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Cardi B
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Cardi B is the stage name of Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, an American rapper born in 1992 in Washington Heights in Manhattan and raised in the South Bronx. Her father is Dominican and her mother is from Trinidad. Her stage name is derived from Bacardi, a type of rum that used to be her nickname. She attended a high school for performing arts and technology and worked at a supermarket at seventeen. Her music career began in 2016, with two mixtapes.
Music and breakthrough
Her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy, was released in 2018. It entered at number one on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling and most highly certified female rap album of the twenty-first century. With it, Cardi B became the first solo artist to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album. Bodak Yellow and I Like It both reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Girls Like You from 2018 was her third number one in the United States. The collaboration WAP followed later, the only female rap collaboration to debut at the top of the Hot 100, and then Up. Her second album, Am I the Drama? from 2025, made her the only female rapper whose first two albums both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
Influence
Her music stands out for an energetic flow and outspoken lyrics. Cardi B was recognised for increasing the visibility of female rappers in popular music, and in 2018 Time named her one of the hundred most influential people in the world.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
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