{"id":2006717,"date":"2025-09-08T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2006717"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:22:22","slug":"cardi-b-wears-a-bob-marley-inspired-look-while-selling-her-new-album-on-a-nyc-sidewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cardi-b-wears-a-bob-marley-inspired-look-while-selling-her-new-album-on-a-nyc-sidewalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B wears a Bob Marley-inspired look while ‘selling’ her new album on a NYC sidewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cardi B<\/strong> knows how to make noise! Just two weeks out from the release of her highly anticipated sophomore album, “Am I the Drama?,” the Grammy-winning rapper is proving that no stage is too big or too small when it comes to promotion. On Saturday, September 6, she turned a Manhattan sidewalk into her own playful pop-up record shop, and fans are eating it up.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to Instagram, Cardi<\/a> sets the scene with a black sheet spread across the pavement, stacked with various editions of her upcoming album, including vinyls, CDs, and even a so-called \u201cCourtroom Edition.\u201d Dressed down but never out of style, she rocked a black hoodie, a Rastacap, and waved burning incense sticks while Bob Marley<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0“One Love”\u00a0blasted in the background.<\/p>\n

Then came the show: \u201c$9.99! You got $50 right here. $20! $9.99 for the new ones!\u201d Cardi yelled with the conviction of a true New York street vendor, slipping effortlessly into character. She captioned the post with her signature wit. \u201cMy label said I gotta get out in these streets and sell this album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow Artists Join the Fun<\/h3>\n

The clip quickly caught fire online, not just with fans but with Cardi\u2019s peers. Diplo<\/strong> dropped into the comments joking, \u201cI bought fourty.\u201d Kehlani<\/strong>, amused by the matching hoodie moment, wrote, \u201clmao sick hoodie twin.\u201d Rising star Tyla<\/strong> kept it short and sweet with a simple, \u201cGirl \ud83d\ude02.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cardi\u2019s knack for humor and authenticity once again showed why she remains one of the most relatable and entertaining figures in music.<\/p>\n

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‘Am I the Drama?’ Drops September 19<\/h3>\n

The sidewalk stunt is just the latest in Cardi\u2019s ramp-up to the September 19 release of\u00a0“Am I the Drama?,” a 23-track powerhouse that will include her Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smashes\u00a0“WAP”\u00a0(2020) and\u00a0“Up”\u00a0(2021). Fans have been clamoring for new music ever since her 2018 debut\u00a0“Invasion of Privacy”\u00a0reshaped the rap landscape, and Cardi knows the pressure is real.<\/p>\n

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This grassroots promo moment also capped off a massive week for Cardi.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In her recent Billboard cover story, she addressed that exact anticipation. \u201cI\u2019m really one of those artists that people ask for their albums the most every year. I wouldn\u2019t be confident if nobody asked me for my s\u2014t. Imagine nobody asking for your music? That\u2019s why I\u2019m so confident,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A Big Month for Cardi B<\/h3>\n

This grassroots promo moment also capped off a massive week for Cardi. Just days earlier, she received the 2025 Billboard Impact of the Year Award at the R&B\/Hip-Hop Power Players event in Brooklyn, solidifying her influence not only as a hitmaker but as a cultural force.<\/p>\n

A Los Angeles jury also cleared the Grammy-winning rapper of all liability in a $24 million lawsuit filed by Emani Ellis<\/strong>, who worked as a security guard at a Beverly Hills medical building where<\/strong>\u00a0Cardi B\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0obstetrician\u2019s office was located<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A Los Angeles jury cleared the Grammy-winning rapper of all liability in the $24 million lawsuit brought by Emani Ellis<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Days after celebrating her kids’ birthdays<\/a>, Cardi attended the VMAs 2025 after party hosted at the Raising Cane’s event. Dressed in black, Cardi performed her smash hit song “Up,” in front of Kevin Hart<\/strong>, Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong>, Jamie Foxx<\/strong>, and Lenny Kravitz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hola.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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