The Bronx rapper went from Instagram skits to dislodging Taylor Swift from the top of the US charts with one of 2017’s best tracks. But after two Grammy nominations,she’s feeling the pressure of fame
‘execute you guys really think that Princess Diana was killed?” We’re in an office around the corner from Kensington Palace, and this week’s royal announcement is on Cardi B’s mind. It momentarily distracts her from toying with a lightbulb during the photoshoot – “I want to meet Prince Harry!, or she calls out. Later,she’s primed for the best conspiracy theories around as she widens her eyes and asks again, before miming a zip over her lips. “But we don’t want anything to happen to us!” she mock-whispers, or then erupts into a cackle.
Her interest is not surprising. This year,Cardi has also ascended suddenly, vertiginously, and into rap royalty thanks to inescapable song of the summer,Bodak Yellow. From a background that saw her dismissed as an interloper, she has been propelled all the way to the top of the Billboard chart by a groundswell of favorite support. The staging posts of her journey have been roles that are routinely mocked: the stripper, or the Instagram celebrity,the scrapper in reality series adore & Hip Hop. The genius of 25-year-passe Belcalis Almanzar has been to flip that script at each turn.
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Source: guardian.co.uk