CARDI B (with Pitchfork's Clover Hope)
b"DJ Louie is joined by Pitchfork writer and author of the new book, The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip Hop, Clover Hope, to discuss one of the hottest contemporary rap and pop stars, Cardi B. First, Louie and Clover break down the history of female rappers who operate as bonafide crossover pop stars, beginning with Roxanne Shant\\xe9 and Salt N Peppa in the \\u201880s through Nicki Minaj\\u2019s melting of the lines between hip hop and pop star in the last decade. They then discuss Cardi\\u2019s emergence as a social media personality, what made her uniquely charming in that space, the singular position of having to translate an established personality into musical form, the surprise success and critical acclaim of her debut album Invasion of Privacy, the unique ways Cardi\\u2019s musical career operates as just one aspect of her broader celebrity, and finally the doors she has helped open for the plethora of female rappers currently all operating at once in the pop space. Finally, Louie and Clover debate which tier to place Cardi in in the official Pop Pantheon.\\nCheck out Louie's Playlist of Cardi B Essentials on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1R2aNuBZHWrjHbuh0gamO2?si=2fc5b3d72eb242a8\\nBuy Clover's Book The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip Hop: https://www.amazon.com/Motherlode-100-Women-Made-Hip-Hop/dp/1419742965\\nFollow Pop Pantheon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poppantheonpod/\\nFollow Pop Pantheon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PopPantheonPod\\nFollow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djlouiexiv/\\nFollow DJ Louie XIV on Twitter: https://twitter.com/djlouiexiv\\nFollow Clover Hope on Twitter: https://twitter.com/clovito"