Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (/?b?lk?li?z ??l?mænz??r/, Spanish: [al?mansa?]; born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper and songwriter.^[2] She is known for her aggressive flow and candid lyrics. Born and raised in New York City, she became an internet celebrity by achieving popularity on Vine and Instagram. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, which depicted her pursuit of her music aspirations, and released two mixtapes: Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 (2016) and Vol. 2 (2017).

Cardi B
Cardi B in an interview in 2019
Born	Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar October 11, 1992 (age 30) New York City, U.S.
Other names	Belcalis Almánzar-Cephus
Education	Herbert H. Lehman High School
Occupation	Rapper   songwriter   actress
Years active	2015–present
Spouse	Offset   ? (m. 2017)?
Children	2
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	KSR[1] Atlantic
Website	cardib.com

Her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was named the top female rap album of the 2010s by Billboard. Critically acclaimed, it made Cardi B the only woman to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a solo artist, and marked the first female rap album in 15 years nominated for Album of the Year. It spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100; with "Bodak Yellow", its lead single, Cardi B became the first female rapper to top the Hot 100 with a solo song in the 21st century and the first to achieve a diamond-certified song by the RIAA, while "I Like It" marked the first time a female rapper attained multiple number-one songs on the Hot 100. Her third Hot 100 number-one, the collaboration "Girls Like You" with band Maroon 5, made her the only female rapper to achieve multiple diamond-certified songs by the RIAA. She has since released two singles from her upcoming second studio album — "WAP" (2020) and "Up" (2021), both of which topped the Hot 100 and other charts worldwide.

Recognized by Forbes as one of the most influential female rappers of all time, Cardi B holds various records among women in hip hop; she is the female rapper with the most number-one singles (five) on the Billboard Hot 100, the only to achieve multiple solo number ones and the only to earn number ones in two decades (2010s and 2020s) on the chart. She is also the female rapper with the most diamond-certified songs (three) by the RIAA, the highest-certified female rapper of all time on their Top Artists (Digital Singles) ranking, on which she is also among the 10 highest-certified women, and the female rapper with the most songs with a billion streams on Spotify—where she also has the most-streamed female rap album. She was the first lead artist to top the Billboard Global 200. Her accolades include a Grammy Award, eight Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, six American Music Awards, 14 BET Hip Hop Awards, and two ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards. In 2018, Time magazine included her on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, Billboard honored her as Woman of the Year. Outside of music, she became the creative director of entertainment magazine Playboy in 2022.

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