Cardi B has got some serious star power!It’s been amazing to see just how much the 26-year-old entertainer has grown and evolved since she first started making headlines less than two years ago.Yep, that’s right. Can you believe that Bardi’s hit single, Bodak Yellow, dropped in 2017?!Related: Met Gala 2019: Cardi B SHUTS DOWN The Red Carpet!We know there’s so much more in store for Offset’s wife; her reign as the rap game’s most commercially successful female artist (sorry, Nicki Minaj) has truly just begun.We’ve compiled a list of the most important moments along Cardi B’s meteoric rise to fame! Ch-ch-check it out (below):
1992: A STAR IS BORN!
October 11, 1992 – A ‘Regular, Degular, Schemgular’ Girl From The Bronx
It’s only right that we start at the very beginning! Belcalis Alɱaпzar was born in the Bronx, NY, to a Dominican father and Trinidadian mother. She picked up the nickname “Bacardi” at a young age, mirroring her sister Hennessy Carolina‘s alcohol-themed moniker. It later became simply Cardi B, and stuck like glue!Belcalis showed an interest in music pretty early on, by performing in high school talent shows and entertaining her peers whenever possible. Part of Cardi’s early years included working at a supermarket in Lower ɱaпhattan. Upon being fired from her job, she took her old boss’ suggestion and started working at a strip club across the street.Those countless nights spent dancing for cash actually helped create the badass, outspoken woɱaп we know today. She’s since credited her ᴛι̇ɱe as a dancer in multiple interviews as a means to an end, and a necessary moment for survival. She said the same of her decision to become a member of the Bloods gang, too.
The triumph of Cardi’s debut studio album solidified her as a formidable commercial powerhouse! While primarily a hip-hop album, it skillfully showcased the rapper’s diverse talents, including her singing prowess, while authentically narrating her journey from rags to riches. “Invasion of Privacy” stormed onto the Billboard 200 chart at No. 1 and amassed a remarkable 255,000 equivalent album units in its debut week.Check out more impressive records broken by the debut album:
