<P> Belcalis Almanzar (born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American hip hop recording artist, and a television and social media personality . </P> <P> Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, she first attracted attention for discussing her career as a stripper on social media; coupled with her "no filter attitude", she became an Internet celebrity through Instagram . From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York . In February 2017, she signed her first major label record deal with Atlantic Records . Her debut single for Atlantic, titled "Bodak Yellow", reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, with the New York Times calling it "the rap anthem of the summer". </P> <P> Cardi B was born on October 11, 1992, to a Trinidadian mother and Dominican father . She was raised in the Highbridge neighborhood located in the South Bronx section of New York City . Growing up she spent a lot of time at her grandmother's place in Washington Heights, Manhattan, to which she credits having "such a thick accent". </P> <P> As a youth, Cardi B was a member of the Bloods street gang, claiming to have been a gangbanger since the age of 16 . She went on to attend Renaissance High School For Musical Theater & Technology, a small specialty school on the Herbert H. Lehman campus . During her teenage years, she was employed at an Amish Market supermarket in Lower Manhattan, which was the last job that she held before turning to stripping at the age of 19 . Upon being fired from Amish Market, her former manager recommended she work at a strip club . She has said she became a stripper to escape poverty and domestic violence, having been in an abusive relationship at the time . Cardi B has also said becoming a stripper was positive for her life in many ways: "It really saved me from a lot of things . When I started stripping I went back to school ." Cardi B said at the time she was involved in an abusive relationship with whom she lived with in a small Bronx apartment . She says stripping was her only way out, a way to earn enough money to escape her dire situation and get an education . Nonetheless, she ended up dropping out of college . </P>

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