New Delhi: Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar is known as Cardi B. The Hollywood singer and rapper remains in the news for her professional life as well as her personal life. Cardi B is an American rapper, singer and television personality.

Cardi B remains in the headlines due to controversies

She has sung many popular songs like Money, Please Me, Drip and I Like It. Cardi B is one of those celebs who is loved a lot by the audience but she often remains in the headlines due to her past. The singer got into trouble when one of her old videos went viral.

Three years ago, she herself had admitted in an Instagram live video that she used to give drugs to men. Last year, someone took out this old video of her and made it viral, after which she had to come forward to give clarification.

She used to rob people by giving them intoxicants

According to BBC report, it was said in the video that to gain popularity, the singer first worked as a stripper. During this time, she used to rob men who wanted to have sex with her by giving them drugs. After this video went viral, the singer had to face a lot of criticism.

What did Cardi B say in her defense?

After this, in her clarification, Cardi B said that whether it was a bad choice at that time or not, I did what I had to do to survive. I never claimed to be perfect or come from an ideal world.

The original video was made when her career was just starting to take off and it was her response to someone who said she didn't deserve success because she didn't put in the work. "I come from a hip hop culture where you're very open about yourself. Where you come from, if you've done anything wrong in the past to get to where you are, that's also talked about without hesitation," she said.

During this, the Grammy Award winner also pointed fingers at some rappers who glorify things like murder, violence, drugs or robbery.