Cardi B Biography

Belcalis Almanzar (October 11, 1992) rapper, songwriter, and actress. She was born in New York, United States. Her stage name is Cardi B. Cardi B is the daughter of a Dominican father and her mother from Trinidad and Tobago. During her childhood and adolescence, she lived in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Bronx. The girl became part of various street gangs, which led her to have an extremely turbulent life, she had a boyfriend, a member of a gang, with whom she lived for some time and was constantly assaulted by him. She attended Musical Theater and Technology High School.

 

To help her family with household expenses, she was a cashier in a store, but at 19, she got a job as a stripper, to fit in better in this environment, and to have more money, she had to undergo numerous plastic surgeries to increase her breasts and buttocks. Cardi intended to study for a bachelor’s degree, but she dropped out of university due to lack of time. In 2013, she began to become a social media personality, primarily on Vine and Instagram. She began to have great popularity.

Career

Two years later, she took advantage of this situation to launch herself into fame starring in the sixth season of the reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York. By this time she was known by her stage name. In 2015 she decided to debut in the music world by remixing Shaggy’s single Boom Boom. At the same time, she continued to intervene in the sixth season of the Love & Hip Hop: New York program. In March 2016, she released her first mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1,

under the auspices of the KSR label. It achieved a significant position on Billboard’s Rap Albums chart and the 27th on the Independent Albums chart.

 

The following month, she appeared on an episode of Kocktails with Khloé, the episode was inspired by the moment when she confessed to her mother that she was a stripper. In early 2017, she released a second mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 2, and after finishing the seventh season of Love & Hip Hop: New York she was contacted by Atlantic Records to sign a contract. So, she began opening for The Lox during their Filthy America… It’s Beautiful Tour. Thanks to her success, Cardi was nominated for two BET Awards. Cardi subsequently released her first commercial single, Bodak Yellow, and it quickly became a viral hit.

Breakthrough with Bodak Yellow

In a matter of three months, the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Cardi became the second female rapper in history to chart No. 1 as a solo artist. Besides, she managed to lead for three consecutive weeks, equaling Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do as the female singer with the longest reign of 2017, she was also the solo rapper with the most weeks in the first position of all his tory. Her success was remarkable, she was nominated in nine categories at that year’s BET Hip Hop Awards, of which she managed to win five, including Best New Hip Hop Artist and Best Single for Bodak Yellow.

 

Cardi B collaborated with rappers G-Eazy and ASAP Rocky on the song No Limit, a hit in the United States after reaching position 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. A month later, she released her single MotorSport in conjunction with major artists. Like Migos and Nicki Minaj, the single was at # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their third consecutive song to do so. Thanks to Bodak Yellow she took home the Best Hip Hop Song of the Year award at the Soul Train Music Awards, as well as garnering two Grammy Award nominations in the categories of Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.

 

At the beginning of 2018: No Limit, MotorSport, and Bodak Yellow were within the first 10 positions, for this reason, the artist became the third rapper in history to position her first three songs in the top ten of the count simultaneously, only after The Beatles (1964) and Ashanti (2002). Her single Bartier Cardi debuted at position 14. Soon after, Cardi announced a collaboration with Bruno Mars on a remix of their song Finesse, from their album 24K Magic (2016).

 

The song was an instant hit and debuted within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, as a result, Cardi had five songs simultaneously within the top forty. She made an intervention, considered flawless, at the sixtieth Grammy Awards. Later, she received the Best New Artist award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Cardi announced that her debut album would be out in April. Days later, she revealed her name: Invasion of Privacy. The artist has stated that she has been inspired by the artists Missy Elliott and Tweet as her main sources of inspiration.

 

She also mentioned that her outfits and her show are inspired by Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Ivy Queen. It is remarkable that, at the beginning of her, Cardi felt a great attraction to make aggressive music, following the line of the rappers Khia and Trina. However, she also wanted to create music that was suitable for most women; especially issues of infidelity, or problems with other women. Many record companies have admired her tone of voice, characterizing it as a nasal, strong, and provocative voice, which, combined with her strong New York accent, makes her suitable for rap.

 

On the other hand, Cardi’s way of being: reckless, without fear of acting under any circumstance, generates great synergy with the public. This rapper is recognized as a feminist. In addition to this, she assures that her past has allowed her to learn many things and she does not try to hide it; she openly states that she is a prostitute stripper. In 2017, she began a relationship with the rapper Offset from the group Migos, then they got engaged on the Saturday Night Live program, and at the same time, Cardi announced that she was expecting her first child. The following year she won an award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards for her song titled with her stage name.