Bronx rapper Cardi B talked about her past, her successful career and her journey to motherhood in an exclusive interview with W magazine published Tuesday (Oct. 9).
Before Cardi took the world by storm with her 2017 breakthrough hit "Bodak Yellow," she was a young stripper from New York City who utilized her resilient work ethic to survive and achieve her dreams. By creating hilariously magnetic videos on Instagram in her New York Latina accent, Cardi quickly accumulated thousands of followers who would later become the biggest supporters of her music career. Her breakthrough song "Bodak Yellow" propelled her to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the first female solo rapper to top the chart since Lauryn Hill in 1998. The hit single later paved the way for her Invasion of Privacy album released earlier this year, along with becoming the first female rapper to score three No. 1 singles on the Hot 100.