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Birth Name: Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar

Age: 33, born 11 October 1992

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 4' 9"

Relationship Status: In a relationship

Partner: Stefon Diggs

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Description: Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (formerly Cephus; born October 11, 1992), in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Known professionally as "Cardi B", is an American rapper. Born and raised in New York City, she is known for her energetic rap flow and outspoken lyrics. Since launching her music career in 2016 and releasing her two mixtapes, Cardi B has been cited for her part in helping sustain the relevance of female rappers in popular music. She first gained popularity in 2013 as an influencer on Vine and Instagram for twerking clips, showing her big badonkadonk. From 2015 to early 2017, she Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (formerly Cephus; born October 11, 1992), in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Known professionally as "Cardi B", is an American rapper. Born and raised in New York City, she is known for her energetic rap flow and outspoken lyrics. Since launching her music career in 2016 and releasing her two mixtapes, Cardi B has been cited for her part in helping sustain the relevance of female rappers in popular music.

She first gained popularity in 2013 as an influencer on Vine and Instagram for twerking clips, showing her big badonkadonk. From 2015 to early 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, which depicted her pursuit of her music aspirations, and earned further recognition with the release of her two mixtapes: Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 (2016) and Vol. 2 (2017).

Cardi B is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Grammy Award, eight Billboard Music Awards (including three consecutive Top Rap Female Artist wins), eight Guinness World Records, six American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, six BET Awards (including Album of the Year), and fourteen BET Hip Hop Awards. Invasion of Privacy—which made her the first female rapper to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a solo artist—became the first female rap album in fifteen years to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar was born on October 11, 1992, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Her father, Carlos, is Dominican, and her mother, Clara, is a Trinidadian of mixed descent; Almánzar identifies as an Afro-Caribbean. Almánzar was raised in the Highbridge neighborhood of the South Bronx, and spent much time at her paternal grandmother's home in Washington Heights, which she credits with giving her “such a thick accent.” Almánzar developed the stage name “Cardi B” as a derivation of Bacardi, a rum brand that was formerly her nickname. She has a younger sister, Hennessy Carolina, who was born in 1995. She has said she was a gang member with the Bloods in her youth, since age, but stated she would not encourage joining a gang. She attended Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology, a vocational high school on the Herbert H. Lehman High School campus. Belcalis speaks Dominican Spanish, English, and a small amount of Russian and French.

During her teens, Cardi B was employed at a grocery store in Tribeca. She was fired and became a dancer at a strip club across the street. Cardi B has said that becoming a stripper was positive for her life in many ways: “It really saved me from a lot of things. When I started stripping, I went back to school.” She stated that she became a stripper to escape poverty and domestic violence, having been in an abusive relationship at the time after being kicked out of her mother's house, and that stripping was her only way to earn enough money to escape the situation and get an education. She attended Borough of Manhattan Community College before eventually dropping out. While stripping, Cardi B lied to her mother by telling her she was making money by babysitting.

After the release of “Girls” in May 2018, a collaboration where she had a featured verse, Cardi B responded to accusations of the song trivializing LGBT relationships; she tweeted, “We never try to cause harm or had bad intentions with the song.” She went on to add, “I personally myself had experiences with other women.” Several months later, in July 2018, Invasion's fourth single, “I Like It”, which features vocals from Bad Bunny and J Balvin, reached number one on the Hot 100; this marked her second number one on the chart and made her the first female rapper to achieve multiple chart-toppers. It received critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone naming it “the best summer song of all time” in 2020. Her collaboration with Maroon 5, “Girls Like You,” also reached number one on the Hot 100 chart, extending her record among female rappers and also making her the sixth female artist to achieve three number-one singles on the chart during the 2010s. The song's music video has received more than 3.8 billion views on YouTube and was the fifth-best selling song of the year globally.

American singers Hayley Kiyoko and Kehlani, both of whom identify as lesbians, criticized the song for being “harmful” to the LGBTQ community. Kiyoko referred to the song in a tweet she posted as being “tone-deaf,” stating that the song “fueled the male gaze while marginalizing the idea of women loving women.” Kehlani voiced her opinion in a series of tweets: “I have an incredible song out with one of the artists, and would love to work with the other three as well. I have met them all and respect them. There. Were. Harmful. Lyrics.” She concluded her tweets with: “Every artist on the song is fantastic, and very much loved and supported by me... by all of us. But this isn't about talent; it's about choice.”

Cardi B has defended her musical content featuring sexually charged lyrics—like most contemporary female rappers; she stated that the content “seems like that's what people want to hear”, since she faced negative reactions after releasing her more emotional song, “Be Careful”. She has declared, “[Drill music] is the type of artist I always wanted to be: I like to rap about the streets, and I like to rap about my pussy. I don't give a fuck about it.” She has stated that writing and performing songs about her personal life and relationships initially caused her a “weird and uncomfortable” feeling and shyness.

Cardi B identifies as a feminist. The rapper has been called “unabashedly, directly political” and often uses social media to advocate for causes she believes in, such as gun control. During the 2016 presidential primaries, she warned her fans of Donald Trump's immigration policies and encouraged them to vote for Senator Bernie Sanders. At the Grammy Awards in 2018, she appeared in a video along with Hillary Clinton to narrate a portion of Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff's insider's account of Trump's administration, and stated “Why am I even reading this shit? I can't believe this. I can't believe—this is how he really lives his life?”

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