Cardi B happily strikes a pose alongside her hubby Offset on the red carpet at the 2019 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Wednesday (June 20) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 26-year-old Grammy-winning rapper was honored as the first female rapper to be named Songwriter of the Year at the ceremony, as well as for her songwriting on such most-performed ASCAP songs as “Bartier Cardi” featuring 21 Savage, “Ring” and “I Like It.”
“I just want to say I’m very grateful,’ Cardi B began after accepting the award (via Billboard). “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.’”
“[With] everybody saying I’m not this or that,” Cardi continued, “sometimes I gotta see it and feel it for myself because it’s hard. Everybody always wants to say I made it because of this or made it because of that. I made it because I worked my ass off… Thank you very much, ASCAP. This is an honor for me.”
Also in attendance at the ceremony was Quavo of Migos, Kehlani, Ne-Yo, T.I., Kevin Gates and Saweetie.
FYI: Cardi is wearing Yousef Al-Jasmi.
