Cardi B will be hosting the 2021 American Music Awards

American rapper Cardi B has been scheduled to host the American Music Awards taking place in Los Angeles on November 2021.

The next step for Cardi B, after having won five American Music Awards throughout her musical career is to be the host of the show. She has also performed on the telecast prior to hosting the show.

Cardi B posted about hosting the AMAs on her twitter handle. See it below;

Im so proud to announce, I’ll be hosting the 2021 @AMAs! Tune in November 21 8/7c on @ABCNetwork pic.twitter.com/o1cQga3i7d

— iamcardib (@iamcardib) November 2, 2021

Cardi B’s latest hits are “WAP” (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) and “Up”, released in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

The executive producer of the award released a statement on Tuesday which reads;

“We are immensely excited to have the dynamic Cardi B bring her infectious energy to the American Music Awards as a first-time host,”

Cardi B had performed “I Like It” at the AMAs in 2018 with J Balvin and Bad Bunny and also made history during her last AMAs appearance, becoming the first female rapper to win Favorite Hip-Hop Song twice.

Cardi B’s debut 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. It spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.