{"id":615520,"date":"2026-09-29T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615520\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:58:09","slug":"cardi-b-reacts-to-historic-vmas-win-with-kehlani-after-missing-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615520\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B Reacts to Historic VMAs Win With Kehlani After Missing Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCardi B<\/a> is belatedly celebrating her historic VMAs<\/a> win with Kehlani<\/a>, with the duo\u2019s single \u201cSafe\u201d becoming the first all-women collaboration to win best hip-hop at the Sunday (Sept. 27) ceremony.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne day after the award show, the rapper addressed fans in a video she filmed at home posted to her Instagram Story<\/a>. \u201cBy the way, y\u2019all, me and Bae-lani just won a VMA last night for \u2018Safe!’\u201d she cheered.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs I deserve, b\u2014h,\u201d Cardi continued before recalling the video shoot for \u201cSafe.\u201d \u201cI was seven months pregnant, slamming myself on the f\u2013king floor, acting like I\u2019m getting robbed and s\u2013t. I don\u2019t know if y\u2019all appreciated the music video, because it\u2019s a music video I don\u2019t usually do with a storyline and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased in September 2025 at the same time as Cardi\u2019s Billboard 200<\/a>-topping sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, \u201cSafe\u201d reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> and No. 3 on the Hot R&B\/Hip-Hop Songs <\/a>chart. The music video, which also dropped at the same time, showed the Bronx native and Kehlani performing the song in silky PJs, interspersed with a narrative arc of a pregnant Cardi \u2014 who in real life was expecting her now 10-month-old son with Stefon Diggs \u2014 struggling in her relationship with a man who seemingly gets up to criminal activity behind her back. It results in one of his foes showing up to their house and wrestling Cardi to the ground, an exchange that ends darkly.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNext year, I\u2019m going to the VMAs. I promise. I promise,\u201d Cardi added in her clip, writing in a follow-up post, \u201cThank you @mtv \u2026Send in the moon man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe hip-hop star was one of several winners at the 2026 VMAs, where Madonna took home the most Moon People \u2014 including for artist of the year \u2014 while Taylor Swift was honored with the first-ever artist director award as well as video of the year for \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia.\u201d The night also included performances from stars such as RAYE, Sienna Spiro, LISA, Shaboozey and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd while she wasn\u2019t at the ceremony, Cardi has been booked and busy elsewhere. In her recent Instagram Story, she also mentioned that she\u2019d only recently returned home after spending time in Milan, where she walked<\/a> in the Vogue World fashion show alongside Jennifer Lopez, mgk and more celebs.<\/p>\n