She’s a stripper turned Grammy nominated artist.
And over the weekend, Cardi B talked candidly about her days as an exotic dancer with CBS Sunday Morning’s Maurice DuBois.
‘I’m glad for this chapter in my life,’ the 26-year-old rapper said. ‘A lot of people always want to make fun of me. I don’t ever regret it. I learned a lot. I feel like it matured me.’
Open book: Over the weekend, Cardi B talked candidly about her days as an exotic dancer with CBS Sunday Morning’s Maurice DuBois
At the age of 18, Cardi, a rebellious teenager, went to work under the name the of Camilla at Satin Dolls—a gentlemen’s club in NYC.
‘A lot of women here, they taught me to be more powerful,’ she explained. ‘I did gain a passion and love to performing. It made me feel pretty.’
She went on to talk about her infamous feud with Nicki Minaj that resulted in a physical altercation during New York Fashion Week in September.
‘I’m glad for this chapter in my life,’ the 26-year-old rapper said. ‘A lot of people always want to make fun of me. I don’t ever regret it. I learned a lot. I feel like it matured me’
Past life: At the ripe age of 18, Cardi, a rebellious teenager, went to work under the name the of Camilla at Satin Dolls—a gentlemen’s club in NYC
‘It’s unnecessary [to be involved in that kind of stuff],’ she told Maurice. ‘But am I ever embarrassed about anything that I do? No.’
Cardi then admitted that it was more or less ‘bad for business.’
‘You know a lot of people like to say, any publicity is good publicity, to me it’s not because that takes away from people paying attention to your craft,’ she said. ‘It makes people not even care about your craft, they just wanna see drama.’
Drama: Cardi went on to talk about her infamous feud with Nicki Minaj, that resulted in a physical altercation during New York Fashion Week in September
‘It’s unnecessary [to be involved in that kind of stuff],’ she told Maurice. ‘But am I ever embarrassed about anything that I do? No’
The Bodak Yellow star also addressed her haters.
‘When I was like a nothing, everybody was rooting,’ she said. ‘And now that I’m finally here, people have a problem for it. I work so hard, why do people feel like I don’t deserve it?’
But Cardi made it clear that she isn’t the least bit worried about fading from the limelight.
‘I get up every single time, hunny,’ she declared. ‘Even before this fame stuff—I always get up. All the time. I show people that over and over again.’
No regrets: Cardi then admitted that it was more or less ‘bad for business.’ You know a lot of people like to say, any publicity is good publicity, to me it’s not because that takes away from people paying attention to your craft,’ she said. ‘It makes people not even care about your craft, they just wanna see drama’
Following the CBS interview, the I Like It songstress, who landed five Grammy nominations on Friday, took to Instagram to promote her upcoming music videos.
‘Guys, the Money video will be dropping very soon and the Twerk video will be dropping very soon,’ she said. ‘In the meantime, I want you to download it, enjoy it, and suck it.’