Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born: October 11, 1992),[1] better known onstage and online as Cardi B, is an American musician.
Early life[]
Cardi B was born on October 11, 1992, in Manhattan, New York, to Dominican Parents,[2] and had a younger sister, Hennessy Carolina, who was born not long after her in 1995.
Personal life[]
Cardi B has been open about being in an abusive relationship in the past and being a former stripper, and supports the MeToo movement, and is a feminist.She currently practices Catholicism.
Cardi B identifies as bisexual and started dating fellow rapper Offset in 2017, and they became engaged later that same year. The duo split up after having a daughter named Kulture Kiari Cephus, but they later got back together and had a son named Wave Set Cephus.
Controversy[]
Drugging and Robbing at Strip Club[]
In March 2019, Cardi stated in a resurfaced video from 2016, that during her time working as a stripper when she was 19 years old, she drugged and then robbed men who tried to have sex with her.[3] She stated she regrets it and only did it as a means to survive and earn money.[4]
Assault lawsuit[]
Cardi was on trial in August 2025[5] regarding a civil case in Los Angeles over allegations of assaulting former security guard Emani Ellis during a confrontation at a Beverly Hills medical office in February 2018.[2] The lawsuit claims Cardi spat on Ellis, scratched her face with her fingernail, mocked her weight, used racial slurs, and attempted to hit her after Ellis allegedly identified her as she was leaving the doctor's office.[6] Cardi denies the physical assault, asserting that Ellis was the aggressor and that she was attempting to prevent the guard from recording her private medical visit.
Cardi's legal team argued that the confrontation was initiated by Ellis, who allegedly tried to record Cardi as she entered the building while Cardi was four months pregnant and trying to keep her pregnancy private. Cardi testified that she was not the aggressor and that Ellis was physically threatening, using a line of questioning about her hair to challenge her credibility.[7] On September 1, 2025, a California jury unanimously found Cardi innocent in a $24 million civil lawsuit.[8]
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Invasion of Privacy (2018)
Trivia[]
- Cardi got her nickname from the rum brand Bacardi.[6]
- She is the first woman to have 5 top 10 singles at once on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop chart.
- Cardi is bisexual.[5]
- Cardi has spoken up about being sexually assaulted.
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: October 25, 2017
- 2 million subscribers: February 14, 2018
- 3 million subscribers: April 22, 2018
- 4 million subscribers: June 5, 2018
- 5 million subscribers: July 16, 2018
- 6 million subscribers: August 28, 2018
- 7 million subscribers: October 24, 2018
- 8 million subscribers: December 21, 2018
- 9 million subscribers: February 20, 2019
- 10 million subscribers: April 5, 2019
- 11 million subscribers: July 7, 2019
- 12 million subscribers: January 30, 2020
- 13 million subscribers: August 7, 2020
- 14 million subscribers: September 1, 2020
- 15 million subscribers: October 16, 2020
- 16 million subscribers: February 6, 2021
- 17 million subscribers: April 20, 2021
- 18 million subscribers: December 20, 2021
- 19 million subscribers: September 15, 2023
Video view milestones[]
- 1 billion views: June 8, 2018
- 2 billion views: October 30, 2018
- 3 billion views: May 12, 2019
- 4 billion views: August 8, 2020
- 5 billion views: March 3, 2021
- 6 billion views: May 5, 2021
References[]
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8054799/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.vogue.com/article/cardi-b-cover-january-2020
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47718477
- ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/im-not-proud-of-it-cardi-b-responds-to-resurfaced-video-where-she-says-she-drugged-robbed-men/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.out.com/celebs/2021/7/26/cardi-b-says-wild-side-queerbaiting-claims-ignore-her-bisexuality
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180409063600/https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/cardi-b-reveals-name-origin
- ↑ https://abc7.com/post/cardi-court-rapper-belcalis-almanzar-expected-take-stand-assault-lawsuit-case-involving-security-guard-emani-ellis/17655693/
- ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/entertainment/cardi-b-civil-trial-verdict
