Cardi B Net Worth, Personal & Early Life, Education & Career

Net Worth (2024)	$80 Million
Hight	5 feet 3 inches
Birthdate	Oct 11, 1992
Age	31 years old
Birth Place	New York City, U.S.

The American rapper Belcalis Marlenis Cephus, better known by the stage name Cardi B, has a net worth of $80 million. New York City is the hometown of Cardi B, where she was born and spent most of his lifetime. She starts her career as a social media influencer on Vine and Instagram. After gaining initial fame, she proved herself as a successful rapper, producer, entrepreneur, and actress. A big chunk of Cardi B’s net worth comes from her music catalogue, which is approximately $50. Her music catalogue evaluation can significantly increase as she is still at the peak of her career.

Along with her initial success on social media, she also remains a part of a reality television show called “Love &Hip: New York.” This series is telecasted by VH1 channel. On this reality TV show, she expresses her passion for music. After getting recognition from this show, she launched her first mixtape in 2016 with the name of “Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol 1.” The second volume of this album was released in 2017. Her career rose significantly in 2017 after her successful solo song called “Bodak Yellow.” Due to the successful launch of this song, she was categorized as the “Diamond”. She got the honour of being the only rapper who achieved more than one RIAA diamond-certified song. 

“Invasion of Privacy,” her debut solo album, reached number one on the Billboard 200 in 2018. Her album also received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. No doubt she got recognition for her music career. Still, she is also a superstar in the universe of social media, as she has more than 169 million followers only on Instagram. Her YouTube stream is 7 billion, and she has an average of 30 million Spotify listeners per month. She also has over 22 million TikTok fans worldwide. 

Early Life

A native of Washington Heights in Manhattan, New York City, Cardi B was born on October 11, 1992. Her birth name is Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, which was changed later to Cardi B. Her nickname Cardi B comes from “Bacardi”, which is a rum brand from the USA. The name of her father is Carlos. Her father comes from “A Dominican” background, and her mother’s name is “Clara.” Clara is the daughter of an African and Spanish Trinidadian family. As a result, Cardi B becomes an “Afro-Latina” descent. She got a “thick accent” because she spent most of her time with her grandmother in the Highbridge neighbourhood of the South Bronx. 

Cardi B joined a gang “Blood” when she was only sixteen years old, but she left this gang early. On the basis of her experience, she recommended that others not join such gangs. During the early years of her life, Cardi B suffered from domestic violence and poverty. She worked in a grocery store in Tribeca, New York and then as a dancer in a strip club as a result of her domestic situation. According to Cardi B, she also chose striping she had to leave her mother’s house. She also hides the truth about working in a strip club from her mother by saying that she earned money from the job of babysitting. 

Education

To get an education, Cardi B attended multiple schools. She got musical theatre and technology education from “Renaissance High School. She also got an education from a Vocational High School” which is situated on one of the Herbert H. Lehman High School’s campuses. During her studies, she got into a severe domestic situation and left school to earn money in a striping club. After working and earning some money, she tried to restart her education journey. She took admission to “The Borough of Manhattan Community College”, but her dream of study remained incomplete as she dropped out of this school in a short time. 

Personal life, Age, Height

Cardi B has a very on-and-off romantic relationship. In the first month of 2017, Cardi B and Offset started their romantic relationship. The couple started dating and eventually engaging in the last months of 2019. Cardi B and Offset welcomed their first baby girl on July 10, 2018. A newspaper revealed that Cardi B and Offset married secretly in 2017, which was later confirmed by Cardi B via Instagram.

After the birth of their first child, Cardi B announced that she got separated from Offset in the last month of 2018. After reconciliation, both reunited and jointly appeared on the stage of the Grammy Awards function in February 2019. 

Cardi B gave birth to the second child of Offset on September 4, 2021. Before the birth, Cardi B also filed a divorce in September 2020. But they reconciled again and stayed together. In 2023, Cardi B expressed via Instagram that she separated from Offset and living her life as single. The current status of Cardi B’s romantic life is unclear. 

As of 2024, the age of Cardi B is thirty-one years. She has an average height of only 1.6 meters, which is approximately 5 feet and 3 inches.

Career: How Cardi B Make Her Net Worth

Cardi B began her career by joining the cast of “Love & Hip Hop: New York.” It is a reality TV show that was telecasted on VH1 channel in 2015. She joined the sixth season of this show and is considered a “Breakout Star.” Cardi B’s salary for a single season is between $200,000 to $30,000.  In 2016, she also continued as part of this show, but at the end of 2016, she decided to leave the show to focus on her music career. 

It was the November of 2015 when she started her musical career. Her debut song was “Boom Boom,” which is a remix of “Shaggy.”  In the next month, she releases her first music video, “Cheap Ass Weave.” After the success of her first songs, Cardi B released her first mixtape, “Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol.1” on March 2016. In the same year, she also appeared in “KSR Group” ‘s album titled “Underestimate: The Album.” She collaborated with the following KSR artists:

• Josh X
• HoodCelebrity
• SwiftOnDemand
• Cashflow Harlem

Her fame also increased in 2016 when she appeared in the following famous shows:

Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne

• Kocktails with Khloe
• Career Breakthrough

Further, in the first month of 2017,  Cardi B released the second volume of her album “Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2.” On the basis of this song, she was nominated for the famous musical award “Bet Awards”, but unfortunately, she couldn’t win the awards for “Best New Artist” and “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist.” February 2017 is the month of Cardi B’s career breakthrough. This month, she finalized her deal with “Atlantic Records. Under the umbrella of Atlantic Records, she released her first song, “Bodak Yellow”, in June 2017. 

This is one of the famous initial songs of Cardi B, which got number one rant on the “Billboard Hot 100” chart. Bodak Yellow got first position in September 2017 and became the first female rapper to achieve this goal. “RIAA” also give credit to Cardi B’s Bodak Yellow by categorizing it as “Septuple Platinum.”  This song also got a nomination from the 60th Grammy Awards. She received the award “Single of the Year” in 2017, that is awarded by “BET Hip Hip Awards.”

Studio Album

Her first studio album was released in April 2018, titled “Invasion of Privacy.” This album also gained lots of popularity and was ranked number one in the USA. 13 songs of this album have been listed at the same time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Cardi B earns a significant amount from the selling of 2,3500 copies after a week of release. This album plays a substantial role in building Cardi B’s massive net worth.

A double platinum certificate was also awarded to this album by RIAA in 2018. Her first studio album was also categorized as “Best Song of The Year” by two well-known magazines, i.e. “Rolling Stone” and “Time Magazine.” 

Collaborative Work

Although Cardi B earned a lot of success in her solo song venture. Apart from solo songs, she appears in multiple collaborative songs. Following is the list that indicates her successful collaborative work:

• She released the “No Limit” song in 2017 in collaboration with “G-Eazy.”
• In the same year, Carbi collaborated with “Migos” and “Nikki Minaj” for a song titled “MotorSport.”
• “Girls Like You” is another famous collaborative project of Cardi B with “Maroon 5”, which was released in 2018. 
• In 2018, she also released her song “Taki Taki”, in which she collaborated with “DJ Snake.”
• In 2022, she sang two songs. The first song is “Tomorrow 2”, which was collaborated with “GloRilla” and “Shake It” with “Kay Flock.
• Her latest collaborative project is “Put on da Floor Again” with famous artist “Latto. She collaborated with “Offset” to make her song “Jealousy.” “FendiDa Rappa” is the artist in the collaborative song of Cardi B titled “Point Me 2.”

Other Career Ventures

Cardi B primarily earns fame due to her music career. But she didn’t stop there and actively took part in Hollywood as an actress. She appears in multiple big movies. Cardi B’s first movie is “Hustlers”, which was released in 2019. The audience dramatically appreciates her work in this movie. Following the success of his first movie, she again appears in her second movie, “F9.” This movie was released to the cinema in 2020 by Universal Pictures.

Cardi B also participates in Netflix’s talent hunt show “Rhythm+ Flow” as a judge. She was accompanied by other judges like “Chane The Rapper” & “TI in 2019.

“Cardi Tries” is a web series of Cardi B that premiered on FaceBook Messenger. She released a total of three seasons of this series. 

Entrepreneurship and Brand Endorsements

Cardi B also earns a lot of wealth from her business ventures. For example, she launched her clothing brand, which is famously known as “Fashion Nova.” Cardi B also Invested in real estate to earn more money. She purchased a property in Buckhead for $5.5 million, which is currently on sale for $10 million. 

She also collaborated with McDonald’s to launch “Cardi B and Offset Meal” on Valentine’s Day. The brand endorsement also contributed to making her mighty $80 million net worth. She collaborated with big industry giants like:

• Pepsi
• Reebok
• MAC Cosmetics
• Gypsy Sport

FAQs

Apart from this informative piece, visit our Entertainment Category if you want to know about Paul Inouye Wife.