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April 2, 2026, 5:50 p.m. ET
Someone ripped Cardi B out of the plastic because she is feeling brand new.
In a March 31 appearance on the “Aspire With Emma Grede” podcast, the “Get Up 10” rapper revealed something shifted in her after filing for divorce for the second time. Cardi B and Offset wed in 2017 and share three children: Kulture, Wave and Blossom. She first filed for divorce in 2020 and then again in 2024.
“But I feel like last year, a new person was reborn,” Cardi B said on the podcast. “I don’t know if it was the divorce, or I don’t know if… Something just woke me up and I feel like I’m definitely a new person.”
The change has propelled her forward, both personally and professionally.
“You got to take advantage of the moment of the moment now. And I feel like now is the moment,” the 33-year-old musician said. “Before I go man crazy. Before I get too comfortable. Before I be like, ‘Oh, my back hurt.’ Or before anything. I have to do it now.”
Since the release of her second studio album “Am I the Drama?,” Cardi has been hard at work, partnering with the Revolve Group to launch her own haircare line, Grow-Good, in addition to performing in venues across North America for the Little Miss Drama Tour.
The Grammy-winning artist also welcomed her fourth child, a son, with former New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs in November.
“This is the year. I’m 33 years old. I’m in my Jesus year. I’m in my Orisha year,” she said. “And it’s like this is the year. It’s like God is telling me, like it’s going to be now or never. Take advantage of it. It’s like Jesus is telling me it.”
Cardi B was stunned by her following in Saudi Arabia
A trip to Saudi Arabia proved revelatory for Cardi B, who was pleasantly surprised by the following she had amassed abroad.
“I know I’m famous and everything, but it’s like, I went to the mall, and everybody was just coming up to me,” Cardi B told podcast host Emma Grede.
Cardi B goes on to say that she didn’t expect to receive that kind of attention because she thought the country was “so strict.” She was unsure people would know her like that.
“I’m really a big deal,” Cardi B said. “So many people know me. I have to take advantage of this moment now. Like, I know that I’m famous, but it’s like even crazier when you go to a different country and you be like ‘(Expletive), I’m really really famous. These people really really know me.”
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