Barely a week after giving birth, Cardi B has snagged the most MTV VMA Awards for 2018
Cardi B is truly living her best life. She just gave birth to a beautiful daughter, Kulture, announced to the world that she’s happily married to Offset, and now she’s leading the nominees for the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. The “Bodak Yellow” singer did not just nab one, not two, but a total of 10 nominations, effectively making her the top contender at the awards show. Yeah, she making trophy moves.
Cardi’s nominations include Song of the Year and Best Collaboration, Best Choreography, Best Editing (together with Bruno Mars on the “Finesse” remix), Artist of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Hip Hop (“Bartier Cardi” featuring 21 Savage), Best Latin (Jennifer Lopez’s “Dinero,” featuring DJ Khaled). Of course, she’s also nominated for the prized Video of the Year — for “Finesse” — in which she will be on a face-off with The Carters’ “APES**T,” Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry,” Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” and Drake’s “God’s Plan.”
Bruce Gilmer, Head of Music and Music Talent at Viacom, revealed that this year’s VMAs will be a step up from previous years.
"It has already been a monumental year in music, and this year’s ‘VMAs’ will take things to a whole new level," he said in a statement. "The extraordinary group of nominees have amazed us with their talent and inspired us with their creativity – and when you get them together for one night, anything is possible."
From today until Friday, August 10th, fans will have a say on who should win the coveted awards. On the MTV VMA website, we have the chance to vote across eight different VMA categories, including Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and the top prize Video of the Year. So really, Cardi’s fate — along with the rest of the nominees — is in our hands.
The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards will air on Monday, August 20th at 9 p.m. EST from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Cardi B, you better have a wagon ready, because we have no doubt that you’ll be snagging all these Moonmen.
