Strange things about Cardi B and Offset’s relationship

Cardi B and Offset make up one of rap music’s most famous couples. Their romance moved at lightning speed after they were spotted on their very first date at the 2017 Super Bowl . By October 2017, Cardi B (real name Belcalis Almanzar) and Offset (real name Kiari Cephus) got engaged after the
Migos rapper popped the question on stage at Philadelphia’s Power 99 Powerhouse concert. With a massive eight-carat diamond sparkler on her ring finger, she told
Time magazine, “I’m excited because I feel like I’m locked in. He’s locked in. That I don’t gotta worry about ‘hmm, is he f***ing somebody else?'” Well, perhaps she spoke too soon…
But cheating allegations are just one of the many things that have shrouded this couple’s romance, as well as Cardi B’s admission that Offset makes most of the major decisions concerning their relationship and her rap career.
We can’t help but raise our eyebrows as we learn even more about this hip-hop power couple’s union. Here are a few of the strange things about Cardi B and Offset’s relationship.
They’re engaged, but wedding planning isn’t on his radar
Although he proposed to her on stage in October 2017, Offset didn’t appear to be in a huge rush to walk down the aisle to seal the deal. We’re sure he’s utterly in love with her, but, when he was asked by Rolling Stone if he and Cardi B were working on their wedding plans, he responded, “We ain’t, we ain’t planning it right now.” Say what?!
“We chilling. We don’t got time for that right now,” he continued. When asked why the planning had stalled out, he refused to give an answer. Instead, he simply said, “It ain’t no gig. It ain’t no f***ing game, you know what I’m saying? It ain’t no game. It’s my life.” Um, okay.
So what gives? The whole point of getting engaged is to make a mutual promise to eventually tie the knot. And it’s not like they’re short on cash. They could easily hire wedding planners who could orchestrate the festivities.
But considering the timing of his proposal, we have an inkling that he may have given her the engagement ring as some sort of peace offering. You’ll have to keep reading to find out more, but, for now, we’ll move on to how strange it is that Offset is pumping the brakes on their wedding while Cardi B is ready to kick things off…
She wants an extravagant wedding
While attending the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in January 2018, Cardi B showed up on the red carpet wearing a custom creation by designer Mohammed Ashi . The rapper looked like a stunning princess in the voluminous white gown that could’ve doubled as a wedding dress. Speaking of weddings, her upcoming nuptials were a topic of discussion that night. The “Bartier Cardi” lyricist caught up with People magazine and was asked about the big day. “It’s gonna be extravagant. You know, we’re both rappers,” she said. “We’re both artists, so it has to be a very extravagant wedding.”
Her beau had already told Rolling Stone magazine that they were just “chilling” instead of ironing out the wedding details, and his future bride confirmed his sentiment. “We are taking our time to plan it, because we really just don’t have the time … If we was to have at least one month, three weeks off, it would be easier. But we don’t have it,” she said.
Let’s recap: Offset completely put the kibosh on any talks of wedding planning, but, judging by Cardi B’s response, it sounds like she’s at least willing to put in the time and effort to bring her dream wedding into fruition. Could he holding her back from making it happen?
She name-drops him
Cardi B and Offset are more than just significant others. They’re music partners as well, having appeared on various tracks together, including their debut collaboration, “Lick .” And when Offset isn’t featured on a Cardi B track, he never seems too far away … because Cardi B always manages to give him a shoutout in her lyrics.
On the Migos track ” Motorsport,” which also features Nicki Minaj, Cardi B raps, “I get up, set off / I turn Offset on/ I told him the other day/ Man, we should sell that porn.” And on “Bartier Cardi ,” featuring rapper 21 Savage, she raps on the chorus, “Cardi got rich, they upset / Cardi put the p***y on Offset.” No one makes a raunchy public declaration of love quite like Cardi B!
While some don’t see anything wrong with her professing her adoration for her man through her music, others are annoyed by the frequent references and name-drops in her tunes. In an effort to address the criticism, she posted a special message to all of her naysayers. “If I wanna put my man name on all my songs [so f***ing] what!!” she wrote on
Twitter. “I’m going to mention his name even in my prayers b***h! S**t when I’m about to die last word out of my mouth is OFFSET.” Well, alrighty then.
Those cheating allegations
Offset’s phone was reportedly hacked, and one of his personal videos leaked in December 2018, showing a man who looked a lot like him lying in bed with a woman who definitely wasn’t Cardi B. It was later determined that the video was filmed in September of that same year, just one month before he proposed to Cardi B with a huge engagement ring. So, we have to wonder… could her ring just be an “I’m so sorry, please forgive me” gift?
It’s clear Cardi B isn’t going to let a little bit of philandering come between her and the love of her life. Though her fans have encouraged her to walk away from the relationship, the rapper has refused, once tweeting , “I still put the p***y” on Offset,” and commenting on
Instagram, “No it’s not right for a n***a to cheat … But what you want me to do? Go f**k me another n***a? Start all over again and get cheated on again? This s**t happens to everyone. People handle they relationship different soo.”
In another since-deleted tweet posted on Jan. 9, 2018 (via Us Weekly), the rapper wrote, “Why is it a problem that i want to take my time with a decision on my relationship?” This led many to believe she was actually contemplating ending things with Offset once and for all. But days later, it appeared that he had won her over again by getting a “Cardi B” tattoo on his neck .
She’s ‘no angel’ either
Could it be that Cardi B has been willing to give Offset chance after chance because she has also gotten a little bit of side action during their relationship? That appears to be the case, according to an in-depth interview the “Bodak Yellow” MC gave to Cosmopolitan magazine. “It’s not right, what he f***ing did,” she said in reference to his alleged cheating, “but people don’t know what I did, ’cause I ain’t no angel.”
She also wanted the world to know that she wasn’t staying with Offset because she’s desperate. “It’s like everybody is coming down my neck like, ‘Why are you not leaving him? You have low self-esteem.’ I don’t have low self-esteem … I know I look good. I know I’m rich, I know I’m talented. I know I could get any man I want — any basketball player, football player. But I want to work out my s**t with my man, and I don’t got to explain why,” she said.
No trust
Considering the alleged cheating, Cardi B and Offset may have struggled to keep their relationship moving in a positive direction. In an interview with GQ , Cardi B revealed, “For a long time … we was in love with each other but we didn’t really trust in each other.” Love without trust? How does that work exactly?
Well, according to the rapper, it was a “competition” between them of “who’s gonna hit each other up first .” She also cited outsiders who put a strain on their romance. “People used to put things in my head: ‘He gonna leave you. He be f***ing with mad b*****s.’ People used to put things in his head: ‘Cardi, she’s a dog. Don’t trust her.’ We never really trusted each other because I always feel like he could get any girl he wants — what makes me think he’s gonna want me? I think he felt the same way,” she said.
When asked if the trust was non-existent up until their October 2017 engagement, Cardi B seemingly confirmed as much. “It was just too much playing games. He would look for me; sometimes he would take a jet to me. And it was just like, ‘Let’s stop playing. We really love each other. I’m scared to lose you, and you scared to lose me,'” she said.
She ‘barely’ spends time with him in Atlanta
Aside from having two bustling rap careers that keep them apart from one another, Cardi B and her main man are in the midst of a long-distance romance. She hails from the Bronx, while he’s a resident of Atlanta. Considering they got engaged and made a commitment to make their relationship work by any means necessary, one of them had to make the move so that their romance could flourish. That person turned out to be Cardi B.
In her GQ interview, she stated, “[Offset]’s never comfortable in New York. He loves down south. He told me to move in with him, in Atlanta. I stayed in his house a couple of times, but it’s so hard to live there.”
Instead of possibly purchasing a home together in a city where they both felt comfortable, Cardi B said, “[Offset] decided, though, that we’re going to build a house in Atlanta, and that’s the house that we’re gonna raise our kids in. But my job is in New York, always, so I can barely spend time in Atlanta.” Wait a second. Offset decided? So what is Cardi B — chopped liver?
If you think her rapper beau is taking the reins of their relationship, you may be right…
He makes decisions for her
Cardi B values Offset’s opinion, but some may say he has a little too much influence on her life. “I’m very indecisive, and that’s a very bad trait that I have,” she told GQ. “It’s so bad. And then I always feel like I need — like I need somebody to tell me something. He’s always screaming at me for that, like, ‘You don’t need this. You know who the f**k you are. Oh, my God, you’re so annoying!'”
His hysterics over her lack of independence trickles down into her career, as well. “I’m afraid to do my own decisions. I call him a lot,” she said before admitting that she asks him questions, such as, “Do you like this song? Do I sound good in this song? Do I sound corny?”
Putting so much stock into one person’s opinion can’t be a good thing. Even if these two eventually get married and drive off into the sunset together, it would still benefit Cardi B to have a little bit of autonomy in her life, no?
Petty arguments
Every relationship has its own ups and downs, but sometimes couples face super tough moments that can threaten to rip them apart. In October 2017, Cardi B and Offset put their relationship turmoil on front street in the form of a very public squabble, and it all went down on social media.
Fans were freaking out because it appeared that the couple had officially thrown in the towel and had broken up after Cardi B posted a picture of herself with the caption, “Single,” (via The Shade Room).
After a bit of back and forth between the two of them, it appeared that they had finally kissed and made up. Cardi B attempted to explain their brief breakup in a series of tweets, one of which read, “Reasons why me and Offset got into it … I think he stoled [ sic ] my purple blanket but it wasn’t him so I’m still looking for the suspect,” she wrote.
Petty spaghetti.
He denied she was pregnant
Rumors had been swirling for months that Cardi B and Offset were expanding their family and had a baby on the way. In February 2018,
TMZ caught up with Offset, and the father of three (from previous relationships) vehemently denied the rumors. Cardi B herself even denied the pregnancy that same month after fans began to speculate. “No b***h I’m just getting fat. Let me [get] fat in peace,” she told one of her Instagram followers (via
People).
Two months later, the rapper gave a riveting performance on Saturday Night Live and showed up in a figure-hugging dress that put her baby bump on full display. After the show aired, she posted to her Twitter account, “I started winning when the whole world was doubting on me! think imma lose with my little baby counting on me?” Offset followed her lead by posting a picture of the twosome on his Twitter with the caption, “Cardi and I look forward to our next chapter together.”
We’re happy for them, as well, but we’re puzzled as to why they kept the baby news hush-hush for so long.
Did she have any input on their baby’s name?
After finally sharing her baby news with the world, Cardi B showed up to The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about her life, her career, and motherhood, of course. DeGeneres was naturally curious about what the rappers would name their bundle of joy. “My dude named the baby,” Cardi B told the talk show host. “I really like the name. I’m gonna let him say the name since he named the baby.”
Now that we’re aware that Cardi B doesn’t mind leaving the decision-making in Offset’s hands, it’s not too shocking that she didn’t have much input on their baby’s name either.
So, not only does she run her business decisions by Offset, but he was the one who determined where they would build their family home and what they’d name their unborn child. This may all sound super weird to us, but, if it works for Cardi B and Offset, who are we to judge