Cardi B is pulling back the curtain on the rather shocking cost of raising her three children.
“Y’all want to know what’s the kids’ bills? Start adding,” Cardi, who shares Kulture, 6, Wave, 3, and Blossom, 8 months, with her ex Offset, said while speaking on X Spaces on Friday, May 30.
“My kids got their own driver. The kids’ driver is on a retainer for $10,000 a month,” she continued. “Kulture and wave gets tutoring four times a week. Kulture’s piano class — that’s $300 an hour, and she gets piano classes three times a week. I’m not sure how much is gymnastics and Wave’s boxing classes, but I pay for that, too.”
The Grammy-winner went on to accuse her ex of not pitching in financially, including the cost of Kulture’s private school tuition, which she claimed costs around $45,000. (Cardi filed for divorce in August 2024, one day before she confirmed her pregnancy with their third child.)
Us Weekly reached out to a representative for Offset for comment regarding Cardi’s claims.
The mom of three also broke down the cost of childcare — a large expense for most mothers in this country, including the famed rapper.
“My cousin babysits Wave and Kulture. She gets paid $3,000 a week,” the said, adding that her youngest daughter, Blossom, has her own nanny who is paid $500 per shift.
“This is not even including food,” she continued. “My kids have a personal chef that comes from 7 am to 5 pm that I pay for because people in my house don’t have time to cook.”
In total, Cardi claimed she spends at least $50,000 on her children’s food, housing, education and security.
“Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar pays over $50,000 just on her kids alone,” Cardi said, referring to herself by her real name. “I have to pay that bill. No help.”
Cardi B’s daughter Kulture is experiencing the finer things in life at a young age. The 30-year-old rapper gifted her daughter — who she shares with husband Offset — a pink Hermès Birkin bag for her 5th birthday. Cardi showed off the $25,000 present via Instagram on Monday, July 11, while praising her little one. […]
Despite claiming she pays for the majority if not all of her children’s expenses, Cardi has previously praised her ex for his support amid their divorce proceedings.
“Ok this is getting weird cause I can say he helps me a lot with my business and the kids,” Cardi wrote via Instagram in August 2024, denying reports the couple’s marriage was more of a “distraction than support.”
“Never in my career no matter what I went through I had friends or family go to the media sooo I don’t know who is this damn source going to People magazine,” she continued of the report, which relied on comments from a source.
The rapper added at the time, “even wit my filling I’m not askin for child support my claim is for him to only pay for the bills he already pays on the kids and the new one.”
