Cardi B
Written and reviewed by Emma Carter Updated August 14, 2026 Fact checked August 14, 2026





Interesting Biography Facts
Real name
Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar
Occupation
rapper, singer, songwriter
Birth Date
October 11, 1992
Age
33 years
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York, United States
Education
Renaissance High School; Borough of Manhattan Community College
Nationality
American
Cardi B family members
Father's Name
Carlos Almanzar
Mother's Name
Clara Almánzar
Siblings names
Hennessy Carolina (younger sister)
Is Cardi B a lesbian/bisexual?
No
What is Cardi B marital status?
Separated from Offset with divorce pending; four children
Who is Cardi B husband?
Offset (estranged husband)
When did get married?
September 20, 2017 (divorce filed July 2024)
How many children does she have?
4 (daughters Kulture and Blossom; sons Wave and one son born in 2025)
Cardi B husband
Offset (husband, baby father)
Date of birth: December 14, 1991
Their contradictory relationship began in January 2017. Like many other people with a busy schedule they met on the set while collaborating on Belcalis’s song “Lick”. After that, the couple started appearing in public together. That very year the man proposed to her, and she agreed to become his wife. The next year Cardi B announced her pregnancy. In addition, she confessed, that had already tied the knot with Offset and is his wife legally. Their couple had a complicated relationship history and unfortunately, on December 5 Cardi announced their separation. She addressed her fans through Instagram and explained that she has a positive attitude towards her ex and she learned a lot from him. But in early 2019 they decided to give their relationship another chance and moved back again.
As of 2022, the couple is still together. In 2021 they welcomed the 2nd common child – a son Wave. On her 5th wedding anniversary, Cardi B announced that she plans to arrange a big official wedding. At their first wedding, which took place on September 20, 2017, just 2 of them were present.
Cardi B kids
Kulture Kiari Cephus (daughter)
Date of birth: July 10, 2018
Soon after announcing her separation from Offset, Belcalis posted on Instagram the pic of her baby girl. Thus, 4-months-old Kulture Kiari Cephus made her first public appearance. The cute baby immediately gained more than 5 million likes from her mother’s fans.
The little girl, whom Cardi named “my heart”, is the first child of the raptress and the fourth one of her father. As Cardi B said, her main aim as for now is to care about her kid and maintain an amicable relationship with her baby’s father.
Wave Set Cephus (son)
Date of birth: September 4, 2021
To know more about the son of Cardi B and her husband Offset, read here.
Who are Cardi B parents?
Carlos Almanzar (father)
The rapper didn’t share lots of info on her dad. She just opened up, that he served as a taxi driver. The man has Dominican roots. He broke up with the rapper’s mother many years ago, and it seems, that he and his famous daughter are not close. But Belcalis has an amicable relationship with her paternal grandmother, Esperanza Almanzar.
Clara Almánzar (mother)
Date of birth: September 19, 1965
Her mother served as a cashier. She re-married after her divorce to Cardi’s father, so our today heroine grew up with a stepfather. Ring singer was in tense relationship with him. Her mom comes from Trinidadian origin. During Cardi’s childhood, she traveled a lot, so the musician’s formative years passed both, in Bronx and Washington Heights.
Cardi B siblings
Hennessy Carolina Almanzar (younger sister)
Date of birth: December 22, 1995
In her early years, Hennessy named her older sibling as Bacardi, to imagine that both of them have names of strong alcohol drinks. Later that childhood moniker turned into her stage name.
The girl got her strange name from her father because the man got drunk just before her birth. She gained popularity as a reality TV star. Hennessy acted opposite her older sister in the show “Love & Hip Hop: New York”. Then she channeled her energy to design and fashion. Currently, the young woman studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She plans to launch her own line of clothing. Hennessy currently lives in Astoria, NY.
She has several siblings from paternal side, too.
Bio
Cardi B, born Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, is an American rapper and songwriter from the Bronx. She first gained broad attention through social media and “Love & Hip Hop: New York” before her single “Bodak Yellow” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her debut album “Invasion of Privacy” won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. She released her second studio album, “Am I the Drama?,” in 2025 and supported it with the Little Miss Drama Tour. Cardi filed for divorce from Offset in July 2024. They share Kulture, Wave and Blossom; she welcomed a fourth child, a son, with Stefon Diggs in November 2025. Her current relationship status has not been clearly confirmed.
Interesting and fun facts
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- “Bodak Yellow” made Cardi B the first solo female rapper in nearly two decades to top the Billboard Hot 100.
- “Invasion of Privacy” won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
- Her second studio album, “Am I the Drama?,” arrived in 2025.
- She is the mother of four children.
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