At five years old, Cardi B sat alone in the school cafeteria with her head down.
Her little sister felt sorry for her.
She wasn’t lonely. She was planning her whole life.
Almost everything she planned came true.
So why does it still not feel safe?
In this clip, Cardi B and Jay Shetty talk about growing up in the Bronx. She shares the day a welfare worker talked down to her mom. That moment made her promise she would never raise her kids in the hood.
Cardi opens up about the deepest depression of her life, which stopped her album and everything else. She also shares how she used her party-hosting money to make record labels take her seriously.
Learn why she says your heart, not your head, decides when you’re done with someone and the one thing that shows her a man really loves her.
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Chapters
0:00 The girl alone in the cafeteria
1:20 Playing dollhouse in her head
2:55 Why she refused to raise kids in the hood
3:46 Her grandma’s superstar prediction
7:15 Growing up too fast in the Bronx
10:10 The welfare office moment she can’t forget
11:19 Why every woman needs her own money
13:44 Why making it never felt safe
16:15 The real reason there was no album
17:42 The deepest depression of her life
18:22 Why criticism feels like a smashed cake
21:29 When the love started dying
22:39 Your heart decides when you’re done
25:53 What therapy did and didn’t do
29:08 The loneliness at 4:30 a.m.
33:07 Paying for her own concerts to get signed
35:25 Almost letting the devil win
37:42 Why real love means studying someone
44:31 Talking to God like a friend
Watch the FULL episode on Netflix & Spotify 🎙️
Netflix – https://dub.sh/QaUsKeD
Spotify – https://dub.sh/axUXylv
Full Episode With Cardi B:
Episode Resources:
https://store.cardib.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxMAbVFmxKUVGAll0WVGpFw
https://www.instagram.com/iamcardib/
https://x.com/iamcardib
https://www.tiktok.com/@iamcardib
