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Cardi B was born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar on October 11, 1992, and was raised in New York City, according to Wikipedia. Her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), debuted atop the Billboard 200 and made her the first solo female artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Its singles "Bodak Yellow" and "I Like It" both topped the Billboard Hot 100.
In October 2026 she made her NPR Tiny Desk debut. Read our Tiny Desk recap.
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Our newest Cardi B story, from October 20, 2026, is "Cardi B's Tiny Desk Drew Such a Huge Crowd That NPR Had to Turn People Away, and Her Set Was All Hits": Cardi B finally made her NPR Tiny Desk debut with eight songs, a 10-piece band led by Adam Blackstone and one of the biggest crowds the NPR Music office has ever seen.
Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (Wikipedia).
She was born on October 11, 1992 (Wikipedia).
