American rapper Cardi B visited a motherless house in Lekki, Lagos, with tons of gifts, purchased from a Nigerian supermarket, hours before performing at the Livepot X Festival on Saturday night.
The singer, who said in a live video on Saturday morning that she was enjoying Lagos, posted photos of the visit on her Instagram page, with the caption: “I must thank the ladies and gentlemen who nurtured these children who need a little more love and protection and prepare them for a better place, destiny and future.
Cardi B has been photographed with Nigerian stars such as Darey Art Alade.Travel Blogs
The post attracted sweet words from Nigerian celebrities such as Nollywood star, Funke-Akindele, who wrote, with Love Emoji: Thank you for being real and a big shout out to @Livespotnation @dareydarey for inviting such a real and kind soul to our Naija.
Cardi B set to perform in Nigeria and Ghana for the first time
Grammy Award-winning rapper and social media sensation Cardi B is in Africa to perform for the first time on the continent in Nigeria and Ghana.
On Thursday, the star shared a post on her Instagram page of her dancing excitedly on a private jet as she departed for her first stop – Nigeria.
“1:03 AM dropping my KK off in NY on my way to Afrriiiiicaaaaaaaaaa Baybeeeee!!!!!!” she wrote in the post.
Last month, she announced that she would perform at the Livespot X Festival in Lagos, Nigeria and later Accra, Ghana.
After arriving in Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, an excited Cardi B said she wanted to visit places in the city and try Nigerian jollof rice.
“I want to see the real Nigeria, I don’t want to eat hotel food. I want like real Nigerian food, all that fish, all that rice making jollof,” she said on her Instagram story.
Cardi B (real name Belcalis Almanzar), broke into the music scene in 2017 with her hit single “Bodak Yellow.”
She will perform at the two-day festival alongside top African artists from both countries.
Organized by Livespot 360, a Lagos-based digital agency, the festival will feature Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy, Shatta Wale, R2Bees among others.
Huge popularity
Darey Art Alade, Nigerian singer and creative director of Livepot 360, says Cardi B was chosen for the headlines because of her immense popularity.
“She’s one of the biggest artists in the world… it’s really about her uniqueness, her star power. She has great music and she’s the girl next door that everyone loves,” he told CNN.
Cardi B has won several awards, including a Grammy Award, seven Billboard Music Awards, and four BET Awards.
Alade, who will also perform at the festival, said Cardi B’s African debut has been in the works since 2018.
According to him, his team has been in discussions with her for months to make her trip to the continent smooth. “Bringing Cardi B is a lot because there are a lot of moving parts. She’s precise about everything,” he said.
The festival arranged the lighting, stage and design of the Accra and Lagos venues to suit the rapper’s preferences.
