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1. Cardi B

Rihanna's 3rd Annual Diamond Ball Source:Getty

We love us some Cardi B! The former “Love & Hip Hop” star is on a fast track to super stardom as her hit song, “Bodak Yellow,” reached #1 on the Billboard charts, making history as the first female solo rapper to top the list since Lauryn Hill in1 998. Now if that’s not a bossy, money move, we don’t know what is.

2. Cardi B

NYLON's Rebel Fashion Party, Powered by Land Rover, at Gramercy Terrace at Gramercy Park Hotel Source:Getty

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 12: Cardi B attends NYLON’s Rebel Fashion Party, powered by Land Rover, at Gramercy Terrace at Gramercy Park Hotel on September 12, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images)

3. Cardi B

FENTY PUMA by Rihanna Spring/Summer 2018 Collection - Front Row + Arrivals Source:Getty

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 10: Rapper Cardi B attends the FENTY PUMA by Rihanna Spring/Summer 2018 Collection at Park Avenue Armory on September 10, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for FENTY PUMA By Rihanna)

4. Cardi B

2017 Budweiser Made in America - Day 1 Source:Getty

PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTEMBER 02: Rapper Cardi B performs onstage during the 2017 Budweiser Made in America festival – Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 2, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)

5. Cardi B

2017 MTV Video Music Awards - Red Carpet Source:Getty

INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Cardi B attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

6. Cardi B

She’s on top of the world.

7. Cardi B

Syling & proflin.’

8. Cardi B

She makes it look easy.

9. Cardi B

2017 BET Awards - Arrivals Source:Getty

LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 25: Cardi B at the 2017 BET Awards at Microsoft Square on June 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Maury Phillips/Getty Images)

10. Cardi B

2016 Bronner Brothers Beauty Show - Day 1 Source:Getty

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – FEBRUARY 20: TV personality Cardi B attends Bronner Brothers International Beauty Show at Georgia World Congress Center on February 20, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

11. Cardi B

Namilia - Front Row - February 2017 - New York Fashion Week: The Shows Source:Getty

NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 12: Cardi B attends the Namilia collection during, New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 3, Skylight Clarkson Sq on February 12, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for New York Fashion Week: The Shows)

12. Cardi B

20-year-old Cardi.

13. Cardi B

Cardi as a youth.

14. Cardi B

Baby Cardi.

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