The rapper is mom to three kids with ex Offset and a son whom she welcomed in November with ex Stefon Diggs
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- Cardi B says she works hard to provide her four kids with a better life despite career demands
- The rapper hopes her children understand her sacrifices and know she prioritized their future over partying
- Cardi ensures her kids experience different lifestyles, from her upbringing to their current privileged environment
Cardi B is sharing the sacrifices she’s had to make as a mother to provide for her four kids.
The “I Like It” rapper, 33, spoke with Vogue Arabia for their new issue and was asked about how she balances her career as an international recording artist with being mom to her four kids. Cardi, born Belicalis Almánzar, shared that she’s had to make “sacrifices” to give her kids the best life possible.
“I try my best to have my kids around me as much as possible, but sometimes I can’t be with them. Mothers have to make sacrifices,” Cardi told the outlet. The musician is mom to three kids, Blossom, 23 months, Wave, 4, and Kulture, 8, with ex Offset, and a son, whose name has not yet been revealed, whom she welcomed in November with ex Stefon Diggs.
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“Lawyers also have to go out of state for some cases and that might take three weeks or a month. And they don’t make excuses. It’s sad, but we need to look at the bigger picture,” she explained. “I hope that my kids look at what I do and understand, ‘Mom was working her ass off.’”
“She wasn’t clubbing, she wasn’t dating, she wasn’t partying…Instead, she was making sacrifices for a better living, you know what I’m saying?”
In March, the Am I the Drama? artist sat down with Allure for a cover story interview and chatted about everything from her rap career and sold-out tour to life as a mom of four. During the conversation, Cardi shared that, while her daughter Kulture tagged along with her to several shows during her first tour, she wouldn’t be attending more concerts during the school year.
“Kulture’s in school, and her school don’t play that s–t,” the “Be Careful” rapper told the outlet.
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During an episode from season 4 of the Jennifer Hudson Show in September 2025, Cardi told host Jennifer Hudson that she plans to make sure her kids are exposed to lifestyles outside of their own.
“They have a lot of cousins and a lot of my friends. They still outside. They still in the hood and everything,” she said, referring to her family members. “They was just in the Dominican Republic and it’s like, ‘Yeah. My grandma’s going to make you clean and stuff.’”
“I want them to know that there’s another world out there that’s not your world,” added the mom of four. “It’s not always about backyard and foxes and deer. There’s rats and mice.”
She went on to say that although her children are growing up a different way than she did, they are still very well-rounded individuals.
“My kids, they really enjoy going to like, I guess, the hood,” Cardi shared. “They love going to their cousin’s house. They love going to my dad’s house and stuff like that. They’re very well-rounded, [and] I love that.”
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