She is a stripper who saved $200,000 to launch her new career and is already worth 8 million dollars and won 2 Grammys so far and is up for 5 more Grammy nominations that she might win in February.  She is Cardi B. Her song called Bodak Yellow thrust her from being an unknown rapper girl to being at the top of the sales charts. Her number one hit put the 26 year old at the top and now she is a fashionista too. I guess all that stripper training makes her feel comfortable to be out in the open and free to be seen. Her song called I Like It tells us all that she loves her sexuality too and a good Latin beat.  She isn’t stupid. She already did a crossover song with Maroon 5 called Girls Like You to appeal to another musical audience.

Cardi B became the first female rapper to have 3 billboard number one singles at the same time. Her 5 new nominations include Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Her greatest appeal is her open personality and the way her relatable speech is to people. From the Bronx, New York this Hispanic woman was born Belcalis Almanzar who had a nickname of Barcardi and then she called herself Cardi B. When 17 years old she joined a gang and got kicked out of her house. She worked at a grocery store to make ends meet. Then she got fired for always being late. Her boss told her to get out and be a stripper. So she did.

The next day she went to the strip club and got hired on the spot. Within 5 hours she made her previous pay check that took her a week to earn. Once she saved lots of money she then put out mix tapes. She appeared on the reality show Love and Hip Hop. Then she posted lots of pictures of herself on Instagram and went from 5,000 followers to 38 million followers. Time Magazine named her one of the most 100 influential people. Does she deserve all this fame and fortune?

Recently at a very classy fashion show she got into a fight with Nicki Minaj throwing curse words and her shoe. You can take a girl out of the Bronx but you can’t take the Bronx out of the girl. SIGH! She ended up in court for another cat fight in a strip club   charged with a Misdemeanor Assault. It has been an extraordinary year for her and she always bounces back.  So is she some kind of inspiration?