Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, or Cardi B, is an American rapper and entrepreneur of Dominican descent. She is the first female rapper to reach number one as a top artist on the Billboard Hot 100. She is also the rapper with the highest number of singles certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States, with a total of 31.5 million units. She is among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and the most influential female rapper in history, according to Forbes. She is the first female rapper of Latino descent to have a song certified diamond with Bodak Yellow, and is considered a career booster for other female rappers and a pop culture icon for the people.
