Cardi B, a Bronx native whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, has quickly found stardom with her hard-driving rhymes that unsentimentally tell a story of a rough life that included a stint as a stripper.
“Bodak Yellow,” released less than a year ago, made her one of the most watched names in rap — a genre dominated by men and, often, by machismo.
She raked in top prizes including single of the year at last year’s BET Hip Hop Awards, leading to high anticipation for her debut album — and she is not letting the pregnancy slow her down. The rapper is due to perform next weekend at Coachella, the premier US music festival — whose top headliner Beyonce pushed back her appearance by one year as she gave birth to twins in 2017.
The gossip site TMZ earlier reported that Cardi B is due to give birth in early July.