Cardi B is an American rapper, born and raised in New York City. Her birth name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus, and she is of Trinidadian and Dominican descent. She has also referred to herself as Afro-Latina and Afro-Caribbean. In a 2019 Instagram video, she clarified that she is West Indian and Dominican, and not Mexican. Cardi B identifies as bisexual.