She may have just given birth to her fourth child, but Cardi B fans can rest assured that she isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
The Bodak Yellow hitmaker, 33, quietly welcomed baby number four this week with her boyfriend, NFL star Stefon Diggs, 31.
Cardi first confirmed her pregnancy in September, telling Gayle King at the time that she felt ‘very strong and powerful’, as well as ‘excited’ to expand her brood.
Her other half, with whom she made things Instagram official in June, later shared that they were expecting a boy. Stefon is already a dad to daughters Nova and Charliee.
Commenting yesterday on their baby boy’s arrival, a rep for Cardi told People: ‘Cardi is healthy and happy.’
And now, the new mom has taken to social media with a message for her fans.
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Cardi, who has Kulture, Wave, and Blossom with estranged husband Offset, shared a video of herself in an all-black ensemble, lip-syncing and strutting to her tune Hello, taken from her recently released record.
Her caption began: ‘My life has always been a combination of different chapters and different seasons. My last chapter was the beginning of a new season.’
Addressing her personal struggles, she continued: ‘Starting over is never easy but it’s been so worth it!
‘I brought new music and a new album to the world! A new baby into my world, and one more reason to be the best version of me, one more reason to love me more than anything else or anyone else so I can continue giving my babies the love and life they deserve.’
‘This next chapter is Me vs. Me!’, she declared proudly. ;
‘It’s me against all odds me against everything meant to get in my way.’
On what the world can expect from her now, she shared: ‘I’ve started prepping for tour getting my body right getting my mind right.
‘There’s nothing thats gonna stop me from giving you guys the performance of a life time!
‘I’ve learned i’ve healed, and im loving the woman i’ve become! Thats what this next era means to me and i’m stepping into it better than ever [sic]’.
Cardi is due to launch her Little Miss Drama Tour on February 11 in California, kicking off two months of shows ending in Atlanta on April 17.
The American star – whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar – was soon inundated with congratulatory comments after confirming she’d given birth, with fans telling her how ‘proud’ they are.
Meanwhile, others noticed in the video she shared that the heavily tattooed musician still has her ex’s name inked in a large cursive font on the back of her leg.
‘Needa cover up that tattoo on the back of that leg sis 🙄’, wrote @_princessss_.
Cardi filed for divorce from fellow rapper Offset, 32, on July 31, 2024, having married on September 20, 2017.
The I Like It vocalist and Offset – real name Kiari Kendrell Cephus – had plenty of ups and downs throughout their relationship, which was well documented publicly.
And it seems their breakup has also been frosty, as, during an interview with Billboard in September, she made it clear she doesn’t see a long-term friendship for them.
‘I tried. Next question,’ she replied simply.
Later that month, while appearing on The Breakfast Club, Cardi also said that their divorce was ‘not peaceful at all’.
‘I can’t even talk about it because it’s a court thing, but it is not peaceful,’ she shared.
Quizzed on her future with new partner Stefon, Cardi suggested that wedding bells could be a while off yet.
‘I will get married again, but not as quick as I got married the last time.’
As for Offset, the Ric Flair Drip hitmaker has admitted he was ‘selfish’ at times during their marriage.
Reflecting on Baby, This is Keke Palmer, the former Migos member, who is a father of six, responded to a question on whether he’d have done anything differently.
‘I should have respected her way more,’ he said. ‘I made bad decisions as a man, like stepping out. Gotta take that on the chin.’
Offset added that he understood why Cardi left him after he cheated on her: ‘That’s why when she left, I had to take that on the chin.
‘We got so much, our kids to live for. I was being selfish. I could say that as a man, I’m a grown man.’
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