Cardi B has announced that she is pregnant with her third child shortly after she reportedly filed for divorce from her husband, Offset, for a second time.
The WAP rapper confirmed her baby news on Instagram earlier today, sharing a glimpse at her growing, bare bump in a revealing red dress.
Alongside the uploads, the 31-year-old – who is also mom to daughter Kulture and son Wave – appeared to hint at her split from the Migos legend.
She captioned the post: ‘With every ending comes a new beginning! I am so grateful to have shared this season with you, you have brought me more love, more life and most of all renewed my power!
‘Reminded me that I can have it all! You’ve reminded me that I never have to choose between life, love, and my passion! I love you so much and can not wait for you to witness what you helped me accomplish, what you pushed me to do!
‘It’s so much easier taking life’s twists, turns and test laying down, but you, your brother and your sister have shown me why it’s worth it to push through!’
The stunning pictures showed Cardi – real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar – cradling her stomach on a rooftop in front of the New York skyline, in a very risqué dress.
She covered up with an oversized, red fur coat, and kept her eyes firmly down at her bump.
Right on cue, fans flooded the comments section below with love and support over the music legend’s baby joy.
Deneelynette commented: ‘Cardi having another baby y’all!! That’s right another little cutie.’
Vicholla agreed: ‘Strong for this. Yes mama xoxo. Get up 10.’
Rollinwit_Kendall replied: ‘Congrats Cardi we love you!’
As Every1loves_beauty added: ‘Awwwww congratulations Cardi I’m so happy for you.’
The news may come as a surprise to many as it has been claimed that Cardi filed to end her marriage to Offset, six years after they tied the knot in secret.
It has been claimed that she submitted paperwork on Wednesday – four years after initially filing for divorce.
According to reports, she hired a divorce lawyer and is seeking primary custody of their children.
An insider told PageSix that recent rumors that Offset had cheated were not behind the break-up, insisting that they had ‘grown apart’.
‘They’ve grown apart. That’s what drove her to this decision more than anything else,’ they shared. ‘This is something she wants to do.’
Sources also told TMZ that the divorce has been ‘a long time coming’, suggesting that the former couple have ‘disconnected from each other’.
They added that it was ‘not an overnight decision’ – but neither have officially confirmed or denied the reports.
Cardi and Offset first started dating in 2017, and quietly got married in September of that year – before sharing the news of their engagement in October.
She then announced her first pregnancy during an appearance on SNL in April, 2018, and gave birth to their daughter, Kulture, in July, before revealing that she had split from her husband that December.
They still remained close after this and were pictured together at the Grammys shortly after, but the mom-of-two submitted documents to sever their marriage in 2020.
This wasn’t to last and they reunited weeks later – and went on to introduce their son, Wave, in 2021.
There has been intense speculation surrounding their relationship in recent months, after Cardi reportedly declared that she has ‘been single for a minute now’ during an Instagram live session at the end of last year.
‘I don’t know if you guys have been getting clues from me from my [Instagram] Lives or from my Stories when I put on certain music,’ she told fans at the time.
‘I have been single for a minute now but I have been afraid… not afraid I just don’t know how to tell the world.
‘But I feel like today has been like a sign. The last time I got on live I kind of wanted to tell you guys but I didn’t know how to tell you, so I changed my mind.
‘But it has been like this for a minute now, I just took it as a sign. I want to start 2024 fresh and open. I don’t know I’m curious for a new life, a new beginning and yeah I am excited.’
Fans were thrown for a loop when they were then seen at a Knicks game together, while Offset gave his partner lavish gifts and floral displays for Mother’s Day.
Unpacking their rollercoaster romance in a candid chat with Rolling Stone in May, she vowed that they ‘have their own bad stuff’.
‘The part I love is that we really like each other, like a support system. We’re really both each other’s cheerleader. I don’t really like talking to people. I’m not as social. If I want something from somebody, he’ll be the one that will talk. Because I don’t like asking,’ she said.
‘We’re from two different worlds. Sometimes I cannot be … not that I cannot be a wife. It’s just like, my career takes my life. You know what I’m saying? My career comes first, then my kids come second. And then sometimes I don’t realize that I’m putting so many things before my relationship.
‘The little things I have to take care of then comes. I sometimes feel like I do probably put my relationship last.’
When asked what she had decided to do about their marriage, she added: ‘I think it through. We think it through, because we do love each other. It’s not even about love. We’re best friends.
‘It’s not even about “How do you leave a partner?” How do you stop talking to your best friend?’
Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Cardi B and Offset for a comment.