Cardi B and Offset make up one of rap music's
most famous couples, but their relationship
is anything but normal. From pretending to
plan a wedding, to spending jaw-dropping amounts
of cash, here are all the odd details about
this hip-hop power couple's union.
"Let the games begin ha ha!"
Although he proposed to her on stage in 2017,
Offset didn't appear to be in a huge rush
to walk down the aisle. When asked if he and
Cardi B were working on their wedding plans,
he told Rolling Stone,
"We ain't, we ain't planning it right now.
We chilling. We don't got time for that right
now."
But considering the timing of his proposal,
fans wondered if Offset may have given Cardi
the ring as some sort of peace offering. And
as it turned out, there was a lot more to
this strange scenario. While attending the
Grammy Awards in 2018, Cardi showed up on
the red carpet to answer questions about her
career and her upcoming nuptials. She told
People magazine,
"It's gonna be extravagant. You know, we're
both rappers. We're both artists, so it has
to be a very extravagant wedding."
"Rrrrrrrrrrrr!"
She also echoed Offset's thoughts on waiting
to walk down the aisle, adding,
"We are taking our time to plan it, because
we really just don't have the time…If we
[had] at least one month, three weeks off,
it would be easier. But we don't have it."
But it quickly appeared the whole "busy schedule"
thing was just a ruse.
While fans waited patiently for the couple's
alleged "extravagant" wedding, TMZ revealed
that the pair had secretly tied the knot more
than a month before Offset's proposal. After
the tab posted a copy of their marriage certificate,
dated September 20th, 2017, Cardi tweeted:
"There are so many moments that I share with
the world and then there are moments that
I want to keep for myself! Getting married
was one of those moments!"
"It's like what's really really good? What's
poppin? Who gonna say something?"
So what was the deal with their public proposal
that wasn't a proposal after all? TMZ reported
it was just Offset being a good guy, and getting
his girl the ring she deserved.
In early 2018, rumors had been swirling for
months that Cardi B and Offset had a bun in
the oven. But when TMZ caught up with Offset,
he denied the rumors. Cardi herself even dismissed
the pregnancy buzz after fans began to speculate,
telling one of her Instagram followers,
"No b---- I'm just getting fat. Let me [get]
fat in peace."
But two months later, the rapper performed
on Saturday Night Live in a figure-hugging
dress that put her baby bump on full display.
After the show aired, she tweeted,
"I started winning when the whole world was
doubting on me! Think [I'm gonna] lose with
my little baby counting on me?"
Offset followed her lead by posting on Twitter:
"Cardi and I look forward to our next chapter
together."
"I feel…I don't know, I feel very energetic
to keep on going, like, powerful, like, like
a woman, like a real woman."
Offset's phone was reportedly hacked, and
one of his personal videos leaked in December
2017, showing a man who looked a lot like
him lying in bed with a woman who definitely
wasn't Cardi B. It was later determined that
the video was filmed in September of that
same year, just one month before he proposed
to Cardi. So, we have to wonder, could the
ring have been a reported $500,000 apology?
It's clear Cardi wasn't going to let a little
bit of philandering come between her and the
love of her life. Though her fans have encouraged
her to walk away from the relationship, the
rapper has refused, once commenting on Instagram,
"No it's not right for [a man] to cheat…But
what you want me to do?…Start all over again
and get cheated on again? This s--- happens
to everyone. People handle [their] relationship
different."
Another since-deleted tweet posted on January
9th, 2018 led many to believe Cardi was actually
contemplating leaving the relationship, when
the rapper wrote,
"Why is it a problem that I want to take my
time with a decision on my relationship?"
"Before things came out on the media, I already
knew."
Days later, it appeared that Offset had won
her over again by getting a "Cardi B" tattoo
on his neck.
It could be that Cardi has been willing to
give Offset chance after chance because she
has also gotten a little bit of side action
during their relationship. Cardi told Cosmo,
"It's not right, what he f---ing did, but
people don't know what I did, 'cause I ain't
no angel."
"B---- don't know how to behave, you know
what I'm sayin like."
Cardi also wanted fans to know that she wasn't
staying with Offset just because she's desperate.
She added,
"It's like everybody is coming down my neck
like, 'Why are you not leaving him? You have
low self-esteem.' I don't have low self-esteem…I
know I look good. I know I'm rich, I know
I'm talented. I know I could get any man I
want…But I want to work out my s--- with
my man, and I don't got to explain why."
Cardi values Offset's opinion, but some may
say he has a little too much influence on
her life. Cardi told GQ,
"I'm very indecisive, and that's a very bad
trait that I have…I always feel like I need…somebody
to tell me something. He's always screaming
at me for that, like, 'You don't need this.
You know who the f--- you are. Oh, my God,
you're so annoying!'"
His hysterics over her lack of independence
comes down to her career, as well. She admitted,
"I'm afraid to do my own decisions. I call
him a lot."
It turned out that Offset even had the final
word over their baby's name. When Cardi stopped
Ellen to talk shop, the host was naturally
curious about what the rappers would name
their bundle of joy. Cardi told Ellen,
"My dude named the baby. I really like the
name. I'm gonna let him say the name since
he named the baby."
Incorporating Offset's own first and last
names, Kulture Kiari Cephus was born in July
2018.
Cardi B and Offset are more than lovers. They're
industry collaborators, as well, having appeared
on various tracks together, including their
debut track, "Lick." And when Offset isn't
featured on a Cardi track, he never seems
too far away, because she always gives him
a lyrical shoutout.
On the Migos track "Motorsport," which also
features Nicki Minaj, Cardi B raps about turning
her man on. And on "Bartier Cardi," she lets
everyone know just how the couple gets it
on. Because no one makes a raunchy public
declaration of love quite like Cardi!
But some people are annoyed by the frequent
name-drops in her tunes. In an effort to address
the criticism, Cardi posted a special message
to the haters, tweeting,
"If I wanna put my [man's] name on all my
songs [so f------] what!! I'm going to mention
his name even in my prayers b----! S--- when
I'm about to die, [the] last word out of my
mouth is OFFSET."
In October 2017, Cardi and Offset put their
relationship turmoil on front street in the
form of a very public squabble, and it all
went down on social media.
Fans freaked out because it appeared that
the couple had officially thrown in the towel
and had broken up after Cardi posted a picture
of herself with the caption, quote, "Single."
But after a bit of back and forth between
the two of them, it appeared that they had
finally made up. Cardi attempted to explain
their brief breakup in a series of tweets,
one of which read:
"Reasons why me and Offset got into it;…I
think he [stole] my purple blanket but it
wasn't him so I'm still looking for the suspect."
"What the hell?"
The on-and-off couple would make headlines
when they temporarily called it quits for
real in late 2018 amid more serious infidelity
rumors, before finally reconciling in January
2019.
Considering the alleged cheating, Cardi and
Offset may have struggled to keep their relationship
moving in a positive direction. In an interview
with GQ, Cardi revealed,
"For a long time…we [were] in love with
each other but we didn't really trust in each
other."
"When I was in the hood I had like three haters
and it's cool because I can keep my eyes on
them. But now it's just like a thousand people
that hate on me in one day."
Cardi also cited outsiders who put a strain
on their romance, revealing,
"People used to put things in my head: 'He
gonna leave you. He be f---ing with mad b------.'
People used to put things in his head: 'Cardi,
she's a dog. Don't trust her.' We never really
trusted each other because I always feel like
he could get any girl he wants, what makes
me think he's gonna want me? I think he felt
the same way."
"What up motherf---er, it's your girl Cardi
B and I'm out here in Paris, f---ing up my
n---- and eating some snails. Ow!"
What do you give someone who literally has
everything? It appears that Offset has an
astounding estimated net worth of $26 million,
and Cardi is worth roughly $24 million herself.
And as a result, the couple has resorted to
giving each other thoughtful, yet absolutely
ridiculous gifts.
"Ima say this in the most humblest way. I'm
a shmillionaire."
According to Complex, the "Bodak Yellow" singer
gifted her man a mega medallion for Valentine's
Day in 2018. It was a nod to his roots, the
house where he and Quavo got their start,
and the seriously sparkly chain even had a
working door where Offset can place two bejeweled
versions of himself inside.
The following year, it seemed like Cardi was
almost out of ideas. According to a birthday
Instagram post, her man already had, quote,
"every car" and "every jewelry." So this time,
she decided that the best birthday present
she could possibly give him was even more
money, $500,000 in cash, tucked inside a new
fridge, to be exact.
For a woman who lives in a multi-million dollar
mansion and casually gives $500,000 gifts,
Cardi is very down to earth. The star even
did an episode of Vogue's "73 Questions" from
her grandmother's humble apartment in the
Bronx. Still, we expect to see the rapper
shopping at Bergdorf, not at Target, like
the rest of us.
"A lotta people ain't real. They ain't living
they truth. They ain't tellin' they story.
They ain't tellin' they life. They ain't living
it."
But Cardi appears to be a big fan of the box
store. According to TMZ, she visited the retailer
in 2019 to buy thousands of dollars worth
of toys for charity. She even switched out
her usual high-glam getup for a hoodie and
a fresh face. The Daily Mail also spotted
Cardi at Target in June 2020. This time, she
was with daughter Kulture.
Offset seems to appreciate a good deal, too.
But his Target runs haven't been without incident.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
the Migos rapper was cuffed at a Georgia Target
after allegedly slapping an iPhone out of
a fan's hand and smashing it. The charges
were later dropped by the police, and Offset
settled things with the fan, out of court.
It's clear that Cardi B adores her daughter,
Kulture. According to TMZ, the star threw
the tot a $400,000 first birthday in 2019,
but the rapper still wants some more little
ones to spoil. The only problem is that being
a multi-platinum-selling artist is getting
in the way, at least if you ask Offset. For
her part, Cardi says she doesn't just want
more kids, she wants as many as possible,
telling E.T.,
"Whatever my body can take, and I feel like
I can take it. It's so easy for people to
be like, 'Oh, I want four or five kids.' But
it's like, 'Can you really take that?'"
"The happiness that my baby brung me, like
it's just like I could do this over and over again."
But as much as Cardi might want a large family,
Offset is hitting the breaks so his wifey
can keep hustling on her career. He told Us
Weekly in April 2020,
"I want [Cardi] to stay focused…Just let
her get her second album out and get her a
big tour behind that and just spread her wings
a little bit more. She's not new, but she's new."
Considering that the woman held down Saturday
Night Live and twerked her way through a 30
minute set at Coachella, all while fully pregnant,
it doesn't seem like she's gonna have any
focus issues as she continues crushing her
career as a working mama.
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