Cardi B becomes the first female rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart without the assistance of any other credited artists in nearly 19 years, as her debut hit “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” rises from No. 2 to No. 1 on the latest chart (dated Oct. 7). That’s right: The summer hit “Bodak Yellow” is crashing into fall as the most popular song in the country, ahead of artists like Taylor Swift, Charlie Puth, and even the inescapable single “Despacito.”

Born Belcalis Almanzar, Cardi B is a Dominican and Trinidadian native of the Bronx, New York. She’s unapologetic about her past — she’s open about the fact that she dropped out of school to escape her abusive boyfriend and become a stripper — and she also isn’t interested in changing how she speaks. She proudly boasts about using and discarding men to make her way to the top, a female flip on the script usually followed by the rappers in a male-dominated industry.

And then, after years of mixtapes and building buzz on social media, with one single, Cardi B made history. This is a moment. Yes, it’s a win for the 24-year-old, but it’s also a win for women, for women in hip-hop, and a win for brown women, especially.

So congratulations are definitely in order to Cardi B, for not only making music history, but also, for bringing together the women in a notoriously divided industry and offering up a little hope for all of us brown girls.