Cardi B Biography
Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar) is a renowned rapper, songwriter, and internet sensation. By early 2019, she'd racked up numerous music awards, including nine BET Hip Hop Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards, as well as two Guinness World Records: one for the most tracks by a female artist on the Hot 100 and another for the most R&B and hip-hop songs in the Top 10 of the US Billboard chart.
Early Life and Youth
The future rap superstar was born October 11, 1992, in the Bronx to a Dominican father and Afro-Trinidadian mother. She spent tons of time at her paternal grandmother's Manhattan home, where she developed her distinctive speaking style.
In 2013, Belcalis began posting captivating rap videos on Vine and Instagram, quickly catching everyone's attention.

Career Path
In 2015, a young woman shot to stardom on the reality show "Love & Hip-Hop," which follows the lives of people connected to the hip-hop music scene. Her Instagram followers exploded. During the same period, she released her debut video for the song "Cheap Ass Weave." After appearing in the sixth and seventh seasons, she announced her departure to focus entirely on her music career.
In January 2017, she dropped her second mixtape "Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 2" featuring ten tracks and the supporting single "Bronx Season." She also joined a US tour organized by KSR Group alongside Jamaican singer HoodCelebrityy, Haitian-American artist Josh X, and other performers.

But she achieved true global stardom in summer 2017 with "Bodak Yellow," which shot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. She became the first female rapper to hit #1 in 19 years – since Lauryn Hill's 1998 hit "Doo Wop (That Thing)."
That same year, she played Mercedes on the series "Being Mary Jane," starring Gabrielle Union as a successful Black woman navigating life and career. She also appeared on the game show "Hip Hop Squares."
By 2018, around 25 million fans were following the glamorous rap icon on Instagram. Her debut studio album "Invasion of Privacy" also topped the Billboard 200 chart.
Among the rapper's phenomenal achievements was also having three hit tracks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously ("Bodak Yellow," "I Like It," and the collaboration "Girls Like You" with Maroon 5). Only the Beatles and Ashanti had achieved this before.The album went double platinum in the US (selling over one million copies), earned critical acclaim as "one of the strongest debuts of the millennium," and landed her a Grammy.
In September of that year, a music video by French artist DJ Snake was released, featuring rap star Cardi B, singer Selena Gomez, and Puerto Rican musician Ozuna. It reached a hundred million views in record time.

In 2020, Cardi B continued her artistic pursuits, albeit less actively. In nine months, she released just one new song - "Wap."
Cardi B's Personal Life
In September 2017, Cardi B married rapper Offset (real name - Kiari Cephus). The couple welcomed a daughter, Kulture, in July 2018. The proud dad even got her name tattooed on his face. The baby girl is his fourth child: from past relationships, he has a daughter Kalea and two sons, Kody and Jordan.
Cardi has given her husband a third chance, and in September 2021, they became parents again. They had a boy named Wave Set Cephus. It looks like they've finally found their groove as a couple.


Cardi B Now
With mom duties keeping her busy, Cardi's been focusing less on her career lately. Still, in 2021 she treated fans to several new singles: "Up," "Wild Side," and a collaborative track with body positivity icon Lizzo, called "Rumors."