Cardi B Makes Billboard History

Her late-summer anthem, "Bodak Yellow," inundated the charts seemingly out of nowhere in recent weeks, making its way to No. 2 on the Billboard 100, where it looked like it might remain outdone by Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do."

But the love surrounding Cardi proved too strong, as she burst through this week to become only the fifth rapper to top the Billboard 100. Since Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" debuted at No. 1 back in Nov. 1998, Lil' Kim ("Lady Marmalade" ft. Christina Aguilera, Mya and P!nk; 2001), Shawnna (Ludacris's "Stand Up"; 2003) and Iggy Azalea (Fancy" ft. Charli XCX; 2014) are the only women emcees to hold the spot, Billboard Reports