Cardi B has filed for divorce from her husband, Offset, for a second time, it has been claimed.
The couple tied the knot in a secret ceremony in September, 2017, shortly before announcing their engagement.
They first split in 2018, following the birth of their daughter Kulture, and the WAP rapper, real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, initially filed to end their marriage in 2020.
She called this off and reunited with the Migos legend, real name Kiari Kendrell Cephus, the following month, before going on to welcome their son Wave in 2021.
However, it seems as though the pair have officially gone their separate ways with the 31-year-old submitting paperwork to end their marriage once again on Wednesday.
According to reports, Cardi hired a divorce lawyer and is seeking primary custody of their two children.
An insider told PageSix that recent rumors that Offset, 32, 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 spoken publicly about the claims.
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.