“That baby is getting big, what are you feeding her?”
Social media could also play a huge part in women feeling this way. Several studies suggest that social media use is directly related to body image issues. Seeing “perfect” bodies and “perfect” faces everyday on your timeline has lasting effects on your brain and how you view yourself in comparison to others on social media.
Whatever is fueling this, it needs to be talked about and it needs to not to be the norm for a woman or girl to have to go under the knife to “fix themselves.” Love her or not, many are applauding Latto for being another voice to bring this subject out into the open.
Latto received Best New Hip Hop Artist nominations at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards and Top Rap Female Artist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. She was a part of the XXL Freshman Class in 2020. She was named MTV Global’s Push Artist of the Month in February 2021, and won the BET Award for Best New Artist in 2022. Latto received nominations for Best New Artist, Video For Good, and Best Hip Hop at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. “Big Energy” won Song of the Year, and 777 was nominated for Hip Hop Album of the Year at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards. She was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2023 Grammy Awards.