--- title: Cardi B Thinks Bodak Yellow Inspired New Lucky Charms Cereal description: Cardi B is pretty sure she knows where the idea to combine Lucky Charms and Frosted Flakes into one glorious cereal came from. canonical: https://time.com/5086693/cardi-b-kelloggs-lucky-charms-frosted-flakes-cereal/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-03T22:26:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:30.871Z og:title: Cardi B Says She Inspired This New Glorious New Cereal og:description: The "Bodak Yellow" singer makes a convincing case og:url: https://time.com/5086693/cardi-b-kelloggs-lucky-charms-frosted-flakes-cereal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9871b72314d84d0a/6988f6fd4ee2627a943105ae/cardi-b-cereal.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Cardi B at Powerhouse 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cardi B Says She Inspired This New Glorious New Cereal twitter:description: The "Bodak Yellow" singer makes a convincing case twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9871b72314d84d0a/6988f6fd4ee2627a943105ae/cardi-b-cereal.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cardi B Is Convinced She Inspired This Magically Delicious New Cereal > Sponsored content. 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After [General Mills’](http://www.extracrispy.com/food/4649/chocolate-peanut-butter-cheerios-helped-save-general-mills-from-a-cereal-slump) unveiled its new hybrid creation — which is set to hit stores in early January — Cardi took to Instagram to remind fans of one particular line in her hit song “Bodak Yellow.” “Kellogg’s ain’t low,” she captioned a photo of the cereal on Tuesday, mistakenly citing General Mills’ breakfast competitor as the culprit. “They Hurd BODAK YELLOW and was like ROLLIE GOT CHARMS LOOK LIKE FROSTED FLAKES ?!!! I think we have something right here !!! I want 2% of sale.” The hip-hop artist was of course referencing the “Bodak Yellow” verse in which she raps about the diamonds on her Rolex watch: “I go to dinner and steak, only the real can relate/ I used to live in the P’s, now it’s a crib with a gate/ Rollie got charms, look like Frosted Flakes.” Your move, General Mills. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5086693/cardi-b-kelloggs-lucky-charms-frosted-flakes-cereal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5086693/cardi-b-kelloggs-lucky-charms-frosted-flakes-cereal/"},"headline":"Cardi B Is Convinced She Inspired This Magically Delicious New Cereal","datePublished":"2018-01-03T22:26:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:30.871Z","description":"The \"Bodak Yellow\" singer makes a convincing case","url":"https://time.com/5086693/cardi-b-kelloggs-lucky-charms-frosted-flakes-cereal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","celebrities","Music","cereal","Cardi B"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9871b72314d84d0a/6988f6fd4ee2627a943105ae/cardi-b-cereal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9871b72314d84d0a/6988f6fd4ee2627a943105ae/cardi-b-cereal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cardi B at Powerhouse 2017","caption":"Cardi B attends Powerhouse 2017 at the Barclays Center on October 26, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.","creditText":"Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for iHeartMedia","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5086693/cardi-b-kelloggs-lucky-charms-frosted-flakes-cereal/","name":"Cardi B Is Convinced She Inspired This Magically Delicious New Cereal"}}]}] ```