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Bodak Rainbow? Cardi B Proves She’s a Unicorn, Rocking a Rainbow Mane With Her Baby Bump
Cardi B continues to prove that pregnancy won’t dampen her style. The Invasion of Privacy rapper-singer stepped out in Atlanta Wednesday night with fiance Offset wearing waist-length locks in a full spectrum of colors, courtesy of hairstylist Cliff Vmir. Makeup artist Erika La’Pearl complemented the look with a flawless face and starry eyes, which she…
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The Glow Up Anthem of the Week: Cardi B Warns Us to ‘Be Careful’
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so our minds have been deeply invested in taking care—of ourselves, our hearts and minds, and of each other. So the timing really couldn’t have been better for Cardi B to debut the video for “Be Careful,” one of our favorite singles on her chart-topping album, Invasion of Privacy.…
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Be Careful! Cardi B Returns to Instagram and Drops New Video for the Culture
Hey, y’all. It’s me, Monique Judge, reporting to you live as The Root’s Cardi B bureau chief. By now you know that if my queen even breathes a little heavily, I will be right here on The Grapevine to tell y’all all about it, so here we go, babies. A little more than a week…
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Did Azealia Banks Bully Cardi B Into Deleting Her Instagram Account?
Azealia Banks, “the poster child for self-destruction,” continues to sow her seeds of dissension by calling out yet another black woman in entertainment for some politically impossible standard of blackness that she herself cannot live up to. This time, that woman is Cardi B, who, after clapping back at Banks on Friday, deleted her entire…
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‘The Universe Do Need Me’: Cardi B Drops Pearls on Pregnancy With Vogue and Lashes Out With Kiss
“It’s just exciting, all the time. All the time, it’s like, ‘Oh, I want ice cream cake!’” Cardi B’s not talking about celebrating her meteoric rise; she’s talking about her growing Bodak baby, who apparently is as demanding and energetic as its mama. The rap phenom attended the Met Gala red carpet in a 30-pound…
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The Met Gala 2018: How Celebs Interpreted ‘Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Monday night’s 2018 Met Gala in New York City was an incredible opportunity for deeply spiritual fashion moments. The theme? “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” But while the theme was ripe with possibility, some of our faves fell—dare we say it?—a bit short on delivery. The big winners of the night? Cardi B,…
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Sasha Obama Hung Out With Cardi B and Offset; We Have a Few Questions
Being the daughter of the first black president of the United States comes with certain privileges, one of which appears to be getting to hang out with Cardi B at her last tour performance before the rap superstar gives birth to Cardi C (or, perhaps, Onset, if it’s a boy). Sasha Obama apparently got the…
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Cardi B’s Ex-Manager Sues Her for Allegedly Giving Him the Shaft
Behind every great woman is a man waiting to take credit for her success, and our new fave, Cardi B, is no exception. TMZ reports that Cardi’s former manager has filed a $10 million lawsuit against her, claiming that he is responsible for her meteoric rise from Instagram personality to the trap Selena, and that…
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Cardi B Cancels Tour Dates, Will Finally Be Pregnant in Peace
Cardi B has been going full throttle throughout her pregnancy, dropping her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy, and performing seemingly nonstop. Now the rapper and breakout star has announced that she’ll be canceling her performances until the fall. In an Instagram post Wednesday night, Cardi said that this weekend’s Broccoli City Festival in Washington,…
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Love, Siriano Style: The Risk-Taker Who Rides With Us
True confession: I fell in love with Christian Siriano the moment I first saw one of his designs come down the Project Runway catwalk in season 4, circa 2008. One look at his impeccable craftsmanship and decadent detailing, and I was a goner—and so was the competition, which might have made for a very dull…