--- title: Cardi B Opens Up About Postpartum Depression Struggle description: Rapper Cardi B has opened up about her struggle with postpartum depression, noting that it "came out of nowhere." canonical: https://time.com/5524299/cardi-b-postpartum-depression/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-07T18:39:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:23.762Z og:title: Cardi B Discusses Challenges After Giving Birth og:description: "The world was heavy on my shoulders" og:url: https://time.com/5524299/cardi-b-postpartum-depression/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f12b8d9fbb9a0f1/698944c4656a3f6b19bd6981/cardi-b-post-partum-depression.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest - Day 3 - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cardi B Discusses Challenges After Giving Birth twitter:description: "The world was heavy on my shoulders" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f12b8d9fbb9a0f1/698944c4656a3f6b19bd6981/cardi-b-post-partum-depression.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cardi B Discusses Challenges After Giving Birth  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2019 6:39 PM UTC  ATLANTA, GA - FEBRUARY 02: Cardi B performs onstage during Day 3 of Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at State Farm Arena on February 2, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) ATLANTA, GA - FEBRUARY 02: Cardi B performs onstage during Day 3 of Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at State Farm Arena on February 2, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2019 6:39 PM UTC [Cardi B](http://time.com/5004551/cardi-b-interview/) got real about motherhood, revealing that she struggled with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter. In a new interview with [_Harper’s Bazaar_](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a25996656/cardi-b-interview-2019/), the “Money” rapper, who welcomed daughter Kulture last July with estranged husband, [Migos’ Offset](http://time.com/5268651/migos-met-gala-2018/), said that she didn’t expect to feel the way she did after giving birth. “I thought I was going to avoid it. When I gave birth, the doctor told me about postpartum and I was like, ‘Well, I’m doing good right now, I don’t think that’s going to happen,’ ” she said. “But out of nowhere, the world was heavy on my shoulders.” Cardi also opened up about the challenges of raising the baby with her newfound and rapidly growing fame, noting that she was hesitant to share pictures of Baby Kulture on social media. She also opened up about the ways in which her life and priorities have changed since she’s become a star. “Before, I cared about everything — relationship, gossip. Now I don’t feel like I have the time to please people,” she said. “I don’t care about anything anymore — just my career and my kid…well, I care about my career because of my money.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5524299/cardi-b-postpartum-depression/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5524299/cardi-b-postpartum-depression/"},"headline":"Cardi B Discusses Challenges After Giving Birth","datePublished":"2019-02-07T18:39:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:23.762Z","description":"The rapper gets real about motherhood","url":"https://time.com/5524299/cardi-b-postpartum-depression/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f12b8d9fbb9a0f1/698944c4656a3f6b19bd6981/cardi-b-post-partum-depression.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f12b8d9fbb9a0f1/698944c4656a3f6b19bd6981/cardi-b-post-partum-depression.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest - Day 3 - Show","caption":"Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest - Day 3 - Show","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images","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/5524299/cardi-b-postpartum-depression/","name":"Cardi B Discusses Challenges After Giving Birth"}}]}] ```