Famous American rapper Belcalis Almánzar, better known by her stage name Cardi B, has formally announced that she and her spouse Offset are divorcing.
Online rumors about the couple’s impending divorce have been going around since last week, when Cardi’s Instagram profile contained a number of cryptic postings.
The rapper talked about getting rid of “dead weight” in one of these posts, citing people, procrastination, mentalities, and sloth as things she wanted to get rid of in the new year. She said she was going to make herself a priority in the upcoming year.
Another post from Cardi read, “You know when you just outgrow relationships. I’m tired of protecting people’s feelings… I GOTTA PUT MYSELF FIRST.”
Notably, the couple unfollowed each other on their Instagram pages last week, fueling the speculation.
In an Instagram Live session on Monday, the “WAP” rapper officially confirmed the separation from her husband Offset.
“I don’t know if y’all have been getting clues from me from my Live, I mean… or from my Instagram Stories, where I put certain music. When it comes to events and stuff, I don’t think it’s true, I don’t care to find out because I have been single for a minute now.
“But I’ve been afraid…not afraid, I just don’t know how to tell the world. The last time I went on Live, I kinda wanted to tell you guys, but I didn’t know how to tell you so I changed my mind. But it has been like this for a minute now,” she said.