Cardi B And More Honored At 2025 Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Power Players

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Cardi B And More Honored At 2025 Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Power Players

Cardi B accepted the Impact Of The Year Award from Billboard’s Senior Director of R&B/Hip-Hop Carl Lamarre at Billboard’s R&B Hip-Hop Power Players 2025 event in New York City Thursday (Sept. 5). Her acceptance speech found her reminiscing on the influential women she aspired to be like as a young artist, as well as her desire to leave a lasting legacy.

“Hip-hop is a feeling. When I was growing up, I didn’t want to be the Shakiras, the J-Los, and the R&B artists; I wanted to be like Trina and Lil Kim. I wanted to be like them,” Cardi said. “I’m just so happy that I’m a part of something that I love. I always dreamed about this career — I just felt like with the environment that I was in, dreaming was dreaming. Reality crushes your dreams. So I’m happy that my career is the career that I always dreamed of.

“I want to be spoken about forever. We talk about all these hip-hop artists who came out 20 years ago and 30 years ago, and I want to be a part of that. I don’t want to be a moment. I want to be a legacy so I can die in peace one day and my kids can be like, ‘That’s my mama.’”

Other honorees included The Wu-Tang Clan, who accepted the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Award, and Leon Thomas, who took home the Breakthrough of the Year Award.

The event was held in concert with the release of Billboard’s annual R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list, honoring executives throughout both genres, including Executive of the Year, TDE’s Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith.

Check out the full list here and snaps from the R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players party below.

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