Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are giving away $1 million to celebrate "WAP"
Nothing — not even Ben Shapiro's nightmarish lyric reading — could stop powerhouses Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's song "WAP" from debuting at number one on the Billboard charts. It didn't just top the charts, either. The song received a record-breaking 93 million streams in the first week after its release, Billboard reported.
As a way to thank their fans, the rappers collaborated with Cash App and Twitter to give away $1 million to women in $500 increments:
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"Y'all made #WAP amazing," Cardi said on Twitter. The instructions to reap the benefits are simple: Drop your $cashtag and say why you or a woman you know deserves the cash.
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This isn't a surprising move from Cash App, which promotes its own giveaways with #CashAppFridays and even #SuperCashAppFriday. Their influencer marketing strategy also heavily relies on hip-hop stars, which has contributed to its growth according to Trapital, a site that reports on the business of hip-hop.
Shortly after the announcement dropped, the screenshots began to roll in:
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Want your own chance at $500? The giveaway ends tomorrow, so give them everything you got for this #WAPParty.
Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky.
