The 2019 Grammys marked history for the rap game as Cardi B is the first solo female artist to win Best Rap Album of the Year. Cardi B hit a milestone at the 2019 Grammys because although Lauryn Hill as part of The Fugees received Best Rap Album for The Score in 1997, Cardi B is the first to take home the title by herself. For starters, the nominees for the Best Rap Album did not all reach the same caliber of work ethic or creative talent, solely because it is strongly agreed that there were other albums that should’ve gotten nominated in this category especially if it were measured on delivery, creativity and album accolades.
Competition with the album Astroworld by Travis Scott left many in awe when he didn’t win, which is an arguable debate as the album hit double platinum and was also nominated for the Juno Award for International Album of the Year. Cardi B receives the award on the stage alongside with her rapper husband, Offset, and was humble and speechless, in her sincerest moment on the stage she says, “Babe I can’t breathe. The nerves are so bad, maybe I need to start smoking weed” and her personality wins the crowd over as they all begin to laugh.
While Cardi B does have an outstanding work ethic and is now a mother, wife and artist, she falls short of her own creativity when it comes to writing her own music as opposed to having a ghost writer or lyricist. This argument is typically rebutted with the fact that not all success is measured the same and though for some being a “real” rapper means actually writing your own songs, others feel as though delivery of the song is the most important despite how it is assembled.
Cardi B’s album Invasion of Privacy also went double platinum and was nominated for 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards Album of the Year, 2018 Break-Tudo Awards Album of the Year, People’s Choice Awards Album of 2018, with pending outcome statuses for her nominations for 2018 Norway GAFFA Awards Best International Album of the Year the and Juno Awards International Album of the Year.
Cardi also broke many records with some of the songs on the album and some of which are still on the Billboard Hot 100. Becoming a Grammy award-winning artist fell nothing short of what was expected of Cardi’s future, her story is unique and respected in the music industry and upon her Grammy win she received plenty of love and congratulation shout-outs from heavy hitters in the rap game such as J. Cole, Lil Kim, Remy Ma, Missy Elliot and even Salt N’ Pepa. With her fellow nominee deceased Mac Miller, she humbly accepts the award and says she is sharing her Grammy for the Best Rap Album with Mac Miller.
There’s a loss for words when it comes to Cardi’s talent and work ethic and she truly deserved her Grammy, the rap game appreciates Cardi more than they’re willing to admit.
