Cardi B Net Worth

• Real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar
• Has more #1 singles than any other female rapper
• Holds the record for female artist with the most simultaneous singles on the Billboard Hot 100
• Holds the record for most first-week Apple plays for a female artist (100 million)
• Engagement ring cost $550,000
• Reportedly makes millions per year from OnlyFans
• Was paid $170k for her Coachella performance, then spent $300k on production for the performance
• Has over 100 million followers on Instagram
• Has more than 6 billion Youtube streams
• Has 35 million monthly listeners on Spotify

Early Life

Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar was born in Manhattan on October 11, 1992, and raised in The Bronx, New York City. She is the daughter of a Dominican father and a Trinidadian mother, with seven siblings, the most famous of whom is her sister Henessy Carolina. Cardi B began stripping at the age of 19 after attending Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology, citing it as a positive experience: “[Stripping] saved me from a lot of trouble. I returned to school once I began stripping.” She went to Borough of Manhattan Community College before dropping out.

Her stage moniker “Cardi B” was derived from the rum company Bacardi, which was her previous nickname. In 2013, she rose to prominence and fame as a result of multiple videos of her becoming viral on social media platforms such as the video-sharing app Vine and her Instagram profile.

Career Beginnings

Cardi B joined the cast of the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip Hop: New York” in 2015, appearing in season six. She amassed a sizable fan base on the program, and Jezebel named her the breakthrough star of the sixth season. She revealed in December 2016 that she will be quitting the show after two seasons to focus on her own burgeoning music career.

Music Career

Cardi B made her musical debut in November 2015, just before she announced her departure from “Love & Hip Hop.” She appeared alongside Jamaican dancehall musician Popcaan on Shaggy’s remix of his track “Boom Boom.” Her first music video, “Cheap Ass Weave,” was released in December 2015 as a cover of rapper Lady Leshurr’s “Queen’s Speech 4.” Cardi B released her first longer project, the mixtape “Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1,” in March 2016. She appeared on the 2016 compilation album “Underestimated: The Album,” which she collaborated on with fellow KSR Group artists HoodCelebrityy, SwiftOnDemand, Cashflow Harlem, and Josh X. During this time, Cardi B continued to grow her name and fan base by appearing on shows like “Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne” and “The View.”

Her big break occurred in February 2017, when she secured a recording contract with Atlantic Records, a prominent record label. She had just released her second mixtape, “Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 2,” the previous month (Jan. 2017). At the 2017 BET Awards, she was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, although she did not win either. However, she did perform at the BET Awards Afterparty. She was later featured on the cover of The Fader’s Summer Music July/August 2017 issue.

Cardi B released her commercial debut single “Bodak Yellow” with Atlantic Records on June 16, 2017. She appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to promote it. Cardi B became the first female rapper to achieve number one with a solo track since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998 as it progressively climbed the charts, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 2017. “Bodak Yellow,” dubbed “the rap anthem of the summer” by a New York Times editor, was certified septuple platinum by the RIAA. It was also nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 60th Grammy Awards, and it was named Single of the Year at the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards.

Cardi B’s debut studio album, “Invasion of Privacy,” was released in April 2018 to tremendous acclaim. Cardi B became the first female artist to chart 13 entries concurrently on the Billboard Hot 100 as every song from the album debuted at number one in the United States. In October 2018, the RIAA certified it as double platinum. Both Time and Rolling Stone rated “Invasion of Privacy” the finest album of the year, and Time put Cardi B on their annual list of the world’s 100 most important people.

Cardi B has collaborated on a number of notable collaborations, including “No Limit” (2017) with G-Eazy and ASAP Rocky, “MotorSport” (2017) with Migos and Nicki Minaj, “Girls Like You” (2018) with Maroon 5, and “Taki Taki” (2018) with DJ Snake.

Other Creative Pursuits

Cardi B made her feature film debut in the 2019 film “Hustlers,” which gained critical acclaim. She also contributed to the film “F9,” which will be released by Universal Pictures on May 22, 2020. Cardi B was confirmed as a judge on the Netflix competition and talent hunt series “Rhythm + Flow,” which launched on October 9, 2019, alongside Chance the Rapper and T.I.

Business Ventures and Endorsements

Cardi B’s first endorsement contract was with the New York lingerie retailer Romantic Depot in 2016. Her commercials for the brand aired on radio and cable television. She has also worked with MAC Cosmetics, Gypsy Sport, Reebok, and Pepsi. She released a clothing collection with fast fashion clothing brand Fashion Nova in November 2018.

Personal Life

Cardi B began publicly dating rapper Offset from the hip hop trio Migos in early 2017. Although TMZ claimed in 2018 that their marriage license suggests the couple married secretly in September 2017, the couple became publicly engaged in October that same year, after Offset proposed during the Power 99 Powerhouse performance. This revelation was later confirmed by Cardi B on social media. In July 2018, she gave birth to their daughter.

Real Estate

In December 2019, the couple paid $5.79 million for a mansion in Buckhead, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The mansion cost them $5.5 million. The mansion was listed for $10 million in 2017.

Divorce

Cardi B filed for divorce from Offset on September 15, 2020. Cardi claimed primary physical custody of their daughter Kulture, child support, and an equitable division of assets in the divorce filing because there was apparently no pre-nup. They had already been divorced at the time of the filing.

Cardi B Net Worth History

Cardi B’s net worth was initially listed on Celebrity Net Worth on January 12, 2016, with a figure of $400 thousand.

On February 9, 2017, her net worth was updated to $1.5 million, then on September 25, 2017, it was increased to $4 million.

Cardi B Net Worth was updated to $8 million in August 2018. Her net worth was updated to $12 million in May 2019.

Her net worth increased to $22 million after earning $28 million (before taxes) between October 2018 and October 2019.