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Cardi B is slowly but surely restoring camaraderie amongst today’s leading women in music. The Grammy-winning Bronx rapper helms the refreshing trend of female-female collaborations, and it has her stepping into a new role within her star power: the feature fairy.
Case in point: Cardi B’s new collaboration with Latto, “Put It on Da Floor Again,” sits at the No. 7 spot on Apple Music’s top songs chart and has amassed over 11 million views on YouTube since the release of its accompanying viral music video on June 2. The remixed track is all music fans could talk about following its drop, and the same goes for fellow female rappers who showed their support. On release day, Maiya the Don tweeted lyrics from Cardi B’s verse, writing, “IM SEXY DANCING IN THE CRIB FEEL LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” GloRilla, meanwhile, wrote on Twitter, “If cardi don’t do sh*t else she gone slide on a mf beat 😂😂🔥🔥🔥 go cousinnnnn @iamcardib.” And excitement over the new track only continued on June 4 at Summer Jam 2023 when Cardi B brought Latto out on stage to perform it with her.
“She’s creating a sisterhood to help other women win on the largest scale possible and forming friendships along the way.”
“Put It on Da Floor Again” is just one recent example of Cardi B using her platform to elevate the up-and-coming and already-established women in her musical peer group. While she may not have invented this modern-day movement, she’s certainly mobilizing it with organic cosigns and comradeship that have been lacking over the last decade.
Cardi B’s stimulus feature package doesn’t just include a fiery guest verse and immaculate rollout on her part. Most times, it also guarantees her female collaborators an outpour of public support, proof that Cardi B is doing much more than just bolstering her discography. She’s creating a sisterhood to help other women win on the largest scale possible and forming friendships along the way.
