Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar Cephus known professionally as Cardi B is an American rapper. She first gained popularity as an influencer on Vine and Instagram. From 2015 to early 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, which depicted the pursuit of her music aspirations, and earned further recognition with the release of her two mixtapes: Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 (2016) and Vol. 2 (2017).
Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar was born on October 11, 1992, in Washington Heights, Manhattan. She is the daughter of a Dominican father and a Trinidadian mother of African and Spanish ancestry. Almánzar grew up in the South Bronx’s Highbridge neighborhood and spent a lot of time at her paternal grandmother’s house in Washington Heights, which she attributes to giving her “such a heavy accent.”
Almánzar chose the stage name “Cardi B” as a play on Bacardi, a rum brand that was formerly her nickname.
Cardi B’s top movies and TV shows
Some of Cardi B’s top movies and TV shows are:
Shameless, Good Morning America, Today, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Abbott Elementary, You, iZombie, Cardi Tries.
Cardi B awards and nominations
She won Afro X Digitals Awards – in 2021.
She was nominated for American Music Awards – in 2018.
And She also won American Music Awards – in 2018.
