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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