Cardi B says cosmetic surgery helped her overcome her insecurities

Cardi B says that being successful and being able to afford cosmetic surgery helped her overcome her childhood insecurities.

In an intimate chat with Mariah Carey for Interview magazine, Cardi, 28, talks about growing up in the Bronx and then her rise to fame, which helped her transform her appearance after years of being bullied.

‘I was also very thin when I was younger, and in the Bronx, it’s about being stupid and having an a **, so the boys would do, “Look at your a ** apartment. You don’t have boobs.” feel so ugly and underdeveloped. the WAP hitmaker tells Mariah.

Mariah, 50, asks Cardi if she feels vindicated now, after becoming a big star and showing all her critics how far she has come.

‘I feel so avenged. Even when I was 18 and became a dancer, I had enough money to buy breasts, so all the insecurity I felt about my breasts was gone.

‘When I was 20, I went to the urban strip club, and in the urban strip clubs, you had to have a big ass. So I felt unsure about it. It took me back to school. So, I did my a **. And then I felt super confident.

‘When I was younger, I didn’t really know how to take care of my hair. So now I make my own hair mask and take care of my natural hair, and it makes me feel better, as if what people are saying about me is not true. My hair was not bad because it was a diaper. My hair was bad because I didn’t know how to take care of it. ‘

Cardi looks amazing in an AB + DM photo shoot and styled by Kollin Carter, taking off her clothes and wearing thigh-high gold boots in the ultra sexy cover image.

Another photo shows hitmaker Bodak Yellow wearing a sparkling rope-style dress from Area Couture.

Cardi swings a voluminous shiny brunette wig and shakes razor-sharp gold claws while doing sexy poses.

In a photo, the rap icon is shirtless and on all fours wearing a net skirt.

She is one of the most confident and outspoken female artists of the moment, but Cardi says that when she started working in strip clubs, she was super nervous.

‘When I joined the strip club, I was very shy. I felt very uncomfortable. I felt very ashamed. There were times when I was crying, like, “Oh my God, if my mom or dad found out, they would be so humiliated”.

But the rapper adds that when she started to undress, it was not a stepping stone for her, but a way to survive.

– But I needed the fucking money. I was living with my boyfriend at the time, but he wasn’t doing shit. I used to smoke pot at that time, so I thought pot was necessary.

‘I wanted money for marijuana and to move. I just wanted enough money to rent a room. I was so desperate to get the f ** k out of the situation I was in. ‘

Cardi still has fits of shyness now that she is a star, as she admitted that she would look awkward if she met Mariah in person.

‘Many celebrities invite me to visit places, but I am very shy. We’re doing this over the phone, but if it were in person, I wouldn’t be able to look you in the eye. That’s how I get nervous around celebrities. And sometimes my head starts to say, like, “My God, I look stupid, I feel stupid, I’m stupid”.