Cardi B mirrored on “overcoming worry” to launch her sophomore album on the 2026 BET Awards on Sunday evening.
Final September, the I Like It hitmaker launched Am I the Drama? – the follow-up to her debut 2018 album, Invasion of Privateness.
Throughout the ceremony held on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Luke James and Jacob Latimore offered Cardi with the prize for Greatest Feminine Hip Hop Artist.
Taking to the stage, the Up star joked that the prize was “heavier than my child”.
“Thanks a lot for this award. This award means a lot to me. Three infants later, I put the album out, honey. Sure. I overcame my worry, my anxiousness and I put it out,” she started. “I put it out, and guess what? I gained an award.”
Cardi, actual title Belcalis Almánzar, went on to thank all of the followers who attended her Little Miss Drama Tour dates.
“I like my infants. I like Jesus. Thanks a lot,” the 33-year-old added.
Cardi shares kids Kulture, seven, Wave, 4, and Blossom, 21 months, with ex-husband Offset, and a brand new child boy with former boyfriend Stefon Diggs.
Amid the prizegiving, the rapper additionally wowed viewers with a high-energy medley of her songs Howdy, Test Please, ErrTime, and Fairly & Petty from Am I the Drama?
Different artists to carry out on the star-studded spectacle included T.I., who opened the present along with his songs High Again and Let ‘Em Know, and Raye, who provided up an emotional model of her observe Nightingale Lane, whereas Tems sang What You Want.
Clipse gained Album of the 12 months for Let God Type Em Out, and Kehlani took residence Video of the 12 months for Folded.
