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Belcalis Almanzar, aka Cardi B, is a megastar with an inspiring track record. The 26-year-old Bronx rapper not only earns her place in the music industry, she's loved for it.millionsby followers on social media for her no filter comment, making her one of the funniest and most likeable personalities working today. The "Bodak Yellow" singer's life is full of little things, along with a fascinating career: she worked from a Manhattan Amish market to a strip club before starring on VH1s.love and hip hopand end up atop the Billboard Top 100. Here's a deep dive into her past with 40 facts you probably don't know but want to know about how Cardi B really "moves the money."
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Her real name is Belcalis Almanzar.
Although we know her as Cardi B, true fans know the musician has a much older nickname: Belcalis Almanzar. Both names are Spanish translations of Arabic words. Belcalis isthought to bea reference to the Queen of Sheba, while Almanzar - from Arabic "al mandhar" -Apparentlytranslates to "guardian" or "watchtower".
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Her mother is from Trinidad and her father from the Dominican Republic.
The rapper's mother and father are from Trinidad and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Raised by two working parents in Highbridge, South Bronx, a predominantly Latino neighborhood, Cardi B grew up surrounded by multicultural influences.
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Born and raised in the South Bronx, she is proud of her roots.
Like many Bronx-born rappers, Cardi B is proud of her neighborhood and attributes her success as a rapper to her upbringing. "It's a great experience," he said.i am new york of his life raised in the South Bronx. "I wouldn't be able to rap about the stuff I'm doing now [if I hadn't grown up there]."
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She doesn't have a driver's license.
Although Cardi was showing off her new pair of bikessocial networksHe admitted he didn't have a driver's license and couldn't drive.
"I don't even have a f***ing license," says the rapperthisin a live selfie on Instagram after buying a car. "How do you want me to know how to drive a car when I've ridden trains my whole life?" City kids can relate to this.
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Her nickname, Cardi B, is short for Bacardi.
But Cardi B's famous stage name doesn't come from the rapper's birth name, Belcalis Almanzar. In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Cardi B explained that his title is actually an abbreviation of Bacardi (rum).
"My sister's name is Hennessy," said Cardi B.explainedto the talk show host. "So everyone called me Bacardi, and I started calling myself Bacardi," which eventually became shortened to Cardi B.
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Appropriately, he has a sister named Hennessy.
Cardi B did itNickname Bacardibecause her parents named her sister Hennessy after cognac.
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And Hennesy is a low-key social media star.
There is not a single star in the family. Hennessy built his own social media and made money5.5 million followers on Instagramand an enthusiastic fan base.
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In the past, Cardi B worked as a cashier at an Amish market.
What a lot of people don't know about Cardi B: As a teenager, she worked at the cash registerAmish Market im TriBeCa, with a salary of $250/week.
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Then, at the suggestion of her store manager, she worked briefly as a stripper.
The rapper was fired from her job at the Manhattan deli when she was nineteen, and her manager suggested she pursue a different career path. "He said to me, 'You're so beautiful, you have an amazing body,'" Cardi said.obscure🇧🇷 "He told me to go across the street to the New York Dolls, the strip club. That's when I started to undress."
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But she told her mother she would babysit to pay the bills.
In conversation withKhloe KardashianIn 2016, the rapper opened up about how she lied to her mom about babysitting for money, though she actually undressed.
"I said, 'Mom, these white people are so rich and they just want me to take care of their kids.' Cardi Bremembered🇧🇷 "'They're about eight and nine years old and I help them with their homework and they pay me about $100 a day.' And she said, 'Oh my god, that's amazing.'"
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And she credits the stripping with "saving" her from an abusive relationship.
As for why she took up stripping, Cardi B said it was a way out of an abusive relationship. "I lived with my boyfriend who used to punch my ass," she explained in a 2016 interview withVLAD-TV🇧🇷 "Strip gave me my own money to quit."
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Cardi invested the money she earned from striptease to get her rap career off the ground.
Cardi B saved the money she made as a stripper in hopes of eventually saving enough to invest in her music careerCreate your own mixtape.
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She underwent plastic surgery when she was just 19 years old.
Withinsocial networks, Cardi B has spoken openly about the hatred she got for having cosmetic procedures in the past. the rapperacceptedthat she had her first surgeries hoping to make more money as a nineteen-year-old dancer.
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Her butt implants could have killed her.
One of the first procedures Cardi had was butt implants. The rapper paid $800 to illegally have silicone injected into her butt, and it had some nasty side effects.
"It was the craziest pain of my life," he said.sayingGQ🇧🇷 "I felt like I was going to pass out. I was a little dizzy. And it drips for about five days.”
Cardi planned to return for touch-ups, but later found out the woman had ended her surgery after someone died during one of her procedures.
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He was featured on VH1's 'Love & Hip Hop'.
Cardi followed suitlove and hip hopThe New York cast forSaison 6🇧🇷 The rapper left the reality show after two seasons to fully focus on the music. And after monthsExit the small screenIt was all uphill for the musician: he released his second mixtape, signed a multi-million dollar deal and released„Bodak Amarello“.
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Where she threw a shoe (with a red bottom) at a co-star.
One can say that the most dramatic moment of his passage through love and hip hop, Cardi B threw a Louboutin heel at a cast member during the2017 reunion episode, which turned into a fully televised fight.
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Cardi B is humiliated by her followers on social media.
Even before she made it big in music or became a reality TV star, Cardi B rose through the ranks as a social media celebrity. For her"huge" personalityand"Stream of Consciousness Genius, Cardi has amassed thousands of followers on social media. But when asked what it's like to have such a huge community behind you (51.5 million people on Instagram alone), the rapper saidC:"I can't believe they love me... me? What's so good about me?
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She was famous on Vine before she made it big.
Before Cardi B blew up with her hit song "Bodak Yellow," it went viral for a different reason. Is it over theremade a vineShowing off her outfit, she said that despite the cold, she "still looked like an idiot because a bitch never gets cold." The Vine garnered millions of views and became an internet meme in its own right.
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The rapper made history with the hit single "Bodak Yellow."
The rapper's major-label debut single, "Bodak Yellow," was an instant hit, climbing to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The success was also historic, as the hit propelled Cardi into stardomfirst solo female rapperhad a number one hit since Lauryn Hill's 1998 single "Doo Wop (That Thing)" and theRapsfarmin history for a chart-topping album.
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Taylor Swift once sent her flowers of congratulations.
After the chart success of "Bodak Yellow," Cardi B received a huge bouquet from Taylor Swift, which the rapper posted to herInstagram, who admits she's a big T Swift fan.
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On Cardi B's album Invasion of Privacy, Beyoncé is mentioned every 12 minutes.
Like most of us, Cardi B is clearly a huge Beyonce fan. And while she credits many female artists on the album (Tina Turner, TLC, Rihanna), Beyoncé received four references on the 13-track album thaturgencynoted, calculates a Bey mention every twelve minutes.
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His absolute idol is Madonna.
Apparently a member of the Bey Hive, Cardi B is actually the most divergent from her gender when it comes to her favorite musician: Madonna. "Met my real life idol Madonna," the rapper wrote in onepost on instagram🇧🇷 "I can't believe I performed at their event and it was the most meaningful performance ever," she said.sprouted.
"I grew up with my mom listening to Madonna for hours," Cardi saidcontinued🇧🇷 "I played 'Material Girl' my freshman year of high school, I listened to her in all my photo shoots to be very confident and I always mentioned her in my interviews. The best part is that she was everything I thought she would be, a kick to "liberal. feminist bitch. I'm so happy."
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His first music video was for "Cheap Ass Weave".
Cardi B debuted her later that yearFirstMusic video for their single "cheap handkerchief🇧🇷 The video showed the rapper getting her nails and hair done in a salon.
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She is close to the Kardashians.
When Khloé Kardashian had her TV show,Cocktails with Khloé,Cardi B was invited to guest star and entertained the live studio audience with a super candid interview.
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His dentist said "business has tripled" after Cardi B gave him a lyrical message.
The rapper has openly admitted to getting her teeth fixed in both interviews and her lyrics.TMZreported that after Cardi cried out her teeth on "Bodak Yellow" and sang "I grabbed a bag and had my teeth done," her dentist's phone rang non-stop. "People are really asking, 'Who is Cardi B's dentist?'" the doctor saidexplained, adding that business tripled after the single's release.
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She is a fan of fast food.
On her Instagram, Cardi B posted aVideoShe documents her love for McDonald's and her sheer excitement after receiving a gift certificate to the Golden Arches fast food restaurant. "I'm getting chicken nuggets bro," the rapper told fans.
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He met Bruno Mars and they immediately decided to record "Finesse".
The rapper's recent smashing collaboration with Bruno Mars on the "Finesse" remix wasn't planned in advance. The two musicians met after one of the concerts of the "24k Magic" singer, when they decided to work together and started recording that same evening. Mars even shared a photo of the couple on hisInstagramCaption: "I met Cardi B backstage at 3am after my LA show where we recorded her verse for finesse. She came into the room and was everything I hoped for. Never change Cardi!”
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It takes three hours to get your nails on point.
Dubbed the "Queen of Bling," manicurist Jenny Bui gives Cardi B her infamous claws. Best known as Cardi's favorite girl, Bui has been doing nails and builds for over 20 yearstolle Instagram-Followerand loyal customers at its spas in the Bronx and Harlem. Not for the faint of heartWorld Water Dayreports that Cardi's stunning nails take about three hours to perfect.
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She is "obsessed with presidents".
In a recent interview with GQ, Cardi B admitted that she enjoys studying the structure of American government. "I love political science," the rapper told demmagazine🇧🇷 "I love the government. I'm obsessed with presidents. I'm obsessed with how the system works.”
Touched by the legacy of the late President Franklin D. Rosevelt, Cardicontinued: "He helped us through the Depression while in a wheelchair. This man had polio at the time of his presidency, and yet all he cared about was trying to make America great, make America great." America. real again He's the real Make America Great Again because without him seniors wouldn't even be eligible for Social Security."