Cardi B

Released: March 7, 2016

Featuring: The Breakfast Club (Power 105.1)

Songwriter: The Breakfast Club (Power 105.1) Cardi B

[Dj Envy]
Morning everybody its DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamange Tha God
We are the Breakfast Club
We got some special guests in the building

[Charlamagne Tha God]
Our lord and savior, Cardi B

[DJ Envy]
Cardi B, Cardi B, Cardi B

[Angela Yee]
Now what about your career as an artist?

[Charlamagne Tha God]
And what was your inspiration?

[Cardi B]
Well, you know, I've been writing rhymes and I've been into music ever since I was in high school. But, you know, when you young, you have these dreams of becoming this big star or being an artist. But your dreams start getting crushed by priorities and bills, you know? After I got kicked out of my house when I was 18, it's like I ain't have 200 dollars to invest in a studio session, like, I had to pay bills, I had to pay my rent. Now that I'm making that shmoney, it's like, why not invest on my dreams that I always dreamt of? You know what I'm saying? You got to follow your dreams, like, fuck you mean?

Born on October 11, 1992, and raised in The Bronx, New York, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar—under the stage name Cardi B—is a rapper and TV personality known for her friendly attitude. From 2015 to 2017 she starred on the TV show Love & Hip Hop, on which she landed a role after she became popular on the internet due to her personality and stripping endeavors. Following her departure from the series, she attained success in music with her chart-topping summer smash “Bodak Yellow.” She is married to Migos member Offset. Cardi also gave birth to Kulture Kiari Cephus, Offset’s fourth child and Cardi’s first.

Cardi began her music career in 2015 and released two installments of her Gangsta Bitch Music mixtapes series up until January 2017. The tapes went by relatively quietly but caught the attention of Atlantic Records, where Cardi inked a deal in February of 2017. Shortly after, Cardi proved her worth when she entered the mainstream music scene with the release of her smash single “Bodak Yellow” on June 16, 2017. The single obtained the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, which marked the first time a female rapper achieved this since Lauryn Hill did the same with “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1999. “Bodak Yellow” was certified 5x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA on February 28, 2018, for selling 5 million units in the US.

Speculations of a relationship between Cardi B and Offset arose in early 2017 after the two were repeatedly sighted together. On October 29, 2017, Offset proposed to Cardi on stage at a Philadelphia show. They have collaborated on what was at one point Cardi’s most popular single, “Lick,” Migos' “MotorSport,” “Um Yea,” and “Drip.”

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Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1

From the albums

Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 (2016)
Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 (Promo CD) (2016)

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Cardi B

Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1