Interesting Biography Facts
Real name
Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar
Occupation
rapper, singer, songwriter
Birth Date
October 11, 1992
Age
31 years
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York, United States
Education
Renaissance High School; Borough of Manhattan Community College
Nationality
American
Cardi B family members
Father's Name
Carlos Almanzar
Mother's Name
Clara AlmΓ‘nzar
Siblings names
Hennessy Carolina (younger sister)
Is Cardi B a lesbian/bisexual?
No
What is Cardi B marital status?
Married
Who is Cardi B husband?
Offset (husband; baby father)
When did get married?
September 20, 2017
How many children does she have?
2 (daughter Kulture Kiari Cephus and son Wave Set Cephus)
Cardi B husband
Offset (husband, baby father)
Date of birth: December 14, 1991
Their contradictory relationship began in January 2017. Like many other people with a busy schedule they met on the set while collaborating on Belcalis’s song “Lick”. After that, the couple started appearing in public together. That very year the man proposed to her, and she agreed to become his wife. The next year Cardi B announced her pregnancy. In addition, she confessed, that had already tied the knot with Offset and is his wife legally. Their couple had a complicated relationship history and unfortunately, on December 5 Cardi announced their separation. She addressed her fans through Instagram and explained that she has a positive attitude towards her ex and she learned a lot from him. But in early 2019 they decided to give their relationship another chance and moved back again.
As of 2022, the couple is still together. In 2021 they welcomed the 2nd common child – a son Wave. On her 5th wedding anniversary, Cardi B announced that she plans to arrange a big official wedding. At their first wedding, which took place on September 20, 2017, just 2 of them were present.
Cardi B kids
Kulture Kiari Cephus (daughter)
Date of birth: July 10, 2018
Soon after announcing her separation from Offset, Belcalis posted on Instagram the pic of her baby girl. Thus, 4-months-old Kulture Kiari Cephus made her first public appearance. The cute baby immediately gained more than 5 million likes from her mother’s fans.
The little girl, whom Cardi named “my heart”, is the first child of the raptress and the fourth one of her father. As Cardi B said, her main aim as for now is to care about her kid and maintain an amicable relationship with her baby’s father.
Wave Set Cephus (son)
Date of birth: September 4, 2021
To know more about the son of Cardi B and her husband Offset, read here.
Who are Cardi B parents?
Carlos Almanzar (father)
The rapper didn’t share lots of info on her dad. She just opened up, that he served as a taxi driver. The man has Dominican roots. He broke up with the rapper’s mother many years ago, and it seems, that he and his famous daughter are not close. But Belcalis has an amicable relationship with her paternal grandmother, Esperanza Almanzar.
Clara Almánzar (mother)
Date of birth: September 19, 1965
Her mother served as a cashier. She re-married after her divorce to Cardi’s father, so our today heroine grew up with a stepfather. Ring singer was in tense relationship with him. Her mom comes from Trinidadian origin. During Cardi’s childhood, she traveled a lot, so the musician’s formative years passed both, in Bronx and Washington Heights.
Cardi B siblings
Hennessy Carolina Almanzar (younger sister)
Date of birth: December 22, 1995
In her early years, Hennessy named her older sibling as Bacardi, to imagine that both of them have names of strong alcohol drinks. Later that childhood moniker turned into her stage name.
The girl got her strange name from her father because the man got drunk just before her birth. She gained popularity as a reality TV star. Hennessy acted opposite her older sister in the show “Love & Hip Hop: New York”. Then she channeled her energy to design and fashion. Currently, the young woman studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She plans to launch her own line of clothing. Hennessy currently lives in Astoria, NY.
She has several siblings from paternal side, too.
Bio
She is celebrated as a hip-hop artist, TV personality, and Instagram star.
Her real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar. She entered this world in The Bronx, NY in the family of a Dominican father and a Trinidadian mother. After her parents’ divorce, she spent a lot of time in her grandmother’s house in Washington Heights, where gained her unusual accent.
The girl lived in poverty, and like any other kid, she dreamed to buy her mother a car and a house one day. After school, she started to work as a stripper and in addition, posted hot pics on Instagram, which made her the Internet celebrity.
Belcalis reached a new stage of her career when she was cast in the series “Love & Hip Hop”. After two years in the project, she finally became noticeable not just as a hot girl, but also as an aspiring TV star.
Cardi B cemented her position as a young celebrity by signing a recording deal. Her contract with Atlantic Records became that very big break she was looking for. Soon the rapper released her debut song “Bodak Yellow”, which occupied first place on Billboard 100.
Interesting and fun facts
- Her net worth is close to $1 million.
- She started to work as a stripper because she needed financial independence to get rid of a partner, with whom she lived just because of his money.
- The girl lied to her parents, that she was a babysitter in a rich house, while she made her money as a strip dancer.
- In her young years, she was a member of a criminal group, named “Bloods”.
- In April 2018 she presented her first album, titled “Invasion of Privacy”. It got the golden certificate in the USA.
- In 2020 she was named “Woman of the Year” by Billboard.
- In 2022 Cardi B ++was appointed as the creative director of the male magazine “Playboy”.