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Cardi B Wins Best Hip-Hop at 2026 VMAs
Cardi B and Kehlani won the Best Hip-Hop Award for Safe at the 2026 MTV VMAs, giving Cardi B her fifth VMA award.
Cardi B and Kehlani won the Best Hip-Hop Award for Safe at the 2026 MTV VMAs. The ceremony was broadcast live from Los Angeles on Sunday, September 27, with Snoop Dogg as host. The visual for Safe was selected over works by Don Toliver, Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Scott and Tyler, The Creator.
The award is Cardi B's fifth VMA. She previously won the Best Hip-Hop Award in 2019 for Money. Safe appears on Cardi B's 2025 album Am I the Drama?, which was accompanied by a 35-date tour that grossed more than $70 million.
Am I the Drama? also won Best Hip-Hop Album at the 2026 American Music Awards and received a three-times platinum certification. Cardi B said she is working on a new album that she said will be released next year.
Cardi B said she will distance herself to record after her birthday in November and has already made about two songs for the album.
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