My Mental And Physical Health Are Now Priority – Cardi B

Popular rapper Cardi B has said that everything matters at this point in her career. She recently had her say during an interview with PEOPLE, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, performing every now and then forces her to ensure her physical health is top-notch, hence her decision to prioritize her well-being by swapping sugary drinks for zero-sugar soda.

Cardi added that she teamed up with Zevia not just as a brand ambassador, but as a shareholder as well.

Her words, “I’m at a point in my career where everything matters, especially my mental and my [physical] health. I want to feel good, I want to look good and that starts with what I’m putting in my body.

Where I used to have a fridge full of sugary drinks, I’ve replaced them with Zevia. Now it’s, ‘Hand me a Zevia, when I’m thirsty!’ Not that other s—

I don’t know how to be anything or anyone but myself. In this business, they’ll tell you, you gotta be something you’re not to get further faster — and that’s not true.

There’s a real difference between being an ambassador for a brand and having ownership. When you have ownership in something, it’s empowering. You feel like it’s yours — and when something is yours, you work harder for it.”

WOW.

Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper, songwriter and television personality. Born in Manhattan and raised in The Bronx, New York City, she became an internet celebrity after several of her posts and videos became viral on Vine and Instagram.

From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York to follow her music aspirations, and released two mixtapes—Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, before signing with label Atlantic Records in early 2017.

Cardi B has since earned three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100; “Bodak Yellow” made her the second female rapper to top the chart with a solo output—following Lauryn Hill in 1998, “I Like It” made her the only female rapper to attain multiple number-one songs on the chart, and her Maroon 5 collaboration “Girls Like You” made her the sixth female artist to achieve three number-one singles on the chart during the 2010s.

Her debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), on which the former two songs are included, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, broke several streaming records and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Critically acclaimed, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, making Cardi B the only woman to win the award as a solo artist.