Cardi B’s breakout single “Bodak Yellow” made history on International Women’s Day (March 8). Much to Cardi’s surprise, the 2017 track became the first diamond-certified single ever by a female rapper. The RIAA made it official by adding the diamond plaque to their site’s database and later congratulated Cardi with a tweet on Tuesday (March 9) morning.
“Congratulations to @iamcardib the first female rapper to achieve an RIAA diamond single award! #BodakYellow @AtlanticRecords,” they wrote.
Atlantic Records surprised Cardi with the news at a restaurant where executives presented her with the diamond plaque for “Bodak Yellow” and also congratulated her on “WAP” going 5x-platinum in less than a calendar year. The clip was quickly deleted and the Bronx bombshell replaced it with another video teasing the announcement for Tuesday.
