Cardi B Breaks Singer Garth Brooks Record by Selling Out Houston Arena

By JustDiya

March 3, 2019

Cardi B is truly success goals. The Invasion of Privacy rapper currently has a stream of recent achievements from winning a Grammy, collaborating with Bruno Mars for a second time and now selling out a famous arena.

The Bronx native broke country singer Garth Brooks' longstanding attendance record on (March 1) during her performance at the Rodeo Houston. Cardi performed that Friday for Black Heritage Night in front of a record breaking 75,580 people The Houston Chronicles reports. The rap superstar beat Brooks' second 2018 performance by three people.

She performed songs off her debut album Invasion of Privacy, from "Money" to "Drip" and even "Ring," while decked out in a Barbie inspired cowgirl suit, dripping with fringe and sparkles.

Cardi even shared some onstage banter with the roaring crowd. "The purpose of the rodeo is to collect money, to give scholarships out," she told the crowd. "Any job you pick, whether it's a doctor ... or a f***ing stripper, you gonna need some education."

"Because of you guys, I get a chance to give my daughter the life that I always wanted to live," she said.

She was overjoyed with the outcome and took to Instagram saying she battled illness that day but with the the help of the fans and Houston's southern hospitality she pushed through.

"I was so sick yesterday ya don’t even know!" she captioned a video of her celebrating her set. "I had such a bad migraine I had to get a doctor backstage to give me two shots and ain’t rehearsed cause I been working all week and ain’t really know what I was getting myself into until I got in the venue."

Check out the record breaking performance below.

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I was so sick yesterday ya don’t even know ! I had such a bad migraine I had to get a doctor backstage to give me two shots and ain’t rehearsed cause I been working all week and ain’t really know what I was getting myself into until I got in the venue .Im OD honored for all the love Houston gave me! I remember the first time I came to Houston I came out here to strip and people showed me maaaaaa love and Houston was the first place me and set when on a date 😂😂😂The love have really grown .I was maaaaa hype to see this picture before I got in my dressing room cause out of all her outfits there’s a picture hanging on the wall of the outfit I got my inspiration from for Please Me music video.It was like a lucky sign to me .

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