100+ Cardi B Quotes From The Iconic Female Rapper

Luca Demetriou
Dec 12, 2023 By Luca Demetriou
Originally Published on Mar 18, 2021
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Cardi B, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actress.

Born in Manhattan and raised in New York City, she became an Internet celebrity by achieving popularity through Vine and Instagram. Cardi B’s net worth is estimated to be $24 million.

“I’m known for proving people wrong. Remember that” as said by the worldwide famous female rapper Cardi B, there are people who motivate you and there are people who pull you down and that is exactly the time when you get to prove those people wrong.

She also appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series which also depicted her pursuit of her music aspirations. At just the age of 28, she has achieved so much in life that people get inspired about.

She is a female rapper and most people love listening to her rap songs.

The reach of her songs is truly global and fans from all over the world love her work. Here are some of the Cardi B quotes that will inspire you at work as well as anywhere else.

After you have read the Cardi B quotes, then do check out our Ariana Grande quotes and Beyonce quotes.

Best Cardi B Quotes

Cardi B is also known to be a role model for many people for all the achievements that she has received in her life. She has incredible range as a rapper and even has an impressive singing voice.

Cardi B is always known for her different styles of raps that she sings as she has an amazing voice.

Lyrics and quotes from Cardi B are truly inspirational. Here are some of the best quotes by Cardi B along with various Cardi B funny quotes to motivate you to work towards a better future.

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1. “Knock me down 9 times, but I get up 10.”

- Cardi B.

2. “Do whatever you have to do. People always want to tell you how to do it. No, do it your way. And don’t ask for like oh how can you do it…do it, figure it out. I figured it out one way or another and I did it.”

- Cardi B.

3. “I’m livin’ my best life.”

- Cardi B.

4. “Ain’t no more beefing, I’m just keeping to myself. I’m my own competition, I’m competing with myself.”

- Cardi B.

5. “But being a feminist is real simple; it’s that a woman can do things the same as a man.”

- Cardi B.

6. “You just learn as time passes.”

- Cardi B.

7. “Remain humble but stay hungry.”

- Cardi B.

8. “I’m gonna be on a budget until the day I die.”

- Cardi B.

9. “Can’t be starting all these problems if you cannot solve them.”

- Cardi B.

10. “Be careful with me. Yeah, it’s not a threat, it’s a warning.”

- Cardi B.

11. “I am a masterpiece, you are a tragedy. Finish you like Mortal Kombat; fatality.”

- Cardi B.

12. “I have a passion for music, I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.”

- Cardi B.

13. “I’m not getting involved with the hype. I’m too rich to get into a fight.”

- Cardi B.

14. “Do what you do and make your own way.”

- Cardi B.

15. “Me: unbothered, moisturized, in my lane, well-hydrated, flourishing.”

- Cardi B.

16. “Made a couple M's with my best friends, turned all my L's into lessons.”

- Cardi B.

17. “We might as well be true with ourselves.”

- Cardi B.

18. “I feel beautiful without makeup on, but when I do put makeup on, it just gives me this extra pop.”

- Cardi B.

19. “If you want it, and the more you keep hearing you can’t have it, you just go and get it.”

- Cardi B.

20. “I’m more than what a lot of people think that I am—or will be.”

- Cardi B.

21. “A lot of people always question, ‘What else can she do, what else can she do?’ And I’m going to show you.”

- Cardi B.

22. “I have 100 percent Bronx pride, like it’s a country, like I am the Bronx.”

- Cardi B.

23. “I used to tell myself that I will always be myself.”

- Cardi B.

24. “To me, music is art and fashion is art, but fame? Fame isn’t art, but the person you become when you’re famous – your alter ego – that’s art.”

- Cardi B.

25. “I’ma sound like all your favorite rappers.”

- Cardi B.

26. “What counts the most for women is having the confidence to make your own money.”

- Cardi B.

27. “This is my work ethic: I do not want to raise my future kids where I was raised, and I know the only way to do it is working, working, working, working, working.”

- Cardi B.

28. “I really don’t look up to anybody that is doing that great in life, because I don’t know their story.”

- Cardi B.

29. “I don’t want my personality to overshadow my talent.”

- Cardi B.

30. “I will always speak on how I feel. I’ll be damned if fame and other people have me being a slave to my own thoughts.”

- Cardi B.

31. “I still want to be myself, I still want to put my opinions out there or whatever, I just really want people to take my music seriously.”

- Cardi B.

32. “If I change myself, then I’m going to lose myself, and I won’t be who makes me happy.”

- Cardi B.

33. “You better realize your worth and stop settling for bare minimum half...”

- Cardi B.

34. “If a girl have beef with me, she gon' have beef with me forever.”

- Cardi B.

35. “I'd rather have money and be broken-hearted than be broke and broken-hearted.”

- Cardi B.

36. “My personality is humongous.”

- Cardi B.

37. “People are afraid to be themselves because people are afraid to be recorded. Everything is being recorded, and everyone is so sensitive. You say something; a section of people will be offended. It's so annoying; you got to be completely censored.”

- Cardi B.

38. “I was always scared to follow my dreams because if I follow my dreams and I fail, I can't dream about it anymore. It's easier to settle for less.”

- Cardi B.

39. “I yam who I yam; I'm not somebody, like, standard.”

- Cardi B.

40. “I'm so free-spirited. Everyone has a me inside them: that loud girl that just wanna go, 'Ayyyy!' No matter if you are a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher, it comes out.”

- Cardi B.

41. “You wanna know my secret? I pray a lot.”

- Cardi B

42. “I really don't look up to anybody that is doing that great in life, because I don't know their story. ”

- Cardi B.

43. “I hit this grind, the roof gon’ collapse.”

- Cardi B.

44. “It’s my birthday, at least that’s what I’m dressed like.”

- Cardi B.

45. “Tell me where your mind is, drop a pin, what’s the coordinates?”

- Cardi  B.

46. “Anything a man can do, I can do. I can finesse, I can hustle. We have the same freedom. I was top of the charts. I’m a woman and I did that. I do feel equal to a man.”

- Cardi B.

47. “I will tell you that you can use your personality and be bubbly and be yourself in any field that you’re in. That alone will take you far.”

- Cardi B.

Cardi B Inspirational Quotes

In 2013, Cardi B gained popularity due to several of her videos that went viral on social media, on Vine and her official Instagram page.

In November 2015, Cardi B made her musical debut on Jamaican reggae fusion singer Shaggy’s remix to his single “Boom Boom.” She is one of the iconic female rappers and people get inspired by her as she has achieved so much in such a younger age.

Here are some of the best quotes about Cardi B  along with Cardi B song quotes and lyrics that are truly enjoyable and will make you be a better human.

48. “Do what you do and make your own way.”

- Cardi B.

49. “I’m the rose that came from concrete.”

- Cardi B.

50. “I’m a boss in a skirt, I’m a dog, I’m a flirt.”

- Cardi B.

51. “My career takin’ off, these hoes jogging in place.”

- Cardi B.

52. “Made a couple M’s with my best friends / Turned all my L’s into lessons.”

- Cardi B.

53. “I don’t dance now, I make money moves.”

- Cardi B.

54. “A lot of people when they meet me will be like, you are just like your Instagram video.”

- Cardi B.

55. “The women that inspire me, to be honest, are the women that struggle.”

- Cardi B.

56. “I’m going to encourage any type of woman. You don’t have to be a woman like me for me to encourage and support you.”

- Cardi B.

57. “Fleek the definition of me. I keep it in check. I am a whole different breed.”

- Cardi B.

58. “I wanna hear myself everywhere.”

- Cardi B.

59. “I only know my struggle.”

- Cardi B.

60. “I got options, but I want who I want.”

- Cardi B.

61. “Now I’m a boss, I write my own name on the checks.”

- Cardi B.

62. “You got me lookin’ in the mirror differently. Thinkin’ I’m flawed because you ain’t consistent.”

- Cardi B.

Cardi B Quotes About Life

Cardi B isn’t just a rapper, she is also the first female rapper to have multiple number one songs on the US billboard top 100. She made her way into the hip-hop game after going viral on social media.

Here are some of the famous Cardi B  quotes about life that every man and woman will love to read in the future.

63. “You just learn as time passes.”

- Cardi B.

64. “We might as well be true with ourselves.”

- Cardi B.

65. “It’s just like, damn – I’m competing with myself.”

- Cardi B.

66. “Music never felt like a job.”

- Cardi B.

67. “When women come up to me like I’m a freaking senator or I’m a doctor, it’s like damn, y’all like me? I look up to y’all!”

- Cardi B.

68. “I’m evolving, but it’s like – I’m not all the way evolved.”

- Cardi B.

69. “Went from making’ tuna sandwiches to making’ the news. I started speakin’ my mind and tripled my views.”

- Cardi B.

70. “They say I’m too that, oh, I’m too this. When you see what I’ve seen, you end up like this.”

- Cardi B.

71. “To see the positive reaction to my music makes me feel good.”

- Cardi B.

72. “I used to worry a lot. I still worry a lot, but not about the things that I used to worry about because my younger self, I didn’t regret anything that I ever did…I was happy, and I was free, and I was living it up.”

- Cardi B.

73. “I just feel like I influence people because I’m like – I was practically homeless.”

- Cardi B.

74. “A lot of people always question, ‘What else can she do, what else can she do?’, and I’m going to show you.”

- Cardi B.

75. “People want me to be so full of shame that I used to dance. I would never be ashamed of it. I made a lot of money. I had a good time, and it showed me a lot.”

- Cardi B.

76. “That’s why I am so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.”

- Cardi B.

77. “A lot of designers, they did tell me no. They didn’t really wanna work with me.”

- Cardi B.

78. “I do feel kind of guilty sometimes ’cause, like, I could buy myself a $5,000 dress or a $3,000 dress, and I’m buying these things, but I’m knowing that my cousin needs money for the rent. And then I gotta tell myself, ‘stop feeling guilty. You worked for this.”

- Cardi B.

79. “Instagram has said a lot of things about me that are not true, so I don’t even know where that’s coming from.”

- Cardi B.

80. “The ‘B’ stands for whatever, depending on the day...beautiful or bully.”

- Cardi B.

81. “Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No. I just gotta focus on making money. Cause ain’t no going back. I’m gonna be famous forever.”

- Cardi B.

82. “I’m surprised Beyonce liked me. I met Beyonce!!”

- Cardi B.

83. “Don’t reach out to me, don’t talk to me...don’t follow me, because I know when you’re being fake.”

- Cardi B.

84. “I sound like all your favorite rappers.”

- Cardi  B.

85. “I don’t want my personality to overshadow my talent.”

- Cardi B.

86. “I got to make sure that you feel me. I need to make sure they remember me forever. I have to show you.”

- Cardi B.

87. “Summertime, this is the time that you flex.”

- Cardi  B

Cardi B Song Lyrics Quotes

She started her career at a very young age and since she went viral, she gained publicity. She became an internet celebrity over the time by achieving popularity on Vine and Instagram.

It’s been a few years since Cardi B has cemented herself as a household name. She’s dominated the charts since her 'Bodak Yellow' track hit the airwaves, and here are some of the Cardi B song lyrics quotes.

88. “Bruno sang to me, while I did my money dance like Aye, flexin’ on the gram like aye!”

- Cardi B.

89. “When Kulture was born, I felt like I was a kid again; everything was making me cry, and I needed a lot of love.”

- Cardi B.

90. “Why is the best fruit always forbidden?”

- Cardi B.

91. “I got to make sure that you feel me. I need to make sure they remember me forever. I have to show you.”

- Cardi B.

92. “I'm an emotional gangster. I cry once every month.”

- Cardi B.

93. “You don’t want a girl like me, I’m too crazy, but every other girl you meet is fugazi.”

- Cardi B.

94. “I’m like a chicken nugget or something...”

- Cardi B.

95. “Be careful with me, do you know what you are doing? Whose feelings that you’re hurting and bruising?”

- Cardi B.

96. “I was always into music. But I didn’t want to get into music because I didn’t want to put so much money and so much time into it and it didn't get picked up and I did not get anywhere with it.”

- Cardi B.

97. “I want a certain type of respect on my name.”

- Cardi B.

98. “I used to live in the P’s, now it’s a crib with a gate.”

- Cardi B.

99. “I need to make money for my family and my future family. I’m not a YOLO person.”

- Cardi B.

100. “I still want to be myself, I still want to put my opinions out there or whatever, I just really want people to take my music seriously.”

- Cardi  B.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Cardi B quotes, then why not take a look at Chance The Rapper quotes, or 50 Cent quotes.

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Written by Luca Demetriou

Bachelor of Arts specializing in English and Drama, Master of Arts specializing in Performance: Design and Practice

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Luca DemetriouBachelor of Arts specializing in English and Drama, Master of Arts specializing in Performance: Design and Practice

Experienced in writing and sub-editing, Luca holds a Bachelor's in English Literature and Drama from the University of Birmingham, where he served as the culture editor at Redbrick Paper. He is currently pursuing a Master's in Performance: Design and Practice at the University of the Arts in London, showcasing his passion for the arts, performance, and history. With a keen interest in traveling, Luca enjoys exploring new cultures and experiencing diverse perspectives.

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