Cardi B has by no means been one to separate her private life from her public one. On Tuesday, the Grammy-winning rapper introduced she is anticipating her fourth child — her first along with her boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, vast receiver for the New England Patriots.

“I’m having a baby with my boyfriend Stefon Diggs,” she informed Gayle King throughout an look on CBS Mornings. She added that her due date is scheduled simply earlier than the launch of her Little Miss Drama tour in February. “I’ve been putting in all this work, but I’m doing all this work while I’m creating a baby.”

The Bronx-born artist, 32, is making ready for the September 19 launch of her new album, Am I the Drama?. She mentioned she feels regular, regardless of the pressures of managing a profession, motherhood, and public scrutiny.

“I’m happy. I feel like I’m in a good space,” she mentioned. “Me and my man are very supportive of each other. We’re in the same space in our careers. I feel like we’re really great, we’re really the best at what we do.”

Cardi B Announces Baby No.4

Cardi acknowledged she had not shared the information along with her mother and father earlier than the interview. “I felt like, can I just say it on my own time? I’m not hiding,” she mentioned.

She credited Mr. Diggs with giving her confidence as her profile continues to attract consideration. “He just makes me feel safe and very confident,” she mentioned. “And it makes you feel like you could take over the world.”

Their relationship grew to become public in May, after they had been seen collectively at a New York Knicks sport. It adopted her break up from the rapper Offset, with whom she shares three kids: Kulture, 7, Wave, 4, and Blossom, 1. She filed for divorce in July 2024, the identical month Blossom was born.

Mr. Diggs has since been a frequent presence, typically showing in her social media posts. In August, she confirmed off a $73,000 Patek Philippe watch he gave her, joking that she initially thought he had purchased it for himself.

Cardi has lengthy described motherhood as her anchor. “I’m never far from my kids because that’s my responsibility as a mother,” she informed Vogue Singapore in 2022.