Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar (born October 11, 1992) known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper. Born and raised in The Bronx, New York City, she first attracted attention for discussing her career as a stripper on social media; coupled with her “no filter attitude”, she became an Internet celebrity through Instagram. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, and released two mixtapes.
Since signing with Atlantic Records in 2017, she has earned two number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 with “Bodak Yellow” and “I Like It”. The former made her the second-ever female rapper to top the chart with a solo output, following Lauryn Hill in 1998; the latter made her the first female rapper to attain multiple number-one songs on the chart. Her debut studio album Invasion of Privacy (2018), on which both songs were included, reached number one on the Billboard 200. Time named the rapper one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list in 2018.
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