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Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and television personality.{{Cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8463929/-i-like-it-hitting-no-1-means-to-latin-music-billboard-chart-cardi-b-j-balvin-bad-bunny |title=The Times Have Changed: What 'I Like It' Hitting No. 1 Means to Latin Music |last=Cobo |first=Leila |date=July 3, 2018 |work=Billboard |accessdate=July 6, 2018}} Born and raised in The Bronx, New York City, she first attracted attention for discussing her career as a stripper on social media; she became an Internet celebrity after several of her posts and videos went viral on Vine and Instagram.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/22/cardi-b-cover-story-interview|title=Cardi B Did It Her Way|author=Kameir, Rawiwa|date=June 22, 2017|publisher=The Fader|accessdate=July 17, 2017}} From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York to follow her music aspirations, and released two mixtapes—Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/cardi-b-announces-debut-album-invasion-of-privacy/|title=Cardi B Announces New Album Invasion of Privacy {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-14}}

Cardi B has earned three number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100; "Bodak Yellow" made her the second female rapper to top the chart with a solo output, "I Like It" made her the first female rapper to attain multiple number-one songs on the chart, and her Maroon 5 collaboration "Girls Like You" extended the mentioned record. Released through Atlantic Records, her critically acclaimed album Invasion of Privacy (2018), on which the first two songs were included, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and broke several streaming records.{{Cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8337801/cardi-b-invasion-of-privacy-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-album-chart |title=Cardi B's 'Invasion of Privacy' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=March 15, 2018 |work=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8312613/cardi-b-sets-apple-music-record-most-streamed-album-by-female-one-week|title=Cardi B Sets Apple Music Record For Most Streamed Album by Female Artist in One Week|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=April 13, 2018|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 13, 2018}} That year, Time included her on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.{{Cite magazine|date=April 19, 2018|title=Cardi B by Taraji P. Henson|url=http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217533/cardi-b/|magazine=Time|access-date=April 19, 2018}}

Among her number of accolades, she has received two Grammy Award nominations, a Billboard Music Award, two BET Awards, and three MTV Video Music Awards.