Cardi B Boyfriend List: Closer Look at Cardi B’s Dating Life as Offset Cheating Accusations Take Internet by Storm

Cardi B’s dating history and boyfriend list revealed, from DJ Self to an on and off marriage to Offset, amidst cheating scandal and divorce filings.

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Cardi B’s dating history includes DJ Self, King Yella, Tommy Geez, and Offset.
Her marriage to Offset has been marred by cheating allegations, breakups, and reconciliations.
The couple’s latest split comes after Offset accused Cardi B of cheating, leading to a divorce filing and request for primary custody of their children.

Easily one of the most successful contemporary music artists, Cardi B (aka Belcalis Marlenis Cephus) has managed to launch herself to admirable heights of success and fame with her aggressive flow and outspoken, clever lyrics. But as much as the rapper cum songwriter is loved worldwide, she is also being pulled under the limelight for all the wrong reasons as of late.

Cardi B. | Credits: @iamcardib/IG.

According to exclusive reports, her husband Offset, with whom she decided to tie the knot back in 2017, has accused her of a cheating scandal that has been taking the internet by storm. While this isn’t the first time the pair have taken a knife to each other’s throats, it sounds more severe than before as things seem to be seriously escalating quickly in a hot turn of confessional events for both.

That said, following ‘Set’s accusations, a lot of speculation has also risen around the WAP singer and all the boyfriends she has had in the past. To quench your thirst with information regarding the same, here’s all we know about Cardi B’s dating history and boyfriend list, with a closer look at her relationships ranging from her first boyfriend down to her current husband.

Cardi B’s Boyfriend List All the Way Down to Her Marriage

Cardi B. | Credits: @iamcardib/IG.

As famous as Cardi B is for her jaw-dropping music, vocals, and brazen lyrics that could leave others embarrassed, the 31-year-old rapper is also widely known for her love life and all the people she has been romantically linked with. While she decided to settle down with her 32-year-old current husband in 2019, things have still been constantly on and off in their relationship.

Thus, here’s a complete list of all the relationships that the Up singer has reportedly been in, including both her rumored romantic links and the ones confirmed by the singer herself. Without further ado, let’s dig right in.

1. DJ Self

DJ Self. | Credits: @djself/IG.

One of Cardi B’s earliest relationships is reported to have been with DJ Self. This goes back to nearly a decade ago, after the rapper started appearing on the VH1 reality TV show Love & Hip Hop: New York. According to Complex, she had a short-lived and seemingly open relationship back in 2015 with the Power 105 radio personality – one that couldn’t survive past the reality show.

Reportedly, the I Like It singer slept occasionally with John Self and even considered him “the hottest DJ in New York or whatever.” At the same time, it feels like her relationship was more inclined toward helping her career get laid, considering how she was reportedly “willing to deal with him seeing other women so long as he helped get her music played.”

2. King Yella

King Yella. | Credits: @kingyella/IG.

Yet another one of Cardi B’s reported short-lived romantic bonds was with King Yella, who was rumored to have a fling with the Drip singer in 2015 before she rose to prominence. These rumors came out after Yella himself alleged to have had an affair with Cardi – something that the female rapper later refuted more than once.

In his diss track Cardi B Truth from 2018, Yella implied that the Please Me singer had allegedly slept with him with his claim in his song, “Cardi B wanna have my baby.” Further reports from Capital Xtra reveal that he had even posted screenshots of a FaceTime call with Cardi to try and add truth to his allegations.

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However, he was in for a surprise as this was followed by the Enough rapper sharing a phone call between the pair through her social media. Telling Yella that she clearly never slept with him as opposed to what he tried to imply, she was heard saying on the call, “You tried to make it seem like I did, and I never did,” adding, “I’ve never kissed you. I’ve never nothing.”

3. Tommy Geez

Cardi B. | Credits: @iamcardib/IG.

Cardi B’s relationship with Tommy Geez was one that the rapper admitted to herself in interviews and through her social media handles. According to Ranker, the two reportedly met in the neighborhood where they both grew up. This relationship also seems to have stemmed back when the rapper was yet to rise to prominence with hits like Bodak Yellow.

Additionally, Ranker reports that Cardi started dating Geez back when he was in prison due to legal troubles. Their whirlwind affair came to an end sometime around 2016, when the female rapper started to gain a name in the entertainment industry through her inclusion in the reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York. She also has a ‘Tommy G’ tattoo on her left wrist, inked in red color.

4. Offset

Offset. | Credits: @offsetyrn/IG.

After the early and mid-2010s saw her engaging in short-lived flings and romantic relationships with other bad boys, Cardi B seemed to finally have found her home with Offset in 2017. Though they were first spotted holding hands at the Super Bowl in February 2017 and seen together in the Open It Up rapper’s live video (via @bossipofficial on Instagram), it took quite some time before either of them confirmed it publicly.

After months of denying dating and engagement rumors and appearing at public events together at the same time, the two seemingly confirmed their relationship by October 2017 as Offset shared an intimate clip of the two and a candid photo with the caption (see Billboard): “H A P P Y B D A Y U ARE AMAZING TO ME YOU GOT IT OUT DA MUDD NO HELP NOBODY WAS BELIEVING AT FIRST BUT THAT MADE YOU GO HARDER U NOT WEAK U TAKE CARE YA WHOLE FAMILY AND ME —- I L O V E Y O U.”

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That same month went on to see the Annihilate singer proposing to Cardi during a sold-out performance for Power 99’s Powerhouse in Philadelphia with a massive, $500,000 teardrop-shaped rock (see @power99philly and @theshaderoom on Instagram). But while that was that, the real drama started spilling a little time after the pair tied the knot.

In December 2017, Offset was reportedly accused of cheating on his wife, the fire and controversy around which continued to rage well into 2018 until October. In fact, nearly a year later, in December 2018, the Rodeo singer announced her split from Offset before deciding to reconcile around two months later by the end of January 2019, after laying down new relationship rules.

Offset and Cardi B. | Credits: @iamcardib/IG.

Following this, their relationship went back to going strong as the two loved and supported each other and had each other’s back through it all. However, after nearly two years of them showering each other with love and care, Cardi was once again reported to have filed for divorce in September 2020. In an Instagram live, she revealed the reason behind this, saying (via Billboard), “I just got tired of f–king arguing. I got tired of not seeing things eye to eye.”

But this twisted story was anything but done being twisted. Two months later, November 2020 saw the divorce being called off, and the pair went on to spend another two blissful years together. That was until June 2023, when it was Cardi getting accused of cheating this time around in a posted and quickly deleted Instagram story by Offset (see @TheRageWorld on X).

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After one more confirmation by the Bongos rapper of being single and done with her husband in December 2023, the pair once again got together by that year’s New Year’s Eve. Seven months later, Cardi had once again filed for divorce after claiming things were “complicated”, which was followed by her giving birth to the pair’s third baby in September 2024.

However, currently, it doesn’t seem like the pair would be coming back around to each other this time around, considering how Offset accused the mother of his kids of cheating on him – yet again – while she was pregnant, on her Instagram Live (see Billboard).

Cardi B and Offset. | Credits: @iamcardib/IG.

This time, the Wanne Be singer simply went on to brutally blast her husband on her Instagram Live, saying:

“I’m too much woman for you. I’m too much of a boss b—h for you. And I always been too good for you … I don’t make you feel like you’re that n—a in this home. I make you look good. […] All three of them — I don’t regret none of them, but I regret you. I don’t regret my kids. You a good daddy. You aight. I don’t regret none of them. … But f–k you. I regret you. I’m too good for you. I’ve always been too good for you, n—a.”

All of this being said, currently, Cardi’s divorce filing is still valid, and reports reveal that the WAP rapper has requested primary custody of their kids – Kulture, 6, Wave, 3, and the recent newborn. But considering all of these previous events and how they eventually resulted, things might as well go back to normal between this exclusively estranged couple. After all, it’s Cardi B and Offset we’re talking about here.