Cardi B: Visionary Women

Cardi B’s embodiment of power is straightforward: Whitney Houston and Beyoncé. The two singers—both otherworldly and ceiling-shattering—head up Cardi’s playlist for International Women’s Day, and their influence can be heard inside the rapper’s own catalogue. “Beyoncé is a boss,” she tells Apple Music, noting that she often plays “Run the World (Girls)” for her daughter Kulture. And Houston’s “I’m Every Woman” hits close to home. “I feel this song is for every woman like me: wife, mother, daughter, stripper, provider, sister, boss, mogul. This song is for all those powerful women in the world.”