The revelation has resurfaced online after DJ Whoo Kid shared a post claiming the two hitmakers only learned about their family connection after meeting.
However, Cardi originally discussed the discovery during a 2024 appearance on Big Boy’s Neighborhood.
Cardi B and GloRilla ‘started digging’
Cardi said she began questioning whether they could be related because GloRilla understood her humour and appeared to share many of her personality traits.
“I asked her, ‘You just feel like we’re too much alike? You get my jokes and everything?’” Cardi recalled.
After GloRilla agreed, the pair reportedly began investigating their family histories.
Cardi said they eventually learned that her grandfather had fathered a child while living in Tennessee without telling her grandmother.
According to Cardi, that child was GloRilla’s father.
“He had a kid out there, and that’s GloRilla’s dad,” she explained.
The family tree makes GloRilla the daughter of Cardi’s parent’s half-sibling. In precise genealogical terms, that would generally make the rappers first cousins once removed, although both women publicly refer to each other simply as cousins.
Musical chemistry came before family discovery
The family revelation surprised fans because Cardi and GloRilla had already developed an obvious musical and personal connection.
They collaborated on “Tomorrow 2,” released in September 2022. The song became GloRilla’s first top-10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and another major hit for Cardi.
GloRilla had already referred to Cardi as her cousin before Cardi publicly explained the family connection in greater detail.
Their natural chemistry on “Tomorrow 2” now appears even more fitting to fans who had no idea the two artists shared a grandfather.
Cardi and GloRilla continued working together
Their relationship did not end with “Tomorrow 2.”
Cardi later appeared alongside Megan Thee Stallion on a remix of GloRilla’s “Wanna Be,” further strengthening their musical partnership.
The rappers have also supported each other publicly and frequently speak about their personal connection.
While the viral post has presented the family discovery as a new revelation, Cardi’s explanation dates back to March 2024. The renewed attention has nevertheless introduced their unexpected family connection to a fresh audience.
It turns out the chemistry fans heard on “Tomorrow 2” may have been running in the family all along.
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