Bronx-born Cardi B has had one of the more meteoric careers of any star in recent memory — just two years ago, she was best known as the former stripper on the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip-Hop” with the hot debut single “Bodak Yellow.” Now, billions of audio and video streams later, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar is a Grammy-winning superstar with a leading role in the Jennifer Lopez box-office hit “Hustlers.” And those aren’t her only moneymakers: She has deals...
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Bronx-born Cardi B has had one of the more meteoric careers of any star in recent memory — just two years ago, she was best known as the former stripper on the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip-Hop” with the hot debut single “Bodak Yellow.” Now, billions of audio and video streams later, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar is a Grammy-winning superstar with a leading role in the Jennifer Lopez box-office hit “Hustlers.” And those aren’t her only moneymakers: She has deals with Reebok, Steve Madden, Pepsi and her own clothing line with Fashion Nova. A Tom Ford Cardi B–inspired cobalt blue lipstick shade sold out within a day, and then there’s the surefire streaming windfall from her sophomore album, which could drop at any time.