Even after taking home best rap album honors at Sunday's Grammy Awards, Cardi B refuses to take her foot off the gas pedal. The 26-year-old extended her California trip, where she's been spotted shooting possible new videos with DJ Khaled and Blueface. And earlier in the week, Bardi was feeling spontaneous and randomly stopped by a local Los Angeles tattoo shop to get her lip pierced. Luis Vega, an artist at the City of Angels Tattoo shop, detailed the encounter with Cardi to TMZ, as he didn't even recognize the superstar rapper at first. "Guess who came in to the shop today so random @iamcardib to get her bottom lip piercing at @cityofangelstattoos so blessed I had the privilege to meet her at my shop," he wrote to Instagram, breaking the news. The Bronx native was only charged $25 for her bottom lip piercing, and she even stuck around to take a few selfies with fans and employees. Thanks to the newfound jolt of publicity, Vega is only going to be charging customers $20 for piercings at his shop through the rest of February, as a sign of appreciation for Cardi.<doc-sep>Cardi B just got the most painful-looking lip piercing ever, and yes, there's a picture. FYI, the rapper is back on Instagram after deleting the app following drama with Nicki Minaj. Wondering how Cardi B is doing in the wake of her major Grammy Awards win? Well first of all she's back on Instagram after briefly quitting thanks to Nicki Minaj drama. And she's promoting a new single with Bruno Mars, yay! This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. But more importantly, Cardi casually got her lower lip pierced and it (a) looks awesome, and (b) looks VERY PAINFUL. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Cardi got the $25 piercing done at City of Angels Tattoos by an excited dude named Luis who apparently had no idea Cardi was famous when she first walked in. Obviously, he figured it out once these selfies were snapped: This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. In conclusion: cool/ouch. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Mehera Bonner Mehera Bonner is a news writer who focuses on celebrities and royals. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Just two days after surprisingly de-activating her Instagram account, new Grammy winner Cardi B returned to the Gram, while surprising an LA piercing/tattoo shop. The 26-year-old rapper made a surprise visit at the City of Angels Tattoo Shop, according to TMZ, to get her bottom lip pierced. She also selfies with owner Luis Vega and his staff, while Cardi returned to Instagram to promote her new song with Bruno Mars. Surprise visit: Cardi B stops by Luis Vega's (left) City of Angels Tattoo shop to get her lower lip pierced on Monday before taking selfies with the owner and his staff. Vega told TMZ that Cardi randomly showed up at his shop on Monday, a day after winning the Grammy for Best Rap Album for her studio debut, Invasion of Privacy. He said that he didn't know she was Cardi B until they started talking, and after she told him she was from New York, he mentioned that she sounded like Cardi B. After seeing her entourage outside, he realized she really was Cardi B, with Vega revealing he charged her just $25 for the piercing. Bargain piercing: After seeing her entourage outside, he realized she really was Cardi B, with Vega revealing he charged her just $25 for the piercing 'Guess who came in to the shop today so random @iamcardib to get her bottom lip piercing at @cityofangelstattoo so blessed I had the privilege to meet her at my shop,' Vega said in an Instagram photo from Monday. Inspired by her visit, he also announced a special price for all piercings for the rest of this month. 'WE WERE BLESED TO HAVE CARDI B AT @cityofangelstattoos to show love tho month we are doing all piercings 20$ each for the rest of the month. STOP BY AND GET YOURS TODAY,' Vega said in a post from Wednesday. New song: After a two-day hiatus/'retirement' from Instagram, Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) returned with the cover art of her new single with Bruno Mars After a two-day hiatus/'retirement' from Instagram, Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) returned with the cover art of her new single with Bruno Mars. 'Ok so I’m back from retirement to announce I have a brand new song coming out Friday at midnight with @brunomars.' The artwork features Cardi wearing a purple ensemble including a studded purple and black bra, purple and black bottoms, fishnets and a black and purple jacket with tassels. Mars is wearing a neon green shirt under a turquoise dress shirt with black pinstriped pants and two wallet chains. Not holding back: Cardi B took to Instagram on Monday to post a since-deleted clip of herself using very colorful language while ranting about the criticism she has received over her Best Rap Album win which made her the first solo female ever to win the prize Ouch: The 26-year-old rap queen was quite active on Instagram on Monday as she post several videos including one of the bruising on her leg after her very physical performance of Money at the Grammys Queen: The previous night she made history as she became the first ever solo woman to take home Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy at the gala event held in Staples Center in LA This came after a since-deleted clip of herself using very colorful language while ranting about the criticism she has received over her Best Rap Album win which made her the first solo female ever to win the prize. Cardi obviously took issue with the criticisms as she later deleted her entire Instagram. She began the self-taken video by saying: 'You know what, it's not my style for people to put other people down to uplift somebody else. That's not my style and that's not what I'm with and I don't support that, however I've been taking a lot of s*** today. 'I'm seeing a lot of bulls*** today and I saw a lot of s*** last night and I'm sick of this s***. I worked hard for my motherf***ing album.' 'I've been taking a lot of s*** today: Cardi seemingly had enough in the now-deleted video as she was frustrated over the criticism of her big win 'I worked hard for my motherf***ing album': Cardi said she was sick of the hate on social media 'Now this year's a f***ing problem?' Cardi then referenced her two nominations for Bodak Yellow at last year's Grammys where she came away empty handed Cardi then referenced her two nominations for Bodak Yellow at last year's Grammys where she came away empty handed. She said: 'Everybody was like, Cardi got snubbed! Cardi got snubbed! Now this year's a f***ing problem? My album went two times platinum my n***a and every chart that there was my album was always top ten, number one album as well!' Thee Bronx-native then referenced being pregnant during the recording of Invasion Of Privacy as well as during the filming of the music videos as she said: 'I f***ing worked my a** off, locked myself in the studio for three months my n***a and then went to sleep in my own bed sometimes for four days straight—pregnant! 'I f***ing worked my a** off': Thee Bronx-native then referenced being pregnant during the recording of Invasion Of Privacy as well as during the filming of the music videos 'Some songs couldn't even get on the f***ing album because my nose was so f***ing stuffy from my pregnancy.' She concluded the expletive-filled rant: 'While everybody was harassing me like, you not gonna do it, we know you pregnant, your career's over—that s--t's dwelling in my f--king mind while I'm workin!' The previous night, Cardi impressed as she won in the male-dominated category Best Rap Album beating out Pusha-T, Travis Scott, Nipsey Hussle, and the late Mac Miller. Taken aback: On Sunday, she seemingly couldn't believe that she won as she was the fifth woman ever nominated for the award and the first to ever capture the Best Rap Album crown She likes it!<doc-sep>Cardi B has cemented her place among the Sartorial elite, due to her ability to shapeshift from one style to the next. But her latest style-grab is one even the keenest observer would have been unable to predict. TMZ is here to let the Bardi Gang in on a little insider trading: the pierced lip is back in vogue. While in Los Angeles, Cardi B visited City of Angels Tattoos and came away with a $25 lip piercing, its owner Luis Vega tells TMZ. And though Cardi B's Instagram is up and running again, Vega's Polaroid camera is the only evidence of a body mutilation ever occurring. Thankfully, Luis Vega who reportedly didn't recognize Cardi B, at first sight, forwarded those images to TMZ after coming to the realization he'd met someone with 40 million Instagram followers and a Grammy award to her name. According to Vega, the lights "started going off" in his head, the moment Cardi B described herself as a native New Yorker, leading him to poke his nose out the window, where a convoy of a luxury SUVs laid withing sight. And yet, Vega refused to inflate his prices in spite of Cardi B's ostensible wealth, with TMZ confirming a total sum of $25 for the lip ring, services included.<doc-sep>
Although it’s only been a month and a half, Cardi B is already killing 2019. In the last week alone, she took home Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards and recently announced a brand new song with Bruno Mars, which will be released to the public on February 15th. Amidst all the hype, Cardi took a break from her busy schedule for some much deserved me time and found herself in a piercing shop. On February 12th, Cardi visited City of Angels Tattoo in Los Angeles, California for a walk in piercing appointment. According to TMZ, her piercer Luis Vega didn’t recognize the Grammy winner, at first thinking she was one of his regular clients. However, once Cardi started talking, he quickly realized who she was. Photo via City of Angels Tattoo For just $25, Cardi walked away with a fairly unusual piece of body jewelry, known in the industry as a horizontal lip piercing. Similar to a vertical labret piercing, a curved barbell goes through the lip and the jewelry is held in place by two balls at either end. This is classified as a surface piercing and is pretty uncommon in the body modification world. More common lip piercings include your classic labret, snake bites, or the Medusa piercing. Photo via City of Angels Tattoo Cardi has been a trendsetter in many ways, from her quirky expressions to her Fashion Nova threads, so it’s likely we’ll be seeing copycat horizontal lip piercings in 2019. After stars like Rihanna and Zoe Kravitz pierced their septums a few years back, we saw a flood of these piercings across social media. Only time will tell if the horizontal lip piercing becomes the next big thing in body modification.