Cardi B told fans she is no longer with Offset in an Instagram Live on Monday, confirming rumors she and her husband have split.
The rapper expressed relief in the early morning livestream, where she said, “I’ve been single for a minute now, but I have been afraid to like... not afraid... I just don’t know how to tell the world.”
“But I feel like today has been a sign,” she went on. “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.”
Cardi also said the breakup shouldn’t come as a surprise to fans who pay close attention to her social media.
“I don’t know if you guys have been getting clues from me, from my Lives, or from my stories, when I put some certain music, or from my unfollowings,” she explained.
Taking an optimistic tone, the “WAP” rapper told viewers, “I wanna start 2024 fresh, open. I don’t know. I’m curious for a new life, for a new beginning. And yeah, I’m excited.”
Speculation that Cardi and Offset had split started last week after people noticed they had unfollowed each other on Instagram.
Afterwards, Cardi hinted at the breakup in an Instagram Story that said, “You know when you just out grow relationships.”
She followed up with another that read, “I’m tired of protecting peoples feelings...I GOTTA PUT MYSELF FIRST!”
Cardi and Offset married in 2017 and share two children.
The “I Like It” rapper filed for divorce in 2020 but withdrew her petition months later.