MTV VMAs 2018: Watch Cardi B Open the Show

Cardi B opened the show tonight on the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, marking her first look at a public occasion since giving beginning in July to Kulture, her child with Offset. “I am the empress,” she exclaimed on stage. “The liberals voted for me.” She additionally pretended to breastfeed, solely to disclose she was holding a Moon Person. Cardi then launched Shawn Mendes. Watch it go down under.

Cardi has the most nominations on the 2018 VMAs. She’s up for 12 awards, together with Video, Song, and Artist of the Year. She’s already won Song of Summer for “I Like It.”

After pulling out of her scheduled tour with Bruno Mars, Cardi will play her first show since Kulture’s beginning at Mala Luna Music Festival in San Antonio this October. Earlier this yr, she launched her debut album Invasion of Privacy. She lately shared the music video for “Ring,” her Kehlani collaboration from the LP.

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