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Karol MarkowiczWhy you should be rooting for Cardi B

Apr 11, 2018 10:47 pm

This week, Cardi B guest-hosted the "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," and the last three people on the planet who hadn't heard of her got to know the star - and the "only in New York" character of her meteoric rise. Born Belcalis Almanzar in The Bronx, mostly raised in Washington Heights, Cardi's everywhere right now.
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Schiffer Publishing to Release Fraver by Design: Five Decades of...

Apr 11, 2018 06:08 pm

... called Frank 'Fraver' Verlizzo "the theatre poster legend." Frank Verlizzo was born in Manhattan and raised in The Bronx. He attended High School of Art and Design in NYC and received his BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In Fraver By Design he ...
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Schiffer Publishes Fraver by Design By Broadway Artist Frank Verlizzo In May

Apr 11, 2018 02:32 pm

... called Frank 'Fraver' Verlizzo "the theatre poster legend." Frank Verlizzo was born in Manhattan and raised in The Bronx. He attended High School of Art and Design in NYC and received his BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In Fraver By Design he ...
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The 10 Best Cardi B Remixes & Covers

Apr 11, 2018 02:30 pm

... Cardi B, and this beat-driven reimagining is easily one of the wildest takes you're going to hear outside of The Bronx. Cardi B - "Bartier Cardi" (DJ TAJ & DJ DIAMOND KUTS Remix) All right, now that we're thoroughly in the mood for Jersey Club ...
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A veteran Wall Streeter has left Credit Suisse for a crypto trading desk

Apr 10, 2018 05:00 pm

The Bronx-native has joined the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken as a trader for its new over-the-counter trading operation, two people familiar with the situation told Business Insider. Over the course of nearly 20 years, Minier has worked for almost every major Wall Street firm, including Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan, and most recently Credit Suisse.
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Cardi B Says $800 Butt Fillers Left Her Feeling Terrible

Apr 10, 2018 05:03 am

... lady got locked up 'cause she's supposedly killed somebody. Prior to stripping, Cardi - who was born and raised in The Bronx in New York - was also a gang member. "I used to pop off with my homies. And they'd say, 'Yo, you really get it poppin'. You ...
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Cardi B says implants caused her butt to 'leak for five days'

Apr 10, 2018 04:30 am

... lady got locked up 'cause she's supposedly killed somebody. Prior to stripping, Cardi - who was born and raised in The Bronx in New York - was also a gang member. "I used to pop off with my homies. And they'd say, 'Yo, you really get it poppin'. You ...
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Cardi B jokes about her pregnancy reveal as she makes Tonight Show...

Apr 10, 2018 02:56 am

... bump while taking the stage with host Jimmy Fallon , 44, at Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center in New York City . The Bronx native glowed in a long copper satin jacket with matching loose silky sweatpants along with a light pink thin top with high ...
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Sex crime victim describes being 'shamed' by NYPD detective

Apr 09, 2018 10:25 pm

Desdemona Dallas Meck, 30, of Brooklyn, testified at a City Council hearing Monday about her harrowing ordeal reporting a sex crime to the NYPD's Special Victims Unit in Manhattan. In the summer of 2010, three months after moving to New York City, two men attempted to rape me in The Bronx.
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6 Samples And Influences Heard On Cardi B's 'Invasion Of Privacy'

Apr 09, 2018 06:33 pm

... arrived on Apr. 6, is chock-full of club bangers, vulnerable break-up tracks and girl empowering anthems. While the Bronx native adds her honest and gritty flair on each song, the soon-to-be mother also pulls on the heartstrings of nostalgia, ...
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Cardi B probably knows a lot more about President Franklin D. Roosevelt than you do

Apr 09, 2018 02:37 pm

That's what Billboard chart sensation Cardi B told GQ 's Caity Weaver in an extensive profile published Monday morning. The Bronx-born rapper, who released the highly anticipated album Invasion of Privacy last week, has delivered us bangers and viral clips for the better part of a year.
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Giancarlo Stanton and Yankees have both been here before

Apr 09, 2018 02:29 pm

... in one season strike out five times in a game without getting a hit. And, of course, the soundtrack of his time in The Bronx so far is something from the Ed Whitson nostalgia files. Judge has distinguished himself during a still young career by ...
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Cardi B got butt injection from Queens woman whose patient died

Apr 09, 2018 12:49 pm

... the lady got locked up 'cause she's supposedly killed somebody," she told GQ. "Well a somebody died on her table." The Bronx-born Cardi did not reveal the identity of the woman who gave her the injections. Multiple people have died in New York in ...
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When is Cardi B due to give birth?

Apr 09, 2018 12:48 pm

... in April 2018. But when is Cardi B due to give birth? Born Belcalis Almanzar on October 11, 1992 and raised in The Bronx, New York City , Cardi B first found fame for her cut-throat attitude as an Internet celebrity on Instagram and Vine. After ...
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New York City foreclosures are back to financial crisis levels

Apr 07, 2018 01:30 pm

... to the report. Brooklyn experienced a 64 percent increase year-over-year, logging 275 scheduled foreclosures. The Bronx followed with 113 foreclosures - a 33 percent increase - and Queens had 303, representing a 13 percent decrease year-over-year . ...
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Brandon Drury comes clean about scary issue he's been hiding

Apr 07, 2018 01:26 pm

... said Saturday morning after he was placed on the 10-day disabled list before the Yankees hosted the Orioles in The Bronx. "It's baseball. I need to have my eyes be right to play and help this team win games, and I just don't think I've been even ...
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Yankees' brutal day takes its toll with two going on DL

Apr 07, 2018 11:28 am

Roughly eight hours after suffering a 14-inning loss against the Orioles , the Yankees placed CC Sabathia and Brandon Drury on the 10-day disabled list. Sabathia, who was removed after four innings due to discomfort in his right hip, said after Friday's game that he knew he was "fine," but when he arrived in The Bronx on Saturday morning, the 37-year-old appeared unprepared to already be ruled out for his next start.
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Skateboarders Won

Apr 07, 2018 04:00 am

... dedicated spaces just made for that." In Harlem, a new skate park opened at Thomas Jefferson Park in September. The Bronx will see the completion of Williamsbridge Oval Skatepark in early 2019. Mr. Rodriguez recently worked on designs for a skate ...
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Cardi B says Nicki Minaj feud rumors are 'made up'

Apr 06, 2018 05:10 pm

... hit single Bodak Yellow. Her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, was released on April 6, 2018. Cardi B grew up in The Bronx and first attracted attention as an adult model on Instagram before appearing as a cast member of the VH1 TV show Love & ...
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Review: Cardi B's Debut, 'Invasion of Privacy,' Is Personal and Undeniable

Apr 06, 2018 02:30 pm

When Cardi B teams up with SZA to announce, "I think us bad bitches is a gift from God," hearing is believing. The Bronx queen's long-awaited debut Invasion of Privacy is even better than everybody was hoping it would be, a whirwind tour of Planet Cardi, a place where female warriors reign supreme, taking occasional breaks to plant a Louboutin heel on a rival's throat.
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