Cardi wins not on skill or know-how. Cardi wins us over bcuz she's a girly girl unafraid to show her vulnerable side. Even at her most ratchet, she has an air of innocence that makes one wanna protect her. Nicki's very fragile, but insists on appearing as a fortress. Betcha she'd win over more people if her songs weren't as combative. She's at a place in her career that allows her to make introspective music. Many would relate to her torn childhood, rise to and maintaining of fame, as well as her present status as an unmarried/childless/withering working woman in a man's world that demands she sacrifice her biological instincts for an insatiable career.