Cardi B exclusively opens up about pregnancy, new album and finding stability with Stefon Diggs

Now to our exclusive interview with rap superstar, that would be the one and only Cardi B. Back in 2019, she became the first solo female rapper to win a Grammy award for best rap album. Her much anticipated new album is called, and I love this title, Am I the Drama?

Drops this Friday. Ahead of its release, we sat down with the 32-year-old superstar for a wide-ranging conversation. So we started with some very exciting personal news with her boyfriend, NFL star, Stefan Diggs,

that she's sharing first and only on CBS Mornings. I wanna start right away with, you know, cause the rumors on the streets, the streets be talking. And so the latest rumor about you is that you are having a baby. And I wanna know what, if anything,

you want to share about that with the class.

Well, well, yes. I am. I'm having a baby with my boyfriend, Stefan Diggs.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Congratulations. How are you feeling about that, and that this will be baby number four for you, Cardi? Congratulations.

Thank you. I'm actually very, I'm excited. I'm happy. I feel like I'm in a good space. I feel very strong. I feel very powerful that I'm doing all this work,

but I'm doing all this work while I'm creating a baby. Me and my man, we're very supportive of each other. We're like in the same space in our careers,

but like in different, you know, in different. By that, what do you mean by that same space? That you're both doing well? What do you mean?

You know what it is? That I feel like we're really great and one of the best at what we do. And me and him think the same way. Like, it's like, yeah, we're one of the greatest, but what's next?

What are we doing again? We do it again. We have to do it again all the time. It's not like we're like, we're never like comfortable. We just want to keep doing it. And that's just how we both are.

You have a song on your new album. I can't wait for people to hear the new music, but there's a song called Safe. Yeah.

Is he somebody that makes you feel safe? Very safe in both ways, physically. I mean, you see how big he is. Yes, yes, I did see, yes. And he just makes me feel safe and very confident and very strong. I mean, two weeks ago, I was literally having a panic attack. I was crying and crying and crying

just because I was just getting really nervous with the whole album rollout. People were coming at me very hard. Sometimes people love you, people hate you, with the whole album rollout. People were coming at me very hard. Sometimes people love you, people hate you, and people was just saying very mean things about me.

I'm like, see, this is why I don't put music out, because it's like, this is my art and this is something that I put a lot of love and time to. Sometimes when people just rip it apart, it just hurts you and it crushes you. And he was just like, girl, you better get it together. And it's like, he makes me feel very confident. I feel like feeling safe is feeling confident,

feeling like it's like, you could do it. And it makes you feel like you could take over the world.

Well, you know, there was all sorts of speculation, is she, is she not? Did you decide that you weren't ready to talk about it? What was your thinking there? Why did you think, okay, now I'm going to talk about it?

By the way, now that I talked about it, y'all better get my album. Y'all wanted to know, y'all wanted to know, right? Now y'all know. Now y'all could buy my album so I could buy Pampers and diapers and all that type of stuff. I told y'all, now I'm not going to support my album because I'm a mother of four now. But no, I just was like, can I just say it on my own time? I'm not hiding.

Yeah, on my own time, my own terms.

Like on my own time. Yes, it's like on my own terms. Let me close some deals first. You know what I'm saying? Let me close some deals first. And it's like, you know what? You don't really wanna say right away that you're pregnant.

Like, it's like, let me see a couple of more sonograms. Let my baby be healthy. And you know what's so crazy? I haven't, till today, matter of fact, I have to tell them this week, before this interview come out,

I haven't even told my parents.

No way, Cardi.

I haven't told my parents.

They should be looking at me like. Cardi, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, back up. Why haven't you told them?

Cause I'm scared of them.

I'm very scared of my parents.

You're scared of your parents?

I'm very scared of my parents.

Okay, do they like Stefan? Do they like him?

Yes, they like him. They like him.

They do like him, they do like him. he has children, were you thinking, you know, the way we feel about each other, we both wanna have a child together?

Yes, I mean, you know, everybody kept telling me, like, I should have fun. And we had a little bit of too much fun, and now I'm here. I'm here, we had too much fun. And yeah, we're very excited, we're very happy.

We talk about it all the time.

And you're both happy about it. Yes, we're very happy about it. But I'm happy for you to see you this happy because we all know you went through a very messy divorce with Offset. Were you worried about opening your heart up again or falling in love again or even dating again? Were you concerned about that?

Yes, and one thing about dating, like it's like when you date, you feel like you're like 16 again.

And I don't really... Well, you want to feel like you're 16. You want to meet somebody that makes you feel like that.

You do, but then it's like, you also remember what you dealt with when you were 16. So it's like, like restarting again.

Well, that part, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

And being open.

And vulnerable.

And vulnerable. and like one time he just told me like it's like let me heal you give me a

chance for me to heal you and it's like okay he said let me heal you mm-hmm is a baby I'm not asking for your due date but his baby coming this year or next it's coming before my tour before your tour when's your tour in February whoa Cardi yeah you're gonna go on tour in February?

Yeah.

You ready?

I'm very ready. Even when I'm pregnant, I'm very, very ready.

Tell me about that.

Because I'm getting my body ready. Like I stretch it out, I stretch. So as soon as I give birth, the tour rehearsal starts.

Yeah. Oh my God, oh my God. I don't come from weak women. You don't? No. There is nothing weak about you. No. Nothing. It's been seven years since Cardi B released her debut album and her fans have

been eager for more music. There was this point in my career like after WAP, everybody was like, you should drop the album then. But it's like, honey, I had like six, seven songs that I don't like those songs. I like them.

So you didn't want to drop it until you were ready and felt good about it. Yes. Why do you feel good about this?

I feel like it's complete. I feel like it touched every little thing that I want to touch. And I just feel like it's something

that is not out there right now. I think I know that she was very anxious to share the news and I like her point that she wanted to do it in her Own time and in her own terms. She's been in public you've seen her and there's been a lot of speculation about are you are you not? Who is a father which she felt it was very disrespectful, but she's been wearing it and it was she's been wearing a corset So when you look at her you think she is but you aren you aren't quite sure. But let me tell you, the baby bump is really bumping.

The baby bump is real. The baby bump is really bumping.

And she was really glowing. Towards the end of the interview, we went out to continue shooting. Stephon just happened to call to check on her to see how she was doing. Did you eat today? Despite all, and she's been through a lot of stuff. She's been through a lot of stuff. Publicly too. Yes, publicly.

But you know, she doesn't shy away from any of it, guys. She doesn't shy away from any of it. She addresses it. We're gonna talk about, this is the first time after her court case, which she won, and she had many viral moments in the court case.

She talks about that, though, about this. How did that go, that conversation? I have a feeling that she has told them by now. She also knows the sex of the baby. She's not sharing whether it's a boy or a girl. But she is really excited, and according to her, so is he.

I can't wait to listen to the album. I like their first single, Imaginary Players the rest of the interview. Because we only stuck to the baby making news for today.

But then you get into how Cardi became Cardi and her thinking about her life and how she does what she does.

Tomorrow's the day.

She takes keeping it real to a whole nother level.

Okay, tomorrow's the day.

And for that I am grateful. Thank you so much Cardi B us break this story for you. We'll have much more of our conversation. We're gonna talk about that recent court victory. And yes, the viral moments and get a firsthand look at how she's actually hitting the pavement to promote her new album. People don't do this anymore, but she did.

And it seems to be working.

It's gonna work. It's gonna work. We're excited about that.