Full Name: Cardi B
Hometown: The Bronx, New York
Relationship Status: Separated
Birthday: October 11, 1992
Biography:
The famous rapper was born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, Cardi B grew up in
the Bronx, New York. She joined the Bloods gang as a teenager and worked as a
stripper before finding fame online with her Vine and Instagram videos.
She joined the cast of Love & Hip Hop: New York
in 2015 and starred on the VH1 reality show for two seasons before leaving to
pursue a career in music. After releasing two volumes of her Gangsta Bitch
Music mixtapes in 2016 and 2017, Cardi signed a deal with Atlantic Records.
Cardi’s debut album, Invasion of Privacy, came out in 2018. The singles “Bodak Yellow” and “I Like It” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female rapper to have two chart-toppers. She later won Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards.
Cardi has collaborated with a number of artists over
the years, including G-Eazy, Bruno Mars, Jennifer Lopez and Ed Sheeran. Her
2018 duet with Maroon 5, “Girls Like You,” and her 2020 smash with Megan Thee
Stallion, “WAP,” also topped the Billboard Hot 100, expanding her record.
She made her big-screen debut in the 2019 crime
drama Hustlers. That same year, Cardi began judging the Netflix music competition
Rhythm + Flow with Chance the Rapper and T.I.
The rapper started dating Migos member Offset in early
2017. They married that September but did not announce the news until June
2018. The couple welcomed their daughter, Kulture, in July 2018. Cardi filed
for divorce from Offset in September 2020.
Source: usmagazine | Image: Courtesy of Cardi B / Twitter