Cardi B is back with new music to continue her surging rap career, while working her way on being an entertainment icon.
After her mixtape release of “Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1,” with hits like “Foreva” and “Washpoppin;” Cardi has been making a name for herself in the music game. On Friday, January 20th, 2017, Cardi released her follow-up to her previous mixtape with “Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2.”
Her release of her first mixtape made fans and haters alike listen to the reality star, she had a story to tell, and she told it on-screen with Love and Hip Hop and off-screen with her music. Cardi B has taken social media by storm with her videos on life, advice, stripping, and that hoe life. Cardi was making the people laugh for a while, but no one knew she could rap. Cardi went from social media to national television with “Love & Hip Hop New York.” Cardi was shown to the world on season 6 of LHHNY from December 2015- March 2016. During the time, the people got to know who Cardi was, we learned she was more than comedy videos; she’s a real woman with dreams and aspirations, who will still pop off when needed, as well as iconic phrases.
Watching Cardi from her videos days to seeing what she has become in amazing. Cardi went from struggling in her childhood to becoming a stripper. This is nothing new, she owns up to her past, acknowledges it, and loves it. But, her goal of music was still on her mind. She is a version of the american dream. Making her own way out of nothing, which is truly inspiring. Women who share her background/lifestyle can fall into a dangerous lifestyle easily, yet Cardi made it. She didn’t let her past stop her, but rather transcend her to where she is currently. She’s more than “a stripper hoe,” she is Cardi B, a woman with talent, drive, and determination that has captured the hearts of many, and in the process; became a style icon in 2016. Cardi has shown what hard work and dedication can do, and that you may not start in life where you think you should’ve, but nothing is set in stone. She’s shown women that you can embrace your hoeside, do you, but stand for yourself and own you, don’t let anyone take away your accomplishments.
Get/Listen to her new album here: Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2