Cardi B, born Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar on October 11, 1992, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, grew up in The Bronx, New York City, New York.
As an Internet celebrity, she gained popularity on Vine and Instagram, and from 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series, Love and Hip Hop: New York.
Before signing with Atlantic Records in early 2017, she released two mixtapes: Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2.
Her debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, broke several streaming records, was certified triple platinum by the RIAA, and named by Billboard the top female rap album of the 2010s.
Critically acclaimed, it won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, making Cardi the only woman to win the award as a solo artist, as well as the first female rap artist in 15 years to be nominated for Album of the Year.
It spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: Bodak Yellow, which made her the second female rapper to top the chart with a solo output, and I Like It, which made her the first female rapper to attain multiple number-one songs on the chart.
Her Maroon 5 collaboration, Girls Like You, made her the only female rapper to top the Hot 100 three times.
WAP, the lead single of her second album, expanded her record as the female rapper with the most Hot 100 number-one singles as her fourth leader, and made her the only female rap artist to achieve chart-topping singles in 2 decades.
Recognized by Forbes as one of the most influential female rappers of all time, Cardi's known for her aggressive flow and candid lyrics, which have received widespread media coverage.
She's the highest-certified female rapper of all time on the RIAA's Top Artists (Digital Singles) ranking, also appearing among the ten highest-certified female artists and having the top certified song by a female rap artist.
She's the only female rapper with multiple billion-streamers on Spotify, and her accolades include a Grammy Award, 8 Billboard Music Awards, 5 Guinness World Records, 4 American Music Awards, 11 BET Hip Hop Awards, and 2 ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards.
In 2018, Time included her on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
