What We Learned About Cardi B from her Interview with CR Fashion Book
Cardi B is everyone’s favourite. Born Belcalis Almanzar, the Bronx-born star conquered the world with her infectious personality via Instagram and quickly parlayed her popularity into an astonishing musical career, becoming the first rapper to ever to have three singles in the Billboard Hot 100’s top ten simultaneously. Know for her endless quotability, Cardi unleashed on an Instagram commenter who suggested she might be harbouring a Kylie Jenner-style pregnancy secret, by responding, “No bitch, I’m just getting fat. Let me fat in peace.” Cardi B begat some magnificent truths into the world this week during her interview with fellow star Zendaya for CR Fashion Book, and we’ve picked our some of the choicest quotes for your enjoyment.
She loves her alone time.
“I’m also kind of a loner. I like to be in silence, think, and make myself laugh.”
She takes it slow and steady while writing her music.
“I see other artists, how they work, and sometimes I be feeling like, Wow, I’m really slow. But it works for me. I cannot do music in my bedroom with a beat. I have to be in the studio and when I am, I be in there for like, 15 hours.”
She takes care of her family.
“Well, one positive thing is that, my family, whatever they want, they get.”
She thinks having money isn’t quite as fun as it sounds.
“I feel like I was a little bit happier two or three years ago when I had less money. I had less people who had opinions about my life. I felt like my life was mine. Now I feel like I don’t even own my life.”
She thinks a lot about the future.
“My real goal is to have beautiful kids, a beautiful mansion, and do business that makes me money until the day I die.”
She is her own role model.
“I can’t really say that there’s another artist who I admire because I don’t really know them, I don’t see their struggles or their work ethic, like really see it behind the scenes.”
She’s black, duh.
“Some people want to decide if you’re black or not, depending on your skin complexion, because they don’t understand Caribbean people or our culture. I feel like people need to understand or get a passport and travel. I don’t got to tell you that I’m black. I expect you to know it.”
She lives to prove people wrong.
“I used to work in a very ratchet club named Divas in the Bronx. When I was 21, I was so in love with this guy. He used to tell me, “You’re going to be 40 years old still working at Divas.” It felt so good when he came back around and told me how proud he is.”
