Cardi B announces release of her own doll so daughter Kulture, 2, has a toy that looks like her

Cardi B fans will soon be able to bring the rapper home with them.

The 28-year-old hip-hop star announced the launch of her own doll during an appearance on the Today show on Friday, posting a mockup photo of the toy on her Instagram account.

‘BARDI GANG!! I’m dropping my own doll TODAY! Inspired by me. Created by me. Designed by me. Thank you @officialrealwomenare. This means sooo much,’ she captioned the image with a slew of hashtags including ‘#DollsforAll.’

Cardi said she was inspired to do the toy after shopping at stores and not finding dolls that looked like her or her two-year-old daughter Kulture.

‘Somebody came with this idea to me and I’m like, “That is great because I would love my daughter to play with a doll that looks like me.” I mean, all these other dolls look like me, I might as well make one for myself,’ she said on Today.

‘Growing up, I ain’t never seen a doll that looks like me, you know what I’m saying? I ain’t never seen a doll that really represents me.’

‘You go to the doll aisles when you’re my age, it’s either like there’s a real white one, there’s a real dark one, and there’s like barely one that’s in the middle. None of them have my style, none of them have my flavor. I want a doll that represents me,’ the Up hitmaker added. 

The doll was created and designed using Cardi’s outspoken, unapologetic and confident personality, in partnership with minority-women owned and led doll brand Real Women Are. 

‘Today, more than ever, it’s important to me to give my daughter inspiration and bada— women to look up to. Working with Real Women Are is a chance for me to provide my daughter and other little girls something that looks like them to play with to inspire them.’

‘We’re in the White House now, but we’re still so far behind in other places. Representation matters,’ the WAP performer said in a press release. 

The limited edition item will become available in July, but presale slots sold out moments after becoming available on Friday morning. 

Cardi revealed she would be releasing more dolls that look like her, and is hoping to one day design dolls for other artists. 

Unfortunately, not all fans warmed to the news. Many called out the star for releasing another business venture instead of new music. 

The heated response led Cardi to deactivate her Twitter account and vent her frustrations during an Instagram Live.  

‘I have so much pressure. I’m working on a lot of s–t to please people… I wanna please my fans, because y’all been asking for something from me for a very long time that I can’t say, and I’m doing it for ya… ’eh, you’re dropping a f–king doll, we want an album!’ How am I supposed to be rich? How am I supposed to build my net worth?,’ she said. 

‘I’ve constantly got to spend money on these dolls because my daughter constantly wants me to buy these dolls. So why am I not going to get in the doll business?,’ she  explained in a later Instagram video.

‘Cause one thing that people are never going to stop having are daughters and they’re never going to stop buying dolls. And every other week a new doll comes out and the girls sell, so I’m going to sell my own s—,’ she added.