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Chapter 1:

Cardi B’s Highlights Reel

C ardi B may never have thought that in her life she would go from humble beginnings growing up in the Bronx, New York—born of a mother from Trinidad

and a father from the Dominican Republic—to working in a lower Manhattan supermarket to reality star and top female rapper. She certainly would have never counted on such success coming her way all before the young age of twenty-five. Cardi B has used her reality show stardom and an independent spirit to become a noticeable rising hip-hop and rap star. She has already put out several albums and mixtapes, singles, and collaborations with many industry stars, such as Bruno Mars, and is worth paying attention to as someone who is taking the industry by storm. Cardi B’s music is a true reflection of who she is and what she has become in these few number of years. The realness of her sound and message has a broad

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Cardi B

Cardi B

HIP-HOP & R&B