Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" took the world by storm in 2020. Almost everyone was listening, streaming, dancing, and grooving into it. Thanks to TikTok and social media, the track reached thousands and millions worldwide.
The track was quite historic because it was the first female rap collaboration that debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
While the sex-positive anthem had everyone reeling, some weren't particularly enthused by the song's meaning and projected imagery.
And according to Cardi B, this is the thing that held her back from submitting the song for a GRAMMY nod.
In a recent interview with Jason Lee on REVOLT, the rap royalty revealed that it was the internet to blame for her reluctance.
"You know what? This is something that - it's like, I need to stop letting the internet control my life," she confessed. "Because I didn't want to submit 'WAP' because I was afraid that if I win or if I... You know what's so crazy? The internet got me even afraid of winning. That is insane."
Usually, songs who has achieved such magnitude are shoo-in nominations at the Grammy Awards - and were eligible for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, or even Best Rap Song, or Best Rap Performance. While it could have brought home a Grammy from either of that categories, Cardi revealed she didn't continue to submit it.
"I wanted to jump through the phone and scream at you. Because what I loved about this song is that it united two superstars," Lee gushed about the song.
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Megan Thee Stallion, who was already a rap artist who had etched her name already on the scene, took the smash hit to even greater heights.
Thanks to the track, Cardi earned her 4th No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 song and Megan's second. The song was even certified 7x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling more than 7,000,000 units in the United States.
While the song was not submitted for a Grammy, it still earned the Song of the Year at the BET Awards, the BET HipHop Awards, and the People's Choice Award for Best Collaboration of 2020.
BBC listed it as the Best Single of 2020, while Rolling Stone ranked it No. 1 Best Song of the Year, and its music video was hailed the Best Music Video of that year as well.
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