After three years of checkered marriage, American rapper Cardi B officially began legal proceedings on Tuesday to divorce her husband, rapper Offset, in a Georgia court according to legal documents.
The couple had secretly married in September 2017 and then announced fifteen months later a first separation.
“It has not worked between us for a long time already,”
explained the 27-year-old artist in a video on his Instagram account which has 75.5 million subscribers.
"And it's no one's fault, we just don't love each other anymore."
The two celebrities, however, got back together some time later.
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The singer, whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar, is now claiming sole custody of her two-year-old daughter, Kulture, as well as alimony in an unspecified amount, according to American media having had access to the details of the documents.
The hearing has been set for November 4, according to documents filed in court in Fulton County in Georgia, the state where rapper Offset, whose real name is Kiari Cephus, is from.
A former Bronx stripper, Cardi B became a musical phenomenon in 2017 with her hit
Bodak Yellow.
Released on August 21, his latest title, in collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, became one of the hits of the summer.
Entitled WAP, it is a true ode to female pleasure and debauchery.
The video, in which the two rappers wander in stiletto heels and undressed bodysuits, in a rich pastel-colored house, was controversial upon its release.