-What a year. What a year.
Everything you're having.
I mean, there's so much
to talk about.
Congrats on everything.
And thanks for being here.
-Thank you. Ohm...
[ Laughter ]
-"Cardi B."
Where did that name come from?
-My name come from --
You know what?
My sister name is Hennessy.
-Mm-hmm.
-You know what I'm saying? My
sister name is Hennessy, right?
So everybody used to
call me Bacardi.
So I always called myself
Bacardi, right?
And then it was my Instagram
name. Like Bacardi, BacardiB.
But for some reason my Instagram
keep getting deleted,
and I think it was Bacardi that
had something to do with it.
So I just shortened it
to Cardi B.
-So Cardi B is the jam.
And I love that.
Now everyone's
calling your name now, pal.
-Yeah.
-You are from the Bronx?
-Mm-hmm. Euymmm.
[ Laughter ]
-Are you --
Sorry.
Are you -- Wait a second.
Are you from --
Are you going home for
the holidays, to the Bronx?
-Yep. Oh, yeah, yes. Definitely.
-You are, yeah.
I follow you on Twitter --
@IAMCARDIB.
And you said that you're
not getting any adults gifts
this year for Christmas.
-No. Because you
want to know something?
Everybody that I know got kids.
And this is like --
That's just a lot of kids.
-So take care of --
-And I got new godkids
out of nowhere.
You know,
once you start making money,
everybody wants you to be their
kid's godmother or somethin'.
[ Laughter ]
-But I -- You did get
a beautiful gift.
Actually you got a wedding ring
from your fiancé.
You're engaged to Offset there,
from Migos.
He did that live?
-Ohh! [ Trills tongue ]
-I mean --
[ Trills tongue ] is right!
Yeah!
I mean, it looks gorgeous.
Let me see that.
Let me see that ring.
Look at that.
-Don't get too close,
Because I didn't put
no lotion on my hand.
-Gotcha. I gotcha.
-It's wintertime.
-It's wintertime. I got you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Did you know -- Look --
That is the biggest diamond
I've ever seen.
Did you have any idea
that he was going to do it?
-No. I mean, you know, I was --
He always used to tell me,
"I'm gonna marry you.
I'm gonna marry you."
And it's just like, "Hmm-mmm."
It's the right thing to do.
But, you know, I know
he was gonna give me --
I knew he was gonna give me
a very expensive gift,
because he wasn't there
for my birthday.
But I thought he was gonna give
me, like, a watch or somethin'.
Anyway, he just --
he just went out his way.
Ohh. [ Trills tongue ]
[ Laughter ]
-[ Laughs ]
The Grammy Awards.
Grammy Awards. January 28th
here in New York City.
Your hometown.
Are you nervous?
-I am nervous.
You want to know something?
You want to know something?
-Yeah.
Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yes.
-I already feel like a winner.
-Yeah. You are a winner.
-You know what I'm sayin'?
Because it's just like
I never thought me...
-You already are.
-Yeah.
Like, I already won.
What's good?
[ Laughter ]
-You did.
I mean, you've been
on our show a few times.
But "Bodak Yellow" was
the first number-one single
from a female rapper since 1998.
So already you just
changed the game.
It went three times platinum.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Everybody was singing that song.
Everybody was doing it.
Girls, women, men, grandmas.
Everybody's singing
"Bodak Yellow."
-Yeah. I see.
I'm so proud of myself.
[ Laughter ]
-It's got to feel good,
though, right?
-It does feel good.
And it feels good because,
you know, I really
worked my ass off for it.
And it's just like,
ahh, it finally pays off.
I have been proven!
-Right. Yeah. Oh, please.
You got more to come.
There's more to come with you.
But you're also
making some history.
You're the first
female hip-hop artist --
I want to get this right --
with your first three singles
in the top 10 at the same time.
Cardi B!
-Ohh! [ Trills tongue ]
-I mean...
I heard that, and I was like
[ Trills tongue ]
You know? And, uh...
[ Laughter ]
I totally was. I totally was.
I didn't think I was
going to be,
but I was like
[ Trills tongue ]
You know? Yeah.
You have a new track
coming out Friday.
-Yes.
-All right.
And this is "Bartier Cardi."
"Bartier Cardi."
-Yeah, you know,
I named it "Bartier Cardi."
You know what I'm sayin'?
Because I don't want
Cartier to sue me.
Yip-yip-yip-yip-yip!
Featuring 21 Savage.
Okay? Yeohw.
Y'all go get that.
-No, we're gonna get it.
"Bartier Cardi."
I can't tell you how much
we love you and they love you.
I mean, come on!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Cardi B! I love you, man.
