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  • -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.

-What a year. What a year. Everything you're having.

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