Cardi B has topped charts with her famous tracks over the past few years, and she’s only grown in popularity since stepping foot into the music industry.
The star is celebrating her 31st birthday today (October 11) and it’s only to be expected that she will be celebrating in style. Forbes has recognised Cardi as one of the most influential female rappers of all time and has herds of fans all over the world.
But before her fame, Cardi has a very different life and focused heavily on making money however she could. Cardi got fired from her job working at a Deli and later became a stripper, but that’s just one step on her high career ladder.
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To celebrate Cardi’s birthday, we’ve looked back at her varied career which has seen her go from deli assistant to superstar. But it’s not been an easy journey…
Deli Assistant
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Cardi’s first ever job was as a Deli assistant at an Amish Deli. However, the star was soon fired after she gave one of her friends a hefty discount.
When she was fired, Cardi claimed she was told by her boss to go and work at the strip club across the street. She said: “He didn’t say you’d be better [off], he was just like, ‘You have a nice body, I’m telling you, you should just work across the street. They make so much money, you look like one of those girls, I’m telling you.’”
Stripper
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Taking the advice from her boss, she joined the strip club across the street. Even now, Cardi reflects on the time as “really positive” adding that it “saved her. The rapper explained she went back to school after starting at the club.
Cardi, who was in an abusive relationship at the time and had been kicked out of her mother’s house, said she became a stripper to escape poverty and domestic violence. However, she didn’t tell her mum how she was making her money until a lot later on.
The rapper previously explained that she told her parents she was babysitting. She opted to lie after feeling “guilt and shame”, but when the money came in, things changed.
Reality star
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In 2015 Cardi tried out reality stardom. She joined Love & Hip Hop: New York, and made her first appearance in season 6.
The star was praised for her “one-liners” and became the breakout star of the season. But just one year and two seasons later, she confirmed she would be leaving the show to focus on her music career.
Rap Star
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With her firm focus on her career, Cardi quickly rose to fame and released multiple hit tracks, with Bodak Yellow acting as her breakout single.
Her album, Invasion of Privacy, was branded “one of the most powerful debuts of this millennium” by Variety and The New York Times. She then received a whopping five nominations at the 61st Grammy Awards in 2019 and has continued to break records and grow in popularity ever since.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
