<p id=”par-1_60″>When Cardi B was in high school, she had dreams of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/cardi-b-shares-behind-scenes-look-little-miss-drama-tour-prep.html/”>her musical talent</a> lifting her to fame. The rapper wanted to emulate some of the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/cardi-b-explained-will-never-steal-mariah-careys-iconic-christmas-song-spotlight.html/”>artists who inspired her</a> and felt that this was in her grasp. After her parents kicked her out of the house, though, her priorities changed. Cardi began to focus on other ways of surviving. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-cardi-b-didn-t-think-her-musical-ambition-was-going-to-take-her-anywhere-nbsp”>Cardi B didn’t think her musical ambition was going to take her anywhere </h2>
<p id=”par-2_17″>Cardi attended a performing arts school in New York. There, she focused on developing her musical education.</p>
<p id=”par-3_34″>“I went to a high school for performing arts,” she told Mariah Carey in a conversation for <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/cardi-b-gets-a-pep-talk-from-mariah-carey” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Interview Magazine</a>. “I used to sing, I used to rap, I used to act, all that s***.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_45″>Shortly after she graduated, though, her parents kicked her out of the house for fighting with her younger sister. After <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/cardi-bs-boss-at-the-grocery-store-she-used-to-work-at-advised-her-to-become-a-stripper.html/”>losing her job</a>, she began stripping as a way to make ends meet. She said that she let her musical ambition go by the wayside. </p>
<p id=”par-5_29″>“Once I started having troubles at home and got kicked out, I saw everything I did in high school as a silly dream,” she said. “It wasn’t reality anymore.”</p>
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<p id=”par-6_19″>She finally found her way back to the music industry after her manager told her to look into it.</p>
<p id=”par-7_65″>“I had a manager, and every time we would be in the car <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/cardi-b-appeared-on-1-other-reality-show-before-love-hip-hop.html/”>driving to bookings</a> and s***, I always used to remix songs and he’d be like, ‘Yo, you’re really quick and witty. You be having these bars,’” she recalled. “And I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah.’ He was like, ‘I produced some songs before for Lil’ Kim. Why don’t you try doing music?’”</p>
<p id=”par-8_17″>While she initially thought this would be a waste of her time, she eventually agreed to try.</p>