It’s no secret rapper Cardi B has lived a crazy life. From dancing on the pole to hitting the stage, Cardi has definitely experienced some insane moments through her journey. The Bronx rapper reveals she once had $20,000 stolen from her while she wasn’t home.
Cardi B during her days as a stripper.
According to HipHop DX, the 29-year-old rap artist sat down with Angela Yee on the last episode of the Lip Service podcast where she discussed a robbery that left her traumatized. She tells Yee she came home one day and all her money was gone.
A disturbing moment in the interview.
The W.A.P. artist stated she used to say, ‘I’m 20 years old and I got $20,000. And that just always made me hyped up ’cause I worked hard for it.” Cardi told the girls on Lip Service she shook her a** real hard for it and then came home one day with only $1000 left in her stash. She said, “I’m counting the money and everything, I’m about to put it in my stash and I’ve got like $1,000.” The rapper admitted she was going insane calling him as he went a whole day ignoring her. “I’m traumatized. This n*gga gave me back like $4,000, talking about, ‘The weed, I got the package…’ It traumatized me. I can’t. See, I’m almost getting shaky.”
Cardi tells Lip Service she worked for her $20k before any surgeries and that was the breaking point of their relationship.
The “Hot Sh*t” rapper admits she got her a** done when she was about 21. She says she always had big breasts, but she was so skinny so she had to work extra hard as a dancer to make her money. After questioning her ex about taking off to California for some weed, she claims he said he was not getting an ounce he was getting pounds. She continued to express that she felt she had to get rid of him. She did not want to risk more money stolen. “I used to pray to God like, ‘God, please let me stop now, I just don’t wanna like this n*gga anymore. Like, let me move on.”
Cardi B attends "The Road to F9" Global Fan Extravaganza. Image source: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images.
Sometimes a friend has to be the voice of reason. Cardi could clearly attest to that after yesterday’s drunk & chaotic IG live session.
Cardi B firstly rose to fame by posting unfiltered videos of her thoughts on Instagram. Years later, she was still using the platform to self-express. Bardi Gang had always supported their faves antics, but recently a live session ended before it could even really begin.
Cardi’s Short Celebration
This weekend, Cardi got on Instagram live to celebrate the drop of her new single “Hot Shit,” featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk. In a video from the live, one could clearly hear Cardi shouting out her two collaborators.
“I want to say thank you, Kanye. Thank you, Lil Durk. Deadass,” she began. “I haven’t had the chance to hit up Lil Durk and Kanye, but–” just before Cardi could finish her sentence, she was swiftly interrupted by her friend.
“She gotta go,” the unnamed woman said before ending the live stream. Of course, this was no easy task with a dominant personality like the “Up” artist. After some struggle, the friend agreed to let the IG live continue so drunk Cardi could say her thanks. “I just want to say I’m thankful.” Cardi explained, to which an exhausted friend replied, “Alright, say your thanks and then get off live.”
In an entirely expected turn, Cardi ignored her friend’s pleas. She continued the live with another companion, letting the friend hold the phone while Cardi danced to her new single. As things were getting a little PG-13 with a car seat twerk session, the IG stream was finally cut short. The aforementioned friend took the phone and ended things for good this time. “End the live,” she said. Obviously, this mystery girl is the level head of the group.
“Hot Shit” is currently charting in the Daily Global Apple Music at #8. The song by Cardi B features Durk and Kanye, also presenting a production by Tay Keith and BanBwoi. You can stream it now on YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal.
Cardi B spilled and Angie Martinez sipped on a radio interview with the two New York natives. Find out what to expect from Cardi in 2022.
Hot Shit’ by Cardi B featuring Lil Durk and Kanye West is fresh on the music scene.. This kicks off a long series of promo for the Bronx MC. Cardi’s last album Invasion of Privacy saw career-changing success with all 13 tracks going platinum and 2022 being its fourth consecutive year on the Billboard Top 200. Now that so much time has passed and tons more female rappers have entered the game, all eyes are on Cardi to follow up her magnum opus.
Cardi coming back
The ‘Up’ rapper gave Angie some hints on her upcoming album and some additional projects. The 40-minute interview touched on both the music and the personal.
Angie and Cardi began with discussing her latest single ‘Hot Shit’. Surprisingly, Cardi revealed that dropping new music still makes her nervous. “I just get emotional, I start tearing out of nowhere…I’m scared!” She exclaimed jokingly. Cardi is known for taking long gaps in between projects. Aside from ‘Shake It’ featuring Kay Flock, Cardi hasn’t dropped a single since ‘Up’ over a year ago.
“I should just stop waiting so long to drop records, so when I drop again I won’t be as nervous,” she pondered.
Putting new music off is a habit the 29-year-old shares with her husband Offset. It’s been over three years since his solo album Father of 4. Perhaps that’s why he’s so good at managing his spouse’s nerves.
“I just keep thinking who can I put in this song cause I just feel like this beat is not for everybody” Cardi expounded on her newest song. In one interesting observation, she took note of the repetitiveness of male rap features.
“I don’t feel like there’s a lot of male artists right now(…) I feel like I keep hearing the same male artists…seriously.”
Well, it goes without saying, Durk and Kanye are certainly an unexpected combo. The two Chicago rappers worked together on an introspective Donda last year, but never on a rough beat a la ‘Hot Shit’. Produced by Tay Keith and BanBwoi, This marks Cardi’s first-ever track with both artists. She’s proudly showing she’s not afraid to take risks this album rollout.
Where is the song of the summer?
Fans wondering about a music video for ‘Hot Shit’ can keep calm. Cardi confirmed visuals are on the way. Following in line with the features, Cardi decided to step out of her comfort zone with the video. “I did something that I never did before, and that I’m always against,” she began. “CGI. I’m really against that, I never really did it, never really liked it. But I was like you know what lemme try something different.” According to Cardi, the video was filmed back in spring. However, the CGI animation is incomplete with no official release date in sight.
Another project still without an official drop date is Cardi’s sophomore album. The follow-up to Invasion of Privacy has been teased for years by the former LHH star. While clues have been extremely limited, Cardi did confirm during an appearance on Playboy’s Centerfold platform that both ‘Up’ and ‘WAP’ will make the tracklist. There always seems to be a reason for Cardi not to release her album, but her biggest setback at the moment is a lack of inspiration.
“Right now I’m so disconnected with the music. It’s like, I go to the strip club and my money is still here. Because I don’t even wanna throw money to the song that’s playing right now, cause everything sounds so slow, nothing is hyping me up.” Cardi explained to Angie. This is a sentiment largely shared by music fans on social media . Particularly, the lack of a “song of the summer” has been noted by both the public and the Bronx rapper.
A part of this issue is the internet, at least that’s what Cardi believes. A key portion of this interview was a perspective Cardi offered on how internet culture impacts the success of a song. Instead of hearing a track and forming an opinion for themselves, social media users often rely on the first impressions of others for song reviews. This leads to many potential listeners being turned off before they’ve ever given a song a chance.
This trend could be seen recently with Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind. Upon its release, it was quickly dubbed as a “bad album” on the basis of its unusual house beats and vocals. Obviously, it’s fine not to like an artist’s work. But how many Twitter users do you think heard all 14 tracks before disliking it the same morning it dropped?
“People are not giving things a chance. How people was judging fucking drake album, that shit was out for two minutes!!”
Truly, the listening public is making up its mind faster and harsher than ever. It’s no coincidence the Billboard charts are currently so stagnant, with quarantine-era tracks like ‘Levitating’ and ‘Stay’still hanging on to the top 20. This makes for a difficult time to land a hit song, and Cardi recognizes that.
A businesswoman in and out the home
A sophomore album isn’t the only thing Bardi Gang has to be excited about. “After I do this album, I want to do a mixtape with my husband.” Cardi revealed. Offset and Cardi B have rapped together several times. once on 2019’s ‘Clout’, and before then on Quality Control: Control the Streets Vol 1. Even before Cardi’s time in the mainstream spotlight, the couple worked together on Gangsta Bitch Music Vol 2. Aside from their personal connection, it’s clear why Cardi gravitates to her husband musically.
The focus then shifted to Cardi’s business ventures, of which there are many. From alcoholic whip cream to Reeboks, to Playboy, this rapper wears many hats. As creative director of Playboy, the ‘Like It’ artist has input on the aesthetic and content of the magazine. Tons of celebs take secondary roles in companies just for the bragging rights or extra points on their resume, but Cardi has shown some real passion and even realer results. Since making her creative director, Playboy has seen a revenue increase of 63% with a total growth of$69.4 million. Evidently, this job position is permanent.
While discussing her affairs with Playboy, the wife and mother teased a brand new platform for the company. Centerfold is meant to serve as a competitor to OnlyFans. During the Covid-19 quarantine, OnlyFans blew up as a vessel for models, singers, rappers, and sex workers alike to make easy money providing exclusive content. Not much info was given on Centerfold but it is confirmed Jordyn Woods will serve as an ambassador.
Paying it forward
Cardi topped the interview off with a segment focusing on fellow New Yorker and female rap pioneer Lil Kim. As Angie and Cardi spoke on celebs they believe get too much hate, Lil Kim’s name popped up. Immediately, Cardi showed respect. “I really want to put her on a song on my album and I can’t wait” Cardi divulged. “She has done it all. She’s really done it all” in a compelling moment, Cardi tied this topic back to her comments earlier on the internet’s influence on the music industry. In recent years, Lil Kim has been the victim of mass online bullying mainly concerning her appearance. Although rap fans still maintain a level of respect for the Brooklyn legend, her rep amongst younger listeners has been damaged by memes and petty jokes.
“Cause you wasn’t there. You just don’t understand the certain impacts and certain shit.”
As far as future plans go, it’s more of the same for Cardi B. She’ll be making her rounds this festival season, performing for her fans, and getting back into the swing of things. Following the birth of her son Wave and the COVID concert restrictions lifting, Cardi’s plate is about to be extremely full. But judging from this jam-packed interview, this Bronx girl is used to being busy.
Rapper Cardi B has returned. She released her latest single “Hot Sh*t,” featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk at midnight on Jul. 1. The new track arrived just in time for Jul. 4 weekend, as the holiday is falls on the following Monday.
Cardi Debuts A Snippet Of “Hot Sh*t”
Cardi, whose real name is Belcalis Alamanzar, dropped a snippet of “Hot Sh*t” during the 2022 BET Awards. The highly-anticipated award show aired via the iconic Black culture platform on June 26.
The snippet appeared in a video clip of the Bronx rapper dancing in the middle of a city landscape. She danced and wore a very futuristic looking outfit in the clip, which immediately went viral on social media. As such, her fans went berserk and declared that she was going to drop some heat.
Following the award show promo, Cardi dropped an image of the single art for new track. The image features her sitting in the back of a luxury car in nothing but a bowl haircut, sunglasses, metal pasties, and metal pumps on. Legendary rapper Lil Kim’s fans immediately linked the picture to the Brooklyn native’s classic photo where she’s sitting in a car naked.
The Bronx Native Goes On Instagram Live To Discuss Her New Song
An hour before “Hot Sh*t” officially dropped, the 29-year-old went live on Instagram. During her live, she revealed that she was unsure about dropping the song. She reportedly held onto it for three years, making it older than “WAP” which was released in 2020.
However, she seemed sure that, despite her reluctance, she made a good call. Cardi explained that the song appeals to many different types of people.
“It’s masculine, it’s great for the clubs, it’s great for the b*****s,” she said.
Cardi Credits Legendary Reggae Artist For His Song Sample In “Hot Sh*t”
“Hot Sh*t” is Cardi’s first single since 2021, when she released her hit single “Up.” She credited Jamaican icon Bunny Wailer, who originally wrote “Electric Boogie” as she sampled the iconic song in her track. “Electric Boogie” also known as “Electric Slide” was later released by Jamaican singer Marcia Griffiths.
On Monday, June 27th, The W.A.P. rapper took to Twitter and Instagram to announce her new single “Hot Sh*t” will be featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk. The single is set to drop on Friday, July 1st and will be available on all streaming platforms.
Cardi Express’s her disappointment with “Hot Sh*t’s” upcoming release as her team is not cooperating.
Cardi B took to Instagram Live to express her disappointment with her new collab featuring West, and Durk. She says “I am so overwhelmed and I’m so upset, a lot of people have been dropping the ball for the past two months. There has been a lot of communication and not enough communication.” She continues to tell us how the song is quite different from her previous songs. “It’s something that I feel like y’all haven’t heard from me before,” I feel like people is expecting a lot of sl*tness.” She adds that many people compare her songs to TikTok hits saying the song is definitely not that. However it will be more masculine and great for the club.
According to Billboard, Cardi has not put out any music of her own since 2021’s “Up,” which hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart in March that year. “Up” which followed “W.A.P,” stayed number 1 on the charts for 1 consecutive week in 2021. “W.A.P.” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, however, spent four weeks topping the Hot 100 in 2020. “Hot Sh*t” will be Cardi’s first single in a while and fans seem to be excited for the new collab.
Ye show’s love and excitement to be working with Cardi.
Back in January, Kanye revealed he had finished a verse for the the South Bronx rapper, however, he did not reveal too much details. In an interview with Hollywood Unlocked, Ye refers to Cardi telling Jason Lee, “My cousins was saying ‘Come by here’ yesterday but I was finishing, I was finishing that verse for your girl, you know what I mean?” He continues to say, “I always believed in her since she was on Love & Hip-Hop, period.”
