Cardi B's Life Before The Fame

By the time her smash hit "Bodak Yellow" debuted at #1 in 2017, rapper Cardi B had already been making a name for herself for years. Born Belcalis Almánzar, Cardi B found fame as a stripper before making it big on the VH1 show Love & Hip Hop: New York, which propelled her to a successful music career. However, there's still a lot that fans probably don't know about the days before she was making hit records. From her troubled early life to the jobs that got her where she is today, let's take a look at Cardi B's life before the fame.