The I Like It rapper took home the Hip-Hop Artist of the Year trophy at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday. Cardi was not present at the ceremony, but sent a video of herself accepting the honour.
“I’m sorry iHeartRadio that I wasn’t able to make it. You know I’m busy doing a couple things, but I just want to say thank you so much,” she said, before thanking her fans and supporters. She then directed her thank you to “all my haters.” “You know, I gotta thank my haters, you know what I’m saying,” she said.
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“Y’all be saying mean things and y’all be thinking those mean things is gonna discourage me, but that just makes me go harder because if everybody gives compliments, I get comfortable. So I go harder, thank you!” She finished her speech by hilariously licking her award.
“Who saw my iHeart acceptance speech,” she later teased. Cardi led the pack at the awards ceremony with a total of 14 nominations. She only took home two, Hip-Hop Artist of the Year and Best Collaboration for her song with Bruno Mars, Finesse.
