Young Miko Receives Unstoppable Award

Young Miko lit up the Billboard Latin Women in Music 2026 ceremony, broadcast live on Thursday (April 23) via Telemundo. The young sensation of Puerto Rican urban music performed her new single “BIAF

Moments later, she received the Unstoppable award from her fellow Puerto Rican artist and first collaborator Villano Antillano, who introduced her as her “little sister” and praised her as an artist who “decided to break the rules,” adding that her “success isn’t luck; her success is vision, it’s hard work, it’s not asking for permission.”

With her trademark calm demeanor, Young Miko expressed her gratitude upon accepting the award: “I feel very special to be surrounded by so many incredible women who hold so much power, who are unique, and who I admire greatly. When I think of the word unstoppable, I don’t think of someone who never gets tired, who never stops. On the contrary, I think of someone who has such a strong desire to create, to be honest, that stopping is not an option for them.”

“There will always be moments of doubt or questioning whether it’s worth it, but then I realize those are things that are part of the journey,” she added. “Creating is existing, existing is creating. Today, I share this award with the people around me who never doubted me, even when I doubted myself. I hope this serves as motivation for others to know that anything in life is possible. From Puerto Rico to the world!”

Young Miko has solidified herself as an unstoppable force since her debut in 2021 with her hit “105 Freestyle.” With clever rap verses that are both empowering and resilient — supported by her soft, sweet voice — the Puerto Rican rapper has boldly and confidently broken into a genre traditionally dominated by men, often addressing her queer identity in her lyrics.

Born María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano Cardona, Young Miko has achieved major collaborations with Bad Bunny, Arcángel, Feid, Bizarrap, and Karol G, to name a few. On the Billboard charts, she boasts seven entries on the Global 200, four on Hot Latin Songs, three on Latin Airplay, and two on Top Latin Albums. Her first entry on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 came in 2023 with the track “Classy 101” in collaboration with Feid.

Hosted by Chiquis, the fourth edition of Latin Women in Music also honored Rosalía as Woman of the Year, as well as Gloria Trevi (Musical Legacy), Ivy Queen (Pioneer), Julieta Venegas (Artistic Excellence), Young Miko (Unstoppable Artist), Joy (Agent of Change), and Lola Indigo (Artistic Evolution).