Cardi B Wiki: Net Worth, Singer, Bodak Yellow & Facts To Know

You are perhaps making some money moves right now. How do you do that? Hold some bills and walk around? I guess it’s only Cardi B who can answer that. Cardi B concurred the radio waves this year with her hit song “Bodak Yellow.” If you are wondering who Cardi B is, ask any teenager around. Cardi B has joined Nicki Minaj to make Hip Hop great. But who is this Cardi B who just came from nowhere? Cardi B’s real name is Belcalis Almanzar, and Cardi B is her stage name. Cardi B is an American singer and rapper. Cardi B was born in the Bronx in October 1992. Cardi B’s mother is Trinidadian while her father is Dominican. Cardi B said that she got the ‘thick accent’ from Washington Heights where she was living with her grandmother. Cardi B grew up in the hoods and belonged to the Bloods street gang. She claimed to have been a gangbanger since she turned 16. Cardi B attended a musical school and was employed at a supermarket. After she was sacked, Cardi B became a stripper to escape poverty and an abusive relationship. Stripping helped Cardi B go back to school, but she dropped out of college. The singer and rapper, Cardi B became famous on Instagram before becoming a television sensation. It all started in 2013 when some of Cardi B's videos started going viral. One of Cardi B’s videos was “Vine” that earned her many followers.

Cardi B released her debut full-length mixtape known as “Gangsta Bitch Music Vol 1" in March 2016. The mixtape was ushering Cardi B into the world of Hip Hop. Many might have thought that Cardi B’s EP would fail, but it got over 200k streams on Soundcloud and grew Cardi B’s net worth a little bit. Many of the best historical rappers and singers hail from New York, and Cardi B’s EP makes references to some of them. To make “Gangsta Bitch Music Vol 1” even more outstanding and express the “gangsta” in Cardi B, the artwork shows a man’s head between her legs while Cardi B is sipping from a liquor bottle. The man’s skin has tattoos like the ones gang members have on their bodies. Cardi B’s artwork is similar to Remy Ma’s “Terror Squad” scene. In the EP, Cardi B uses beats from B.I.G and Lil Kim’s songs and twists the lyrics a little. She also released “Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2.”

After “Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2,” Cardi B wrote and recorded the hit song “Bodak Yellow.” The Cardi B’s song is also known as “Bodak Yellow(Money Moves).” It is Cardi B’s debut single and was released in June by Atlantic Records. Cardi B was responding to Kodak Black’s “No Flockin.” The track by Cardi B topped the Billboard Chart for three weeks and made Cardi B the fifth rapper to top the chart for so long. “Bodak Yellow” won Cardi B a BET Award and also Cardi B got nominated for a Grammy. According to critics, Cardi B’s song was catchy and the hook, beat, and lyrics were all good. Cardi B’s ‘shit’ felt like Lil Kim’s oldies. USA Today said that Cardi B is natural in the way she delivers her lyrics in the song. The song grew Cardi B’s net worth fast.

Cardi B also features on Migos song, “Motorsport” with Nicki Minaj. “Motorsport” is the second song that Offset is doing together with Cardi B. The first song that he collaborated with Cardi B was in Cardi B’s song “Lick.” People thought that Cardi B and Nicki were dissing each other. When Cardi B was asked if it was so, Cardi B said that people wouldn’t be satisfied even if they made out. Cardi B is super arrogant. Right?

Cardi B joined the TV series “Love & Hip Hop: New York” in 2015 when it was debuting. Cardi B is considered the breakout star of season six of “Love & Hip Hop.” The six and seventh season helped Cardi B rise to stardom. In December 2016, Cardi B announced that she was living the show to pursue a music career. In March and April 2017, Cardi B appeared on “Hip Hop Squares” as a guest panelist. The executive producer of “Hip Hop Squares” is Ice Cube. Cardi B also appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show.” Cardi B was asked to perform “Bodak Yellow.” The fans were amazed by Cardi B’s heavy accent.

Cardi B gives a shout out to her dentist for fixing her teeth and says it’s not cheap in her hit song. Cardi B’s dentist has also fixed DJ Khaled’s teeth as well as Toni Braxton’s, Common’s, and other stars whose net worth is considerably bigger. However, it’s Cardi B’s shout out that helped his business grow. The dentist said that Cardi B’s dental work, followed by her skyrocketing success, inspired many people to come and change their smiles.

Don’t judge Cardi B with her lyrics. Cardi B says she has a strong relationship with God. Cardi B started dating Offset in the first quarter of 2017. In October 2017, Offset proposed to Cardi B, and they became engaged. Already, TV stations have made offers for Cardi B and Offset’s wedding.

Cardi B has a net worth of $5 million. Most of that net worth was made this year following the success of her song. Cardi B won five awards among the nine categories she has been nominated for in the BET Hip Hop Awards.

The year 2017 was Cardi B’s breakthrough, who knows if 2018 will be better than this for the singer and rapper Cardi B? Maybe Cardi B’s wedding will take place early next year. You never know if Cardi B will make her debut in movies next year. All we know is Cardi B is one hell of a singer and rapper, and Cardi B has the whole podium next year to show us more of her.