"WAP" is a song by American rapper Cardi B featuring guest vocals from fellow American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. It was released through Atlantic Records on August 7, 2020, as the lead single from Cardi B's upcoming second studio album. "WAP" is an acronym for "Wet-Ass Pussy". Musically it's a hip hop song driven by heavy bass, drum beats, and a sample of Frank Ski's Baltimore club single "Hoes in This House" (1993). In the lyrics of "WAP", Cardi B and Megan discuss how they want men to please them, using numerous sexual references.
"WAP" received widespread critical acclaim for its sex-positive message, with several publications ranking it as the best song of 2020; some conservatives reacted negatively to its explicit lyrics. It debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first female rap collaboration to do so and recording the largest opening streaming week for a song in U.S. history. It gave Cardi B her fourth number-one single and Megan her second in the U.S. The single spent four weeks atop the chart and spent multiple weeks at number one in several other countries. "WAP" became the first number-one single on the inaugural Billboard Global 200, topping the chart for three weeks, and it earned the 11th position on IFPI's year-end singles chart. As of March 2022, the song was certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The music video, directed by Colin Tilley, features cameos from several women, including television star Kylie Jenner, singers Normani and Rosalía, and rappers Latto, Sukihana, and Rubi Rose. "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on YouTube. Cardi B and Megan performed the song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards."WAP" is a song by American rapper Cardi B featuring guest vocals from fellow American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. It was released through Atlantic Records on August 7, 2020, as the lead single from Cardi B's upcoming second studio album. "WAP" is an acronym for "Wet-Ass Pussy". Musically it's a hip hop song driven by heavy bass, drum beats, and a sample of Frank Ski's Baltimore club single "Hoes in This House" (1993). In the lyrics of "WAP", Cardi B and Megan discuss how they want men to please them, using numerous sexual references.
"WAP" received widespread critical acclaim for its sex-positive message, with several publications ranking it as the best song of 2020; some conservatives reacted negatively to its explicit lyrics. It debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first female rap collaboration to do so and recording the largest opening streaming week for a song in U.S. history. It gave Cardi B her fourth number-one single and Megan her second in the U.S. The single spent four weeks atop the chart and spent multiple weeks at number one in several other countries. "WAP" became the first number-one single on the inaugural Billboard Global 200, topping the chart for three weeks, and it earned the 11th position on IFPI's year-end singles chart. As of March 2022, the song was certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The music video, directed by Colin Tilley, features cameos from several women, including television star Kylie Jenner, singers Normani and Rosalía, and rappers Latto, Sukihana, and Rubi Rose. "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on YouTube. Cardi B and Megan performed the song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.false2025-11-08 08:06:55WAP20202020-08-072020-08-073Hip HopPopTrap14788423705848bb5807f-d41a-4484-a8bb-024b8fdc9c6e2f3c4d70-0462-40da-bba3-0aec5772c55649deb866-e5b1-400d-8464-45ab63191ed6/media/data/media4/Music/Cardi B feat. Megan thee Stallion/WAP/folder.jpgCardi B feat. Megan Thee StallionCardi BCardi B feat. Megan Thee StallionBelcalis Marlenis Almánzar (, Spanish: [alˈmansaɾ]; born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her aggressive flow and candid lyrics. Born and raised in New York City, she became an internet celebrity by achieving popularity on Vine and Instagram. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, which depicted her pursuit of her music aspirations; having released two mixtapes—Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 (2016) and Vol. 2 (2017), before signing with Atlantic Records in February 2017. Outside of music, she became the creative director of entertainment magazine Playboy in 2022.
Her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, was certified triple platinum by the RIAA, and was the best-selling female rap album of the 2010s according to Billboard. Critically acclaimed, it made Cardi B the only woman to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a solo artist, and marked the first female rap album after fifteen years to be nominated for Album of the Year. It spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With "Bodak Yellow", Cardi B became the first female rapper to achieve a Diamond-certified song by the RIAA, as well as the second female rapper to top the Hot 100 with a solo output—following Lauryn Hill in 1998. "I Like It" marked the first time a female rapper attained multiple number-one songs on the chart. With her collaboration "Girls Like You" with band Maroon 5, she became the first female rapper to achieve multiple Diamond-certified songs by the RIAA. She has released two singles from her upcoming second album—the chart-toppers "WAP" (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) and "Up".
Cardi B's discography is primarily hip hop, incorporating trap and R&B elements. She is the female rapper with the most number-one singles (5) on the Billboard Hot 100, also holding other records among women in hip hop, such as being the only to achieve number ones in two decades (2010s and 2020s), and the only to achieve multiple number ones with solo songs. She is the female rapper with the most Diamond-certified songs (3) by the RIAA, the highest-certified female rapper of all time on their Top Artists (Digital Singles) ranking, while also appearing among the ten highest-certified women on the list. She is the female rapper with the most songs with a billion streams on Spotify—where she also has the most-streamed female rap album, and is the first lead artist to top the inaugural Billboard Global 200. Her accolades include a Grammy Award, eight Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, six American Music Awards, fourteen BET Hip Hop Awards, and two ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards. In 2018, Time magazine included her on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, Billboard honored her as Woman of the Year.