Cardi B Lowkey Gives Nicki Minaj Her Flowers

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Cardi B salutes Nicki Minaj's longevity in a male-dominated industry.

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B haven't been in good standings ever since the "Bodak Yellow" rapper skyrocketed to fame. Nicki remains the current reigning Queen of hip-hop, even if Cardi has a Grammy to her name. However, it's impossible to acknowledge the doors Nicki broke down for the generation of women that followed.

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Following the release of her new collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B chopped it up with Beats1 where she seemingly gave Nicki her flowers, though she didn't mention names. She acknowledged that there was a gap where no women were dominating rap from when she was a child up until a teenager.

"When I was 6, 7, 8, there was a lot of female rappers and then there was a time when there was no female rappers at all,” she said. "I had to keep replaying songs from the early 2000s. Like, I had to keep replaying it, replaying it, replaying it because for a while there wasn’t no female rappers. And then, there was one female rapper that dominated for a very long time and she did pretty good and still dominating."

Though we're in an era where there are many prominent women in rap, Cardi acknowledged that the industry is volatile and there could be a "drought" in the future. Nonetheless, Mulatto, who was also looped into the interview, predicted that we'll be seeing more women in rap in the years to come.

Check out the full interview below. 


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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.
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