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  • Cardi B denies plastic surgery rumours

    Cardi B denies plastic surgery rumours

    American rapper and songwriter, Cardi B, has denied rumours of undergoing plastic surgery just a month after giving birth to her third child.

    The 31-year-old artist addressed the claims on social media, clarifying that her hourglass figure is the result of wearing a reliable girdle.

    She wrote: ‘Y’all really need to relax ..This is how my body REALLY LOOKS LIKE,’ she tweeted alongside recent photos of her wearing a nude dress and a black dress.

    Read Also: Cardi B, Offset welcome third child

    ‘My body looks exaggerated in the other video cause I have a 5X faja [girdle] on…I want yall to think wit yall brain ..Yall was just praising my body couple days ago …do yall think I went and got surgery in 2 days?’

  • Cardi B, Offset welcome third child

    Cardi B, Offset welcome third child

    Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B has announced the arrival of her third child with estranged partner Offset, weeks after filing for divorce.

    The 31-year-old shared a heartwarming photo of her newborn baby girl, born on September 7.

    “”The prettiest lil thing 9/7/24,” she wrote.

    Despite their pending divorce, the couple appears to be on amicable terms, with Offset featured in photos alongside Cardi and their baby girl.

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    The hip-hop power couple, who secretly wed in 2017, are already parents to six-year-old daughter Kulture and two-year-old son Wave.

    Last month, Cardi filed for divorce from Offset, seeking primary custody of their children and child support.

    The 32-year-old rapper, known for his successful solo career and as a member of Migos, has yet to publicly comment on the divorce proceedings.

  • Cardi B denies bleaching skin amid speculations

    Cardi B denies bleaching skin amid speculations

    American rapper Cardi B has refuted claims of bleaching her skin. 

    Reacting to a post suggesting she was bleaching, Cardi B stated that it’s impossible to bleach while pregnant and attributed her pale skin to being slightly anemic during pregnancy.

    She described the physical effects of pregnancy, including pale skin, sunken eyes, greenish veins, and sensitivity to the sun. 

    Cardi B emphasised that people should think more critically and not jump to conclusions.

    She wrote: “Bleaching while pregnant? Why must y’all be so dumb? Actually no! I’m pregnant I’m slightly anemic, this baby suckin’ all the energy off my body to the point I’m pale, eyes sunken, veins green ASF, can’t tan under the sun cause I get hot super fast and dizzy. Please stop thinking with your a**hole.”

    This response comes after Cardi B recently confirmed husband, Offset, is the father of her third child, despite their ongoing divorce proceedings.

  • How social media criticisms, fear crippled my career – Cardi B

    How social media criticisms, fear crippled my career – Cardi B

    Prominent American rapper Cardi B has opened up about how fear and social media anxiety affected her career.

    In a candid chit-chat with Complex 360 with Speedy Series, Cardi B Reflected on the hardships she endured, the psychological fights she battled, and how she overcame the fear that threatened to destroy her artistic abilities and career.

    As observed in the video, Cardi B, known for her upbeat personality and loud style, showed a more sympathetic side throughout the talk.

    The mother of two revealed that despite her tremendous success and millions of fans, the ongoing torrent of criticism and nasty comments on social media platforms has a deep impact on her, deterring her from participating in her skills and personal life.

    Read Also: Cardi B announces break up with husband, Offset amid infidelity crisis

    According to her, the pressure to always produce hits and maintain a specific image put her in a state of anxiety.

    She said: “I just feel like I lost myself with everything. A lot of music commenters and everything and a lot of people just be like, ‘She’s afraid to drop an album, she’s afraid to drop music. Like last year, I barely dropped music. It’s just like I was just afraid to do everything, I was afraid to go live, post a picture, go to the club”.

  • Cardi B announces break up with husband, Offset amid infidelity crisis

    Cardi B announces break up with husband, Offset amid infidelity crisis

    Popular American rapper, Belcalis Almánzar, popularly known as Cardi B, has officially ended her six-year marriage with her husband, Offset.

    Recall that the duo’s union has been speculated to have developed hiccups following a series of cryptic posts that appeared on Cardi’s Instagram page last week.

    In one of these posts, the rapper mentioned shedding “dead weight” in the upcoming year, specifying mentalities, procrastination, laziness, and people as elements she aimed to eliminate.

    Another post from Cardi read: “You know when you just outgrow relationships. I’m tired of protecting people’s feelings… I gotta put myself first.”

    Notably, the couple unfollowed each other on their Instagram pages last week, fueling the speculation.

    In an Instagram Live session on Monday, Cardi B officially confirmed the separation from her husband Offset.

    Read Also: Cardi B planted to replace Nicki Minaj – Kanye West

    She said: “I don’t know if y’all have been getting clues from me from my Live, I mean… or from my Instagram Stories, where I put certain music. When it comes to events and stuff, I don’t think it’s true, I don’t care to find out because I have been single for a minute now.

    “But I’ve been afraid…not afraid, I just don’t know how to tell the world. The last time I went on Live, I kinda wanted to tell you guys, but I didn’t know how to tell you so I changed my mind. But it has been like this for a minute now.”

    The separation follows amid allegations that Offset had an affair with American rapper Blueface’s baby mama, Christian Rock.

  • American rappers Cardi B, Offset celebrate 6th wedding anniversary

    American rappers Cardi B, Offset celebrate 6th wedding anniversary

    Famous American Rappers, Cardi B and Offset, have celebrated their 6th wedding anniversary as they both gushed over themselves. 

    Taking to her Instagram page, the sensational Grammy-winning rapper shared a stunning floral arrangement by her husband in her home.

    The rapper, who was also holding a pink bouquet, panned the camera along the floral arrangement.

    Read Also: Cardi B throws mic at unruly spectator

    She celebrated their marriage bliss by adoring her husband in her post caption.

    Marking their anniversary, Cardi B wrote: “Thank you sooo much baby. Thank you for the flowers, the empowerment, the protection and for being a great father to our children… 

    “I love so many things about you. I love the fact that I’m with a grown a** man that’s going to provide, protect and help both of us GROW and can handle my mouth , my attitude, my confidence my weakness and all this A**!! MY FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE thing about you is that you study me and always pay attention to what I’m into From my favorite colors, and my favorite brands to MY FAVORITE foods… I love that you into details like me because it’s always the lil things that make me smile or even drive me off the wall. Happy anniversary to US.”

  • Cardi B crowned Songwriter of the Year

    Cardi B became the first female rapper to be named Songwriter of the Year during ASCAP’s 34th annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.

    Honoured earlier in the evening for her songwriting on such most-performed ASCAP songs as “Bartier Cardi” featuring 21 Savage, “Ring” featuring Kehlani and “I Like It,” Cardi B held the rapt attention of a cheering audience inside the Beverly Wilshire Hotel ballroom.

    “I just want to say I’m very grateful,’ Cardi B began after accepting the award from ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews. “Sometimes I feel like I’m not doing too much because when it comes to female rappers, it’s like you’re never doing too much or they’re always pitting you against another female rapper. People on my team are like ‘Cardi, you’re crazy. You won a Grammy. Cardi, all your songs are charting.’

    “[With] everybody saying I’m not this or that,” she continued, “sometimes I gotta see it and feel it for myself because it’s hard. Everybody always wants to say I made it because of this or made it because of that. I made it because I worked my ass off… Thank you very much, ASCAP. This is an honor for me.”

  • Grammy Awards: Cardi B, Drake, Lady Gaga lead awards chart

    Celebrating the world’s biggest stars, Sunday night’s 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which held at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles, United States, had so much to remember, including a few surprises here and there.

    Reports describe the outing as standing the “risk of being defined more by who didn’t show up than by the actual attendees, performers and winners.”

    The conspicuous absences were filled by some brilliant performances — mostly by women like Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monáe and especially Lady Gaga.

    Some of the surprises on the night include Cardi B picking up the award for Best Rap Album, ahead of Pusha T, Nipsey Hustle, Travis Scott and Mac Miller.

    It was also a great outing for Drake whose God’s Plan won the Best Rap Song Award.

    Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti and his Egypt 80 band who was nominated in the World Best Album category for ‘Black Times’, was defeated by the Soweto Gospel Choir for their Album, ‘Freedom’.

    Other nominees of the World Best Album category are, ‘Deran’ by

    Bombino; ‘Fenfo’ by Fatoumata Diawara and ‘The Lost Songs Of World War II’ by

    Yiddish Glory.

    Seun Kuti &Egypt 80 band were also billed to perform at the premiere show of the awards ceremony.

    One of the high moments recorded had Lady Gaga in the spotlight. Joined by her “Shallow” co-writers Mark Ronson and Dirty Pretty Things indie-rocker Anthony Rossomando for a Hedwig-like tour de force, Gaga took the pyro-showered Staples Center stage in a silver-sequined unitard, clubfoot platform boots, rhinestoned eyelids and bleachy bedhead. She delivered an absolutely fierce, fearless performance that rocked every bit as hard as her 2017 Grammy duet with Metallica and was as over-the-top and glamtastic as her polarizing Bowie tribute from the 2016 Grammys.

    Here are some other winners:

    Album of the Year

    • Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B
    • By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
    • Scorpion, Drake
    • H.E.R., H.E.R.
    • Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone
    • Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe
    • Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
    • Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar

    Record of the Year

    • “I Like It,” Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin
    • “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile
    • “This Is America,” Childish Gambino
    • “God’s Plan,” Drake
    • “Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
    • “All the Stars,” Kendrick Lamar, Sza
    • “Rockstar,” Post Malone
    • “The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey

    Song of the Year

    • “All the Stars,” Kendrick Duckworth, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears, Anthony Tiffith
    • “Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, Dijon McFarlane
    • “God’s Plan,” Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels, and Noah Shebib
    • “The Middle,” Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski
    • “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth, and Tim Hanseroth
    • “In My Blood,” Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes, and Geoffrey Warburton
    • “Shallow,” Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt
    • “This Is America,” Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson

    Best New Artist

    • Chloe x Halle
    • Luke Combs
    • Greta Van Fleet
    • H.E.R.
    • Dua Lipa
    • Margo Price
    • Bebe Rexha
    • Jorja Smith

    Best Pop Solo Performance

    • “Colors,” Beck
    • “Havana (Live),” Camila Cabello
    • “God Is A Woman,” Ariana Grande
    • “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?),” Lady Gaga
    • “Better Now,” Post Malone

    Vocal Album

    • Camila, Camila Cabello
    • Meaning Of Life, Kelly Clarkson
    • Sweetener, Ariana Grande
    • Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes
    • Beautiful Trauma, Pink
    • Reputation, Taylor Swift

    Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

    • “Fall In Line,” Christina Aguilera featuring Demi Lovato
    • “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” Backstreet Boys
    • “Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
    • “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
    • “Say Something,” Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton
    • “The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

    • Love Is Here to Stay, Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
    • My Way, Willie Nelson
    • Nat “King” Cole & Me, Gregory Porter
    • Standards (Deluxe), Seal
    • The Music … The Mem’ries … The Magic!, Barbra Streisand

    Best Dance/Electronic Album

    • Singularity, Jon Hopkins
    • Woman Worldwide, Justice
    • Treehouse, Sofi Tukker
    • Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, Sophie
    • Lune Rouge, Tokimonsta

    Best Dance Recording

    • “Northern Soul,” Above & Beyond featuring Richard Bedford
    • “Ultimatum,” Disclosure (featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
    • “Losing It, “ Fisher
    • “Electricity,” Silk City & Dua Lipa featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
    • “Ghost Voices,” Virtual Self

    Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

    • The Emancipation Procrastination, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
    • Steve Gadd Band, Steve Gadd Band
    • Modern Lore, Julian Lage
    • Laid Black, Marcus Miller
    • Protocol 4, Simon Phillips

    Urban, rap, and R&B categories

    Best R&B Album

    • Sex & Cigarettes, Toni Braxton
    • Good Thing, Leon Bridges
    • Honestly, Lalah Hathaway
    • H.E.R., H.E.R.
    • Gumbo Unplugged Live, P.J. Morton

     

    Best R&B Performance

    • “Long As I Live,” Toni Braxton
    • “Summer,” The Carters
    • “Y O Y,” Lalah Hathaway
    • “Best Part,” H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar
    • “First Began,” PJ Morton

    Best Traditional R&B Performance

    • “Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand,” Leon Bridges (TIE)
    • “Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight,” Bettye LaVette
    • “Honest,” MAJOR.
    • “How Deep Is Your Love,” PJ Morton featuring Yebba (TIE)
    • “Made for Love,” Charlie Wilson featuring Lalah Hathaway

    Best R&B Song

    • “Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane
    • “Come Through and Chill,” Jermaine Cole, Miguel Pimentel & Salaam Remi
    • “Feels Like Summer,” Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson
    • “Focus,” Darhyl Camper Jr, H.E.R. & Justin Love
    • “Long As I Live,” Paul Boutin, Toni Braxton & Antonio Dixon

    Best Urban Contemporary Album

    • Everything Is Love, The Carters
    • The Kids Are Alright, Chloe x Halle
    • Chris Dave And The Drumhedz, Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
    • War & Leisure, Miguel
    • Ventriloquism, Meshell Ndegeocello

    Best Rap Album

    • Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B
    • Swimming, Mac Miller
    • Victory Lap, Nipsey Hussle
    • Daytona, Pusha T
    • Astroworld, Travis Scott

  • Grammy: Cardi B, Childish Gambino make history

    American music artists Cardi B and Danny Glover aka Childish Gambino snagged historical wins at the 61st Grammy awards on Sunday night.

    The event was hosted by 15-time Grammy Award winner, Alicia Keys who had a blast hosting the highly acclaimed award show.

    Cardi B became the first solo woman ever to win the Best Rap Album Award while Childish Gambino was the first rapper to snag Record of the Year at the Grammys.

    Also speaking of history making, Quincy Jones’ win for Best Music Film was his 28th Grammy, giving him the record for the most of these awards collected by any living artist.

    Lady Gaga earned three Grammy Awards, winning best pop solo performance for “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?),” best song written for visual media for ” Shallow “.

    She also won best pop duo/group performance for the same A Star Is Born song (shared with Bradley Cooper).

    Earlier on Sunday, Ariana Grande claimed a Grammy win in the pop vocal category and Greta Van Fleet nabbed a win in the best rock album category.

    Nigeria’s Seun Kuti was also nominated in the ‘World Music’ category, which he lost to South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir.
    See full list of winners below

    Album Of The Year
    Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves

    Record Of The Year
    “This Is America,” Childish Gambino

    Best Rap Album
    Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B

    Best R&B Album
    H.E.R., H.E.R.

    Best Country Album
    Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves

    Song Of The Year
    “This Is America,” Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson (Childish Gambino)

    Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
    “Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
    My Way, Willie Nelson

    Best Spoken Word Album
    “Faith – A Journey For All,” Jimmy Carter

    Best Pop Vocal Album
    Sweetener, Ariana Grande

    Best Pop Solo Performance
    “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?),” Lady Gaga

    Best Americana Album
    By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile

    Best Music Video
    “This Is America,” Childish Gambino, Hiro Murai, video director; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers

    Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
    The Emancipation Procrastination, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

    Best Alternative Music Album
    Colors, Beck

    Best Comedy Album
    Equanimity & The Bird Revelation, Dave Chappelle

    Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
    The Greatest Showman

    Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
    Black Panther, Ludwig Göransson, composer

    Best Music Film
    Quincy, Quincy Jones, Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula DuPré Pesmen, video producer

    Best Song Written For Visual Media
    “Shallow,” Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)

    Best R&B Performance
    “Best Part,” H.E.R. and Daniel Caesar

    Best Traditional R&B Performance
    “Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand,” Leon Bridges (Tie)
    “How Deep Is Your Love,” PJ Morton and Yebba (Tie)

    Best R&B Song
    “Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane (Ella Mai)

    Best Urban Contemporary Album:
    Everything Is Love, The Carters

    Best Rap Performance
    “King’s Dead,” Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake (Tie)
    “Bubblin,” Anderson .Paak (Tie)

    Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
    “This Is America,” Childish Gambino

    Best Rock Performance
    “When Bad Does Good,” Chris Cornell

    Best Rock Song
    “Masseduction,” St. Vincent

    Best Rock Album
    From The Fires, Greta Van Fleet

    Best Dance Recording
    “Electricity,” Silk City and Dua Lipa with Diplo and Mark Ronson

    Best Rap Song
    “God’s Plan,” Drake

  • Grammys: White roses are the motif, women’s equality the message

    Grammys: White roses are the motif, women’s equality the message

    Even the most outrageous outfits of feathers, sequins or lace included a simple white rose at the Grammy Awards show’s red carpet on Sunday as the glitterati of the music world showed support for women’s equality and freedom from sexual harassment.

    The roses – worn or held by both sexes on the red carpet outside New York’s Madison Square Garden – were a sign of solidarity with the Time’s Up movement, spreading from Hollywood to the music industry.

    Lady Gaga, nominated for best pop vocal album for “Joanne” showed up in a Goth-inspired Armani gown in midnight black with a high Victorian collar, sparkling lace and a voluminous train. Perched high on her shoulder was a demure nosegay of white rose buds.

    Kelly Clarkson held a long-stemmed rose in her hand as she chatted on the carpet, its white contrasting with her black gown which included elaborate gold embroidered sleeves.

    Read also: Grammys: Shakira makes history, wins Best Latin Pop Album twice

    The rose, Clarkson said, “represents hope and peace and sympathy and peace, and I thought those are very lovely things for any human being to encompass.”

    “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” singer Cyndi Lauper, who launches a tour with Rod Stewart this summer, told E television network host Ryan Seacrest that women make up 51 percent of the workforce.

    “It’s about time we’re paid equally,” said the pantsuit-clad Lauper, highlighting the movement’s focus on gender-based salary disparities.

    InStyle fashion news director Eric Wilson said the striking white dresses seen on musicians such as Hailee Steinfeld, Cardi B, Sza and Lana del Rey packed a more effective punch than the ubiquitous roses.

    The white rose as a visual cue is underwhelming in effect in the same way that the music industry’s reaction to this crisis has been underwhelming,” said Wilson.

    But the freestyle fashion spirit of the Grammys means its red carpet is “not about being the best dressed person, it’s about having fun,” Wilson said.

    That was certainly the case with singer Pink, who found room for a white rose amid the flurry of fuchsia, electric blue and jet black marabou feathers making up her dress.

    The bosom-exposing bodice of Bebe Rexha’s La Perla gown appeared too scant to accommodate a flower. Rexha opted instead to put her rose on her clutch.
    Songwriter Diane Warren, meanwhile, wore gloves worthy of Wonder Woman, with the words “Girl” and “Power” scrawled across each set of knuckles.

    The roses were not just for the women. Nominee Khalid wore a white rose on a cool white jacket worn over a turtleneck in chartreuse, while Sam Smith’s flower contrasted with his emerald green suit.

    Sting, accompanied by musician Shaggy, looked dapper with a jaunty silk ascot, pink shirt and white handkerchief folded to resemble a rose in the pocket of his black jacket.

    Singer Joy Villa – who made headlines in 2017 with her “Make America Great Again” gown in support of President Donald Trump – made another highly charged statement.

    Eschewing the white roses worn by others, Villa showed off a white gown hand-painted with the image of a fetus in a rainbow-colored womb, accessorized by a “Choose Life” purse.

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