Jimmy Interviews Cardi B

-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.
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