Cardi B took her outside maternity fashion to the next level.
The “Imaginary Playerz” rapper proved that she’s no long hiding her baby bump and put it on full display in an eye-catching look while out in New York City on Sept. 18. Cardi, 32, donned an all-black lace floral bodysuit—that put her matching bra and panties on display—as her baby bump peeked through the fabric.
Adding more drama, Cardi adorned the bust and the waist with strings of pearls and completed her look with black boots. As for her glam, the rapper rocked big blonde hair and dramatic smokey eye makeup. Cardi’s outing came just days after revealing that she is expecting her fourth baby, her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs.
“I’m having a baby with my boyfriend Stefon Diggs,” Cardi—who shares kids Kulture, 7, Wave, 4, and Blossom, 12 months, with estranged husband Offset—told Gayle King during an interview with CBS Mornings Sept. 17. “I’ve been putting in all this work, but I’m doing all this work while I’m creating a baby.”
Cardi—who confirmed her relationship with the New England Patriots wide receiver in May—shared that her baby would be born before the start of her Little Miss Drama Tour in February and that she’s has an amazing teammate in Stefon. (For his part, he is dad to Nova, 8.)
“I’m happy I feel like I’m in a good space,” she said. “Me and my man are very supportive of each other. We like in the same space in our careers. You know what it is that I feel like we’re really great, we’re really the best at what we do.”
And despite the chatter surrounding her pregnancy—which came over a year after filing for divorce from Offset—Cardi shared that she was not hiding her news. Indeed, she wanted to do her pregnancy roll out on her own terms.
“I just was like, ‘Can I just say it on my own time?’ Like, I’m not hiding,” Cardi said on CBS Mornings. “On my time, on my own terms. Let me close some deals first, you know what I’m saying? Let me close some deals first.”
“And it’s like, you don’t really want to say right away that you’re pregnant,” she added. “It’s like, ‘Let me see a couple of more sonograms. Let my baby be healthy.'”
Keep reading to look back on Cardi and Stefon’s whirlwind romance…
The Beginning of Their Romance
While fans already knew Cardi B likes those Balenciagas (the ones that look like socks), they began wondering if she also liked Stefon Diggs in October 2024. The rapper and the New England Patriots wide receiver then fueled dating speculation after they were photographed together on Valentine’s Day 2025.
Though Cardi hasn’t revealed the exact Xs and Os of how she met Stefon, it was more or less her thinking, “Oh he’s so handsome, what’s his name?”
“I thought he was cute,” she said on a September 2025 episode of Today, noting they connected through mutual friends. “I was like, ‘Oh, he gotta be mine.'”
A Fashionable Night Out
While some would prefer to finesse rumors, the Grammy winner and the athlete weren’t afraid to keep people talking when they stepped out for a 2025 Met Gala after-party in May.
Confirming Their Relationship
Later that month, Cardi and Stefon confirmed they’re a couple while attending an NBA Playoff game between the Celtics and the Knicks in New York.
“It’s tough hiding. It’s tough dating in your 30s, too, but I like him. I love him, today,” the “Bodak Yellow” artist told Billboard in September 2025. “I was always scared of dating people [because] I’ve always been in a long relationship since I was like 21.”
Vacation Time
Cardi and Stefon seemed to be living their best life while spending Memorial Day weekend on a yacht in Miami, Fla.
Romantic Getaway
In June 2025, the “Money” star and the football player made some more moves, debuting their relationship on Instagram and then taking a trip to Paris.
Luxurious Gifts
But fans began to wonder if Cardi and Stefon had already split after their Instagram post marking their hard launch was deleted in July 2025.
However, the musician assured followers things were Okurrr after she posted a video showcasing the Patek Philippe watch she got from Stefon.
“My boo boo got it for me at London Jewelers,” she said in an August 2025 TikTok. “You know, I went to link up with him at London Jewelers and I thought he was buying himself a watch. And [he was] like, ‘Surprise, a watch for you!’ And [I was like], ‘Ahhh! Thank you!'”
Shutting Down Speculation
Weeks later, there was speculation that Cardi could be growing her family. But when the star—who also shares kids Kulture, Wave and Blossom with ex Offset—was asked about the paternity of her rumored little one, she slammed the question.
“You’re disrespectful. Don’t do that,” she told the inquirer in September 2025 while exiting a courthouse in L.A., where she won her viral trial. “Do you see women asking those types of questions to me?…Why do you feel as a man you get to ask me those types of questions? Act like you have some manners. Your mama taught you: Respect women.”
A Baby on the Way
Later that month, Cardi confirmed she and Stefon are expecting a baby. While the child will be the couple’s first together, the bundle of joy marks her fourth and his second overall (He is dad to daughter Nova from a previous relationship).
“Everybody kept telling me I should have fun, and we had a little bit of too fun and now I’m here,” Cardi told CBS Mornings in September 2025, adding, “We’re very excited. We’re very happy.”
And she had a message for all those who had been spreading pregnancy rumors.
“Now y’all can buy my album so I can buy Pampers and diapers and all that type of stuff,” Cardi added, referencing her sophomore release Am I the Drama?. “I told ya. Now go support my album ‘cause I’m a mother of four now.”
Cheering Each Other On
For Cardi, forming a new relationship with Stefon after her divorce from Offset required her to be “open and vulnerable.”
“One time he just told me like, ‘Let me heal you,'” she continued on CBSMornings. “‘Give me a chance for me to heal you.'”
And while Stefon plays offense, he’s quick to come to Cardi’s defense. Like when he supported her ahead of her album release.
“When people just rip it apart, it just hurts you and it crush you,” she added. “He’s like, ‘Girl, you better get it together.’ He makes me feel very confident. I feel like feeling safe is feeling confident. Feeling like you can do it, and it makes you feel like you can take over the world.”
Of course, the support goes both ways as Cardi noted she’s become a football fan.
“I be in the screen on Sunday, every day, cursing people out,” she said on a September 2025 episode of Today. “‘Pass the ball!'”
