Cardi B Net Worth: Cardi B is a rapper, producer, reality television star, activist, and businesswoman from the United States. Cardi B’s net worth is $40 million as of this writing. Cardi initially gained notoriety as a Vine and Instagram personality. She was a regular cast member of the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip: New York” from 2015 to 2017. Cardi B’s career took off in 2017 with the success of her track “Bodak Yellow.” That single achieved diamond status. She is the only female rapper to have ever had a song certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. Cardi’s 2018 studio album “Invasion of Privacy” broke numerous streaming records, was certified triple platinum, and earned Cardi a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. Cardi is a social media juggernaut outside of music. She has over 100 million Instagram followers, over 6 billion YouTube views, over 35 million monthly Spotify listeners, and over 10 million TikTok lovers.
Important Facts
- Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar is his real name.
- Has a greater number of number one singles than any other female rapper.
- She holds the record for the most simultaneous Billboard Hot 100 songs by a female artist.
- Holds the record for the most Apple Plays in the first week for a female artist (100 million)
- $550,000 engagement ring
- Makes millions of dollars per year through OnlyFans, according to reports.
- Paid $170,000 for her Coachella performance and then spent $300,000 on production.
- Has nearly 100 million Instagram followers
- Has over 6 billion Youtube views
- On Spotify, she has 35 million monthly listeners.
Childhood
Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar was born in Manhattan on October 11, 1992 and raised in the Bronx. She is the daughter of a Dominican father and a Trinidadian mother.
She has seven siblings, the most famous of whom being Henessy Carolina. Cardi B began stripping at the age of 19, citing it as a positive experience: “Stripping actually rescued me from a number of situations. When I began stripping, I returned to school.” She initially enrolled at Borough of Manhattan Community College before leaving out.
She coined the stage name “Cardi B” as a play on Bacardi, a rum brand that was her previous moniker. She gained prominence and popularity in 2013 when multiple recordings of her went viral on social media platforms such as the video sharing app Vine and her Instagram profile.
Career Starts
Cardi B joined the cast of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: New York” in 2015, making her debut in the show’s sixth season. She amassed a sizable fan base on the show, with Jezebel naming her the sixth season’s breakout star.
After two seasons, she announced her departure from the show in December 2016 to pursue her own burgeoning musical career.
Career in Music
Cardi B made her musical debut in November 2015, just before she announced her departure from “Love & Hip Hop.” She was featured alongside Jamaican dancehall musician Popcaan on Shaggy’s remix of his track “Boom Boom.”
In December 2015, she released her first music video, “Cheap Ass Weave,” 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.
Cardi B continued to grow her name and fan base during this time period with appearances on shows such as Charlamagne Tha God’s “Uncommon Sense” and Khloe Kardashian’s “Kocktails with Khloe.”
Her big break occurred in February 2017, when she secured a recording deal with Atlantic Records, a prominent record label. She had just released her second mixtape, “Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 2,” the previous month (Jan. 2017).
She was nominated for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and Best New Artist at the 2017 BET Awards, but did not win either. However, she did perform at the BET Awards Afterparty. She later appeared on the cover of The Fader’s July/August 2017 Summer Music edition.
Cardi B Salary, Net Worth and Wealth
Cardi B signed with Atlantic Records and released her commercial breakthrough single “Bodak Yellow” on June 16, 2017. She performed on “The Wendy Williams Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to promote it.
Cardi B became the first female rapper to reach number one with a solo single since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998 as the song progressively climbed the charts, eventually peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 2017.
“Bodak Yellow,” dubbed “the rap anthem of the summer” by an editor at The New York Times, was certified septuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
It was also nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 60th Grammy Awards, and won the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards’ Single of the Year. Cardi B’s debut studio album, “Invasion of Privacy,” was released to critical acclaim in April 2018.
Cardi B became the first female artist to chart 13 songs concurrently on the Billboard Hot 100, as each song from the album debuted on the April 21 chart. The RIAA certified it double platinum in October 2018.
Time and Rolling Stone magazines both voted “Invasion of Privacy” the year’s finest album, and Time also selected Cardi B to its annual list of the world’s 100 most important people.
Cardi B is most known for her collaborations with G-Eazy and ASAP Rocky on “No Limit” (2017), Migos and Nicki Minaj on “MotorSport” (2017), Maroon 5 on “Girls Like You” (2018), and DJ Snake on “Taki Taki” (2018).
Additional Creative Activities
Cardi B made her feature film debut in the critically acclaimed 2019 film “Hustlers.” Additionally, she worked on the film “F9,” which will be released by Universal Pictures on May 22, 2020. Cardi B was confirmed as a judge alongside Chance the Rapper and T.I. on the Netflix competition and talent hunt series “Rhythm + Flow,” which premiered on October 9, 2019.
Entrepreneurship and Endorsements
 Cardi B’s first endorsement contract was with New York lingerie retailer Romantic Depot in 2016. Her advertisements for the brand aired on radio and cable television.
MAC Cosmetics, Gypsy Sport, Reebok, and Pepsi are among her other collaborations. In November 2018, she collaborated with fast fashion brand Fashion Nova to launch a clothing range.
Private Life
Cardi B began dating rapper Offset of the hip hop trio Migos openly in early 2017.
The couple announced their engagement publicly in October of that year, following Offset’s proposal at the Power 99 Powerhouse concert, while TMZ claimed in 2018 that their marriage licence suggests the couple married secretly in September 2017.
Cardi B followed up with a social media confirmation of this information. In July 2018, she gave birth to their daughter.
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Residential Real Estate
The couple purchased a $5.79 million mansion in Buckhead, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, in December 2019. They purchased the mansion for $5.5 million. The mansion was advertised for $10 million in 2017. The following video provides an overview of the property:
Divorce
Cardi B filed for divorce from Offset on September 15, 2020. Cardi demanded primary physical custody of their daughter Kulture, child support, and a fair distribution of assets due to the absence of a pre-nuptial agreement. They were already divorced at the time the filing was made.
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Cardi B’s Net Worth
- Cardi B’s net worth was initially reported on Celebrity Net Worth on January 12, 2016 at $400 thousand.
- On February 9, 2017, her net worth was revised to $1.5 million, and subsequently to $4 million on September 25, 2017.
- Her net worth was updated to $8 million in August 2018. Her net worth was updated to $12 million in May 2019.
- Between October 2018 and October 2019, she earned $28 million (before taxes). Her net worth was revised to $22 million.
- Cardi B’s estimated net worth is $40 million.
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