Playboi Carti accepts the Artist of The Year award from Billboard’s Deputy Editorial Director Damien Scott at Billboard’sR&B Hip-Hop Power Players 2024.
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00:00My name is Damian Scott. I am the Deputy Editorial Director at Billboard.
00:05I've been here for a year now.
00:08This is the first power players, hip-hop power players I've been involved with.
00:13And when we started to think about what exactly a hip-hop power player is,
00:18I think, to me, it was somebody who exhibits a special quality, right?
00:23Someone who is able to control the game, control the genre.
00:27Someone who is in the embodiment of hip-hop.
00:30And hip-hop, to me, as it probably is to a lot of you,
00:33is young, brash, innovative, and honest.
00:36And the person who is getting this award right now
00:39has blazed a trail that has influenced a number of younger artists.
00:44He's released a number of amazing tracks this year.
00:47And on top of that, he knocked his first Billboard Hot 100 hit
00:52with Carnival earlier this year.
00:55And put his name in the record books with Ye, Ty Dolla $ign, and Rich the Kid.
01:02He's gone from one of the most promising and exciting rappers in the game
01:06to one of the most forward-thinking CEOs
01:09and one of the most powerful, exciting labels that we have right now in opium.
01:16What's even crazier is that he's just getting started.
01:18And I'm a huge fan of his.
01:20I know he's someone who makes people think about what rap is supposed to be.
01:25And to me, that's exactly what a rapper is supposed to do.
01:28Make everybody think, what the hell is going on right here?
01:31What am I listening to? Is this good? Is this bad?
01:34And the fact of the matter is that it's great.
01:36And it's my honor to introduce
01:39the 2024 R&B Hip-Hop Power Player Artist of the Year
01:44to Mr. Playboi Carti.
01:47Woo!
01:54Congratulations.
01:59I want to thank my mama. I want to thank God.
02:03Thank you, Billboard. It's my first award.
02:05You know what I'm saying?
02:07I'm very happy to be here.
02:10R.I.P. Rich Homie Quan.
02:12Shout out to the whole New York.
02:14I love y'all. Thank you.
02:17Woo!