off her single “Super Freaky Girl” featuring JT of City Girls, BIA, Maliibu Miitch, Katie Got Bandz and Akbar V, and also had a movie single “Barbie” ” with Ice Spice coming out after the “Princess Diana” remix.
More notably, however, fans are beginning to take an interest in Cardi B’s relationship with her female colleagues – in the studio and elsewhere – to dispel a myth. has been rampant in hip-hop, especially for decades now: that only one woman can be on top of the game at a time.
“We’re supporting each other and collaborating. The industry, the fan base and the blog want us to strengthen, but we’re making it a friendly sport.”
“Record labels are putting money behind girls that people [are] listen. As a result, different artists emerge faster than others,” explained Cardi B in a recent Instagram Live when talking about female rappers. see more. You can’t blame anyone for that. You can’t blame the machines for that. You can’t blame that. Brands will only put money behind the artists people are listening to.”
This further clarifies what could be driving Cardi B’s feature run with the women in her music world. Instead of treating her collaboration like a business deal, she’s connecting with fellow artists to the point where they know they can always turn to her for support. “She’s such a humble person. I always thank her,” GloRilla told POPSUGAR of “Tomorrow 2.” “I don’t think she likes it when I’m constantly thanking her because she’ll thank me back. She’ll say, ‘Uh-uh, you don’t have to do that.’ She’s just a sweet, humble person.”
By sharing her shine with today’s artists, Cardi B is leading a new story to give women the attention she knows they deserve. “Now is a beautiful time for female rap. We’re creating a whole new agenda,” Lato added during a conversation with Interview Magazine. “We’re supporting each other and collaborating. The industry, the fan base and the blog want us to strengthen, but we’re making it a friendly sport.”
Which female artist will Cardi B collaborate with next? The possibilities are endless. Some guesses it could be her Bronx counterpart Scar Lip due to them recent studio session. But no matter who her next collaborator might be, fans seem certain that it will be another surefire hit.
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