Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, famously known as Cardi B is an American who is a popular rapper, actress, and songwriter. She is mainly known for her Atlantic Records in early 2017. She became an internet celebrity after posting several of her posts and videos on social media sites like Vine and Instagram.

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She has also done various TV commercials and music videos and also is a famous social media celebrity. She has composed many music albums, and her fan’s following is increasing day by day. She gained a lot of recognition after discussing her career as a stripper and her no-filter attitude on social media.

Cardi B Wiki/Biography

Born on 11 October 1992, Cardy B’s age is 28 years as of 2021. She was born in a well-settled family from Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City Borough. After a few years of her birth, she moved to High Bridge, South Bronx, New York along with her family.

She completed her early schooling at Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and Technology, a vocational High School on the Herbert H. Lehman High School campus. After that, she enrolled herself at the Borough of Manhattan Community College from where she completed her graduation.

Full Name Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar
Date of Birth 11 October 1992
Age 28 Years
Birth Place Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City Borough
Profession Rapper, Actress and Songwriter
Nationality American
Hometown High Bridge, South Bronx, New York
Zodiac Sign Leo
School Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology, New York and Herbert H. Lehman High School, New York
College / University Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York
Education Qualification Graduate
Net Worth $30 Million

Family, Boyfriend & Relationships

Cardi B belongs to a well-settled family from Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York Borough. She is known to hold an American nationality and has her belief in the Christian religion. She is highly devoted to her religion.

Her father’s name is Edward who is Dominican and her mother’s name is Anora who is a Trinidadian.

She has a sister named Hennessy Carolina Almanzar. She is her younger sister. Apart from her, she has 6 half-siblings from her father’s side. She is also very close to her paternal grandmother.

Cardi B’s marital status is married. She is married to the very famous fellow American rapper, songwriter, and singer is known as Kiari Kendrell Cephus, who goes by the stage name ‘Offset’. The couple got married on 20th September 2017 privately and filed a divorce after 3 years of marriage. Later in October they filed to dismiss the divorce and now have an adorable baby girl named Kulture Kiari Cephus.

Father Name Edward
Mother Name Anora
Sister Name Hennessy Carolina Almanzar
Boyfriend Kiari Kendrell Cephus (Offset)
Marital Status Married
Husband Name Kiari Kendrell Cephus (Offset)
Children Kulture Kiari Cephus

Physical Appearance

Cardi B is a beautiful and very hot actress in the American film and television and music industry. She is widely known for her beautiful and charming mesmerizing personality. She has adorable looks and impressive body measurements.

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She owns a very hot figure with her figure measurements measuring 36-28-38 inches approximately. She is 5 feet and 3 inches in height and her body weight is around 60 Kg. She has beautiful and long black hair and also very beautifully attractive brown colored eyes.

Career

Cardi B started her career as an actress in the American television industry. In the year 2015, she started with the cast of the VH1 reality TV series ‘Love and Hip Hop New York’ starring in 6 seasons. On 30 December 2016, she announced that now she wants to further pursue a career in music.

In November 2015, her first musical debut was released which was a single titled ‘Boom Boom’ on the Jamaican Reggae fusing singer Shaggy’s remix with the Jamaican dancehall singer Popcaan.On 15 December 2015, she made her first music video with ‘Cheap Ass Weave’.

In 2016, she endorsed ‘Romantic depot’, a lingerie store from New York that markets wellness and sexual health products. All this was presented in an article by the New York Post titled ‘Cardi B’s meteoric rise from stripper to superstar’ in April 2018.

Her second mixed tape was released on 20 January 2017 called ‘Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol.2’. Later in February 2017, she also endorsed Gypsy Sports and MAC Cosmetics for an event for New York Fashion Week.

She is the first female rapper to have the first 3 entries in the Top 10 of the Hot 100 list. This was after she collaborated with ‘MotoSport’ and ‘No Limit’. On 3 January 2018, she starred in ‘Bruno Mars’ which is the remix version of ‘Finesse’. This one reached the Top 3 on the Hot 100 list in New York and Canada.

On 6 April 2018, her debut studio album was released titled ‘Invasion Of Privacy, which acclaimed universal acclaim from music critics. Editors from ‘Variety’ called it ”One Of The Most Popular Debuts Of The Millennium”, and this was also appraised by ‘The New York Times. This one was a masterpiece and broke a lot of records.

Controversy

In the year 2018, during the New York Fashion Week, at an after-party held by Harper’s Bazaar, Cardi B threw her high heel shoes and tried to physically fight with the fellow rapper Nicki Minaj. This created a lot of disturbance amongst both of their fans.

Awards

Cardi B has received a lot of awards in her career. This includes a Grammy Award, Eight Billboard Music Awards, Five American Music Awards, Eleven BET Hip-Hop Awards, Four BET Awards, four iHeart Radio Music Awards, an NRJ Music Award, and many more awards.

Also, she earned five Guinness World Records during her career. She also received the honor for the second time in 2020, making her the first female songwriter to win the award twice. In the year 2020, she was the first female rapper to be named Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music Awards.

Net Worth

As of 2021, Cardi B’s net worth is $30 million. Cardi B’s net worth was launched in 2017 thanks to the success of her single “Bodak Yellow”.

Facts and Information

In an interview, she claimed that in her young days that is when she was 16, she was a gang member with the ‘Bloods’ Her stage name Cardi B was derived from ‘Bacardi’, which is a Rum brand and her former nickname.

Before starting her career in music, she worked as a Cash Registrar in TriBeCa at an Amish Market and used to earn about $250/week.

She was in an abusive relationship during her youth life. She claimed in an interview that due to poverty and domestic violence she started stripping. She has broken a lot of records and one of them is that she was the first woman to have 5 Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. She has a lot of fans and she is an inspiration to a lot of girls with poor family backgrounds or who are somehow the victims of domestic violence.