Categories: Music

Cardi B is Now the First Female Rapper to win ASCAP’s Songwriter of the Year Award

The ASCAP awards honor some of music greatest hitmakers, and last night (June 20) was no different. Cardi B made history becoming the first female rapper to win the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award.

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 20: Cardi B speaks at the 2019 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on June 20, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for ASCAP)

Platinum hits like “Bodak Yellow,” “Finesse (Remix),” ”I Like It” (featuring J. Balvin and Bad Bunny), and many more songs have help transcend Cardi’s career from reality television star, to Grammy winning artist.

“I just want to say I’m very grateful,” she said in her acceptance speech. “Sometimes I feel like I’m not doing too much because when it comes to female rappers, it’s like you’re never doing too much or they’re always pitting you against another female rapper. People on my team are like ‘Cardi, you’re crazy. You won a Grammy. Cardi, all your songs are charting.'”

n April 3, 2019, her debut album Invasion of Privacy was certified three-times platinum by the RIAA.

William Carter

Recent Posts

#NewMusic: MARIAH. and Raheem DeVaughn Turn Up the Heat with ‘Hold On Me’ (Act 2)

After the steamy success of their first collaboration, MARIAH. and Grammy-winning soul singer Raheem DeVaughn…

4 days ago

AFRO PREAK 2025: Culture, Community and the 150th Preakness Stakes Collide in Baltimore

AFRO PREAK is back and bigger than ever. As it enters its fourth year, the…

1 week ago

Keith D. Robinson joins cast of CBS soap opera ‘Beyond the Gates’ as Dr. Ted Richardson

Renowned actor and recording artist Keith D. Robinson will be making waves in daytime television…

1 week ago

Sold Out: Nas to Perform Illmatic with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Historic One-Night Event

Hip-hop meets high art this July as rap icon Nas takes the stage with the…

2 weeks ago

From Frances Thompson to Zaire: Iman DuPree Centers Care Over Conflict of Black Trans Women in ‘Love Me in the Light’

“Love Me in the Light” is a film set “against the dystopian backdrop of the…

2 weeks ago

#NewMusic: Keke Palmer Channels Usher in Soul-Baring Single ‘My Confession’ Ahead of Forthcoming Album ‘Just Keke’

Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate Keke Palmer returns with her honest and personal new single “My Confession,” which…

2 weeks ago