Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar Cephus, known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper.
97 Facts About Cardi B
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Cardi B is known for her distinct aggressive flow, clever punchlines and outspoken lyrics.
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Cardi B is the female rapper with the most diamond-certified songs by the RIAA, the highest-certified female rapper of all time on their Top Artists ranking, and has 100 million certified units sold in the US alone.
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Cardi B was the first lead artist to top the Billboard Global 200.
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Cardi B's accolades include a Grammy Award, eight Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, six American Music Awards, 14 BET Hip Hop Awards, and two ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards.
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Cardi B has a Dominican father and a Trinidadian mother of African and Spanish descent and she identifies as an Afro-Latina.
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Cardi B has a younger sister, Hennessy Carolina, who was born in 1995.
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Cardi B has said she was a gang member with the Bloods in her youth, since age 16, but stated she would not encourage joining a gang.
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Cardi B was fired and became a dancer at a strip club across the street.
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Cardi B attended Borough of Manhattan Community College before eventually dropping out.
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In November 2015, Cardi B made her musical debut on Jamaican reggae fusion singer Shaggy's remix to his single "Boom Boom", alongside fellow Jamaican dancehall singer Popcaan.
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Cardi B made her music video debut on December 15,2015, with the song "Cheap Ass Weave", her rendition of British rapper Lady Leshurr's "Queen's Speech 4".
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On March 7,2016, Cardi B released her first full-length project, a mixtape titled Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol.
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KSR Group's flagship artist Cardi B said "I wanted to make a song that would make girls dance, twerk and at the same time encourage them to go get that Shmoney," in regard to the compilation's single "What a Girl Likes".
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Cardi B appeared on the December 9,2015, episode of Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne.
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On January 20,2017, Cardi B released her second mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol.
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In February 2017, Cardi B partnered with MAC Cosmetics and Rio Uribe's Gypsy Sport for an event for New York Fashion Week.
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On February 25,2017, Cardi B was the opening act for East Coast hip hop group The Lox's Filthy America.
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In May 2017, the nominees for the 2017 BET Awards were announced, revealing that Cardi B had been nominated for Best New Artist and Best Female Hip-Hop Artist.
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Cardi B became the first person of Dominican descent to reach number one in the history of the Hot 100 since it was launched in 1958.
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In October 2017, Cardi B headlined Power 105.1's annual Powerhouse music celebration, alongside the Weeknd, Migos, and Lil Uzi Vert, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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On January 3,2018, Cardi B was featured on Bruno Mars' remix version of "Finesse", and appeared in the 90s inspired video.
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Cardi B released another single, "Be Careful", on March 30,2018, a week before her album's release.
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The album's title reflects Cardi B's feeling that as she gained popularity her privacy was being invaded in a variety of ways.
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Cardi B co-hosted an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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Cardi B tied with Drake for the most nominations at the 2018 American Music Awards.
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Cardi B won three AMAs and performed at the ceremony.
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On November 30,2018, Cardi B was honored at Ebonys annual Power 100 Gala.
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Cardi B ranked fifth on the 2018 Billboard Year-End Top Artists chart, while Invasion of Privacy ranked sixth.
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Cardi B achieved the most-streamed album of the year by a female artist globally in Apple Music, and ranked as the most streamed female artist of the year in the United States in Spotify.
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Cardi B received five nominations at the 61st Grammy Awards, including for Album of the Year, Best Rap Album and Record of the Year.
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Cardi B became the third female rapper to be nominated for Album of the Year, following Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott.
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Cardi B led the 2019 Billboard Music Awards nominations, with 21, the most nominations in a single year ever by a woman and the third most nominations in a year ever.
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On February 15,2019, Cardi B released "Please Me", a collaboration with Bruno Mars, which became her seventh top-ten song on the Hot 100, reaching number three.
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Cardi B's following single titled "Press" was released on May 31,2019.
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Cardi B made her film debut in Hustlers directed by Lorene Scafaria, opposite Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, and Lili Reinhart.
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In December 2019, Cardi B embarked on her first tour of Africa, performing in Nigeria and Ghana.
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Cardi B was the most streamed female rapper of 2019 in the US, according to Spotify.
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Cardi B released the single "WAP" featuring American rapper Megan Thee Stallion on August 7,2020, as the lead single off her forthcoming second studio album.
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Cardi B became the only female rap artist to top the Global Spotify chart multiple times.
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Cardi B won the Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Female Artist for the third time at the 2020 ceremony.
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In December 2020, Cardi B became the first female rapper to be named Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music Awards.
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On February 5,2021, Cardi B released "Up", the second single from her upcoming studio album.
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Cardi B received a second nomination for the Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist.
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Cardi B made a last-minute appearance in "Big Paper", from DJ Khaled's album Khaled Khaled released on April 30,2021.
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Cardi B received two nominations for the BET Award for Video of the Year, for the videos "Up" and "WAP", winning for the latter and becoming the first female rapper to win Video of the Year as a lead artist.
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Cardi B announced her second pregnancy during the performance of her Migos collaboration "Type Shit" at the 2021 ceremony.
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Cardi B appeared in F9, which was released on June 25,2021, by Universal Pictures.
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On July 16,2021, Cardi B was featured on the Normani single "Wild Side".
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Cardi B received six nominations at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, including her second nomination for Video of the Year.
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On October 28,2021, Cardi B previewed her sophomore album to Atlantic Records via her Instagram Story.
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Cardi B captioned "The money people liking the album sounds".
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On November 2, Cardi B was announced as the host of the 2021 American Music Awards.
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Cardi B featured on Summer Walker's 2021 album Still Over It on the opening track "Bitter".
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In September 2022, Cardi B worked with rapper GloRilla on the official remix to her song "Tomorrow" titled "Tomorrow 2", the remix peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cardi's eleventh top 10 single on the chart.
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In Billboards "You Should Know" series, Cardi B said the first albums she ever purchased were by American entertainers Missy Elliott and Tweet, respectively.
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Cardi B has mentioned Chicago drill music as an important influence.
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Tom Ford's Cardi B-inspired lipstick, and named after her, was released in September 2018.
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Cardi B released her second collection with Reebok in 2021, including sneakers, tracksuits and corsets, inspired by everyday life in New York City.
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Cardi B teamed up with Pepsi for three television commercials, which aired during the Super Bowl LIII, the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, and Christmas.
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In early 2019, Cardi B joined other hip hop artists in releasing her flavors of snack food Rap Snacks: two flavors of chips, and two of popcorn.
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Cardi B premiered the series Cardi Tries via Facebook Messenger in December 2020, with herself as one of the executive producers.
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In December 2021, Cardi B partnered with PLBY Group Inc as creative director in residence for Playboy and founding member of Centerfold, a creator-driven website in the works.
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In February 2023, Cardi B and Offset partnered with McDonald's to create the Cardi B and Offset meal which was launched on Valentine's Day.
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Cardi B endorsed Sanders in his second bid for the presidency in the 2020 United States presidential election, while praising US Representative Tim Ryan.
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Cardi B has praised President Franklin D Roosevelt for advocating for the Social Security program and the New Deal project.
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Cardi B has a noted affinity for Christian Louboutin heels, a running theme in her song "Bodak Yellow".
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Cardi B wore vintage Thierry Mugler to the 2019 Grammy Awards, with an i-D article stating that the fashion house's "resurgence onto the fashion scene can almost single-handedly be attributed" to the Swarovski crystal-embroidered crinoline sheath gown she wore at the ceremony.
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Mugler's collaboration with Cardi B marked the second time in 25 years that the Paris house opened its archives to dress a celebrity, the first being Beyonce for her 2009 concert tour.
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Cardi B has acknowledged Mugler as one of the first designers to "take a major chance on [her]" for their fashion collaborations.
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Cardi B became the face of Balenciaga's ad campaign for the winter 2020 season.
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In 2020, Cardi B became the first female rapper to be awarded by the FN Achievement Awards when she won the Style Influencer of the Year award, which was presented to her by Christian Louboutin.
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Cardi B has been credited for supporting and uniting female rappers in the industry, with a writer from Uproxx considering her co-sign "the new Drake effect" for women in hip hop.
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Cardi B is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Grammy Award, eight Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, six American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, six BET Awards, and fourteen BET Hip Hop Awards.
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Cardi B received the ASCAP award for Songwriter of the Year in 2019, becoming the first female rapper to win the award.
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Cardi B received the honor for the second time in 2020, making her the first female songwriter to win the award twice.
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In 2020, Cardi B became the first female rapper to be named Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music Awards.
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Cardi B is the female rapper with the most Billboard Hot 100 number one singles and the one with the most total weeks on the top position.
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Cardi B has topped twice Pitchforks annual list of best songs of the year.
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Cardi B has become the highest-certified female rapper of all time on the RIAA's Top Artists ranking, with 54 million certified units, being among the highest-certified female artists overall.
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Cardi B is the only female rapper ranked on Billboards Greatest Hot 100 Hits of All Time, with "Girls Like You" at number 30.
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On June 25,2018, TMZ found a marriage license revealing Cardi B and Offset had actually secretly married in September 2017, one month before the public proposal.
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Cardi B later confirmed this in a social media post.
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Cardi B gave birth to her daughter on July 10,2018.
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Cardi B accompanied her onstage during her acceptance speech for Best Rap Album.
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In September 2020, it was reported that Cardi B had filed for divorce from Offset, but the following month it was revealed they were back together.
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In June 2021, Cardi B revealed she was pregnant with her second child, a boy.
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Cardi B gave birth to her son on September 4,2021.
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On October 1,2018, Cardi B agreed to meet with investigators at a Queens police station in connection with an alleged assault of two female bartenders.
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Cardi B was charged with two misdemeanors: assault and reckless endangerment.
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Cardi B appeared in court for her arraignment on December 7,2018, after she did not show up for the scheduled date due to a scheduling conflict, according to her attorney.
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Cardi B was arraigned on June 25,2019, and pleaded not guilty on all charges.
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On January 24,2022, Cardi B won a million-dollar defamation verdict against YouTuber Latasha Kebe for waging a "malicious campaign" to hurt her reputation by posting false rumors.
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The jury issued a verdict that Cardi B had been defamed and awarded $1.25 million in damages.
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Cardi B sparked controversy after throwing one of her high heel shoes at and attempting to physically attack fellow rapper Nicki Minaj at a New York Fashion Week after-party in September 2018.
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Cardi B was on the cover of the 2019 spring fashion issue of Harper's Bazaar, which featured her in a Cinderella-themed photo shoot wearing a red gown and leaving a shoe behind.