Cardi B was treating herself to some jewelry while in Los Angeles on Monday.
The rapper kept it casual as she donned a short pixie cut and wore a Harvard sweater, gray biker shorts, and sneakers.
Despite her low-key appearance, Cardi dazzled in diamond necklaces and matching earrings while flashing a bright white smile for the camera.
The 31-year-old wore black sunglasses and carried an Hermès Birkin bag while shopping at Maria Tash jewelry store on Melrose.
Cardi also shared with her 167 million Instagram followers that she got a surprise ear piercing while at the luxury store.
Cardi B was spotted having fun for a day in Los Angeles on Monday
And despite leaving satisfied, that wasn’t the Grammy winner’s plan to begin with.
“I came here for one thing,” Cardi joked. Instagram Story on Monday before turning the camera on the driller, ‘and look what Harrison did to me.’ ‘He got me!’
She then showed off her left ear covered in diamond jewelry before ending the clip with a laugh.
Cardi’s arrival at the jewelry store comes days after she revealed her plans for a third album, even before the release of her long-awaited second LP.
The superstar posted herself singing her collaboration with Peso Pluma, ‘Put Em in the Fridge,’ and asked her fans if they would like to see her release a Spanish-language album.
After almost 480,000 votes, a whopping 79 percent of followers agreed with the idea of the project.
Cardi responded on her Instagram Story the next day: “OK AFTER MY ENGLISH ALBUM.”
However, Bardi Gang has a long wait ahead.
In May, the mother of two tweeted that she wouldn’t be releasing her long-awaited project anytime soon.
The rapper kept it casual as she donned a short pixie cut, a white Harvard sweater, gray biker shorts, and sneakers.
“No album this year, I don’t care, I’m chilling this year…” Cardi wrote on X. “Putting aside these functions that I already committed to and traveling and enjoying my summer.”
But in addition to shedding light on the state of her music, she also opened up about the state of her relationship with Offset.
“I think about it carefully,” Cardi said. Rolling Stone In May. ‘We think about it well because we love each other. It’s not even about love. We are best friends. And it’s like, “Okay. Well, there was a time when I didn’t have a best friend or I didn’t have a support system.”
The Grammy winner also shared with her 167 million Instagram followers that she got another ear piercing while at the luxury store.
The finality of their relationship comes five months after the Bronx native confirmed that she and rapper Migos had broken up once again.
Cardi added to the outlet: ‘It’s not even about “How do you leave a partner?” How do you stop talking to your best friend?
But the Bodak Yellow rapper also admitted that while she’s moved on from Offset’s past indiscretions, her career and children came first before her partner.
As Cardi said, “Sometimes I don’t realize that I’m putting so many things before my relationship.”
The superstar’s jewelry store visit comes days after she asked her fans if they would like to listen to an album of hers entirely in Spanish.
But despite their ups and downs, the artist truly appreciates their relationship.
“What I love is that we really like each other, like a support system,” Cardi reflected. “We both really encourage each other.”
In fact, the 32-year-old was the first partner Cardi had who lifted her up instead of tearing her down.
“He never made me feel like I was small to him,” she told the outlet. “In fact, he always used to tell me, ‘You’re a fucking superstar, look.'”
She shared about her relationship with Offset with Rolling Stone: ‘I think about it carefully’
And as for the former couple’s current situation, Cardi noted, “We’re fine now.”
Cardi and Offset, who married in 2017, share daughter Kulture, 5, and son Wave, 2, and have been on and off for the past few years, most recently splitting for good in 2023.
“I’ve been single for a minute,” Cardi shared in an Instagram live in December, “but I’ve been afraid to like it, I’m not afraid, I just don’t know how to tell the world. But I feel like today has been a sign. Last time I went on Live I wanted to tell him, but I didn’t know how to tell him, so I changed my mind. But it’s been like this for a minute. I just took it as a sign.
The singer noted that, these days, she is ready for what the future holds.
“I want to start 2024 fresh and open,” Cardi admitted. ‘I don’t know. I am curious about a new life, about a new beginning. And yes, I’m excited.”