{"id":740,"date":"2025-10-14T05:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/740\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T05:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:27:05","slug":"cardi-b-is-shocked-about-high-rent-prices-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/740\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B Is Shocked About High Rent Prices In The Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cardi B is once again making headlines\u2014this time not for her music, but for her reaction to skyrocketing rent prices in the Bronx. The Am I The Drama?<\/a> creator went viral this week after expressing disbelief over New York City\u2019s housing costs during an Instagram Live session.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to help my friend get an apartment,\u201d she said in the now-viral 56-second clip reposted by RapHouseTV<\/a>. \u201cI go on StreetEasy and I start looking\u2026 why rent so expensive? It\u2019s the most freaking cheapest borough!\u201d<\/p>\n

Wearing a colorful headwrap and oversized hoops, Cardi scrolled through listings in visible disbelief as she discovered one-bedroom apartments in the Bronx starting around $1,500 a month.<\/p>\n

At first, she brushed off her friend\u2019s complaints, teasing, \u201cHere you go with your excuses now!\u201d <\/p>\n

But moments later, the numbers caught up to her. \u201cHow the heck a one-bedroom apartment is like $1,500 in the Bronx?\u201d she exclaimed, leaning into the camera with frustration. <\/p>\n

Cardi B Shocked By Rent Prices In The Bronx<\/p>\n

Her reaction quickly resonated with viewers, amassing more than 56,000 views on X and reigniting debate over New York\u2019s affordable housing crisis.<\/p>\n

Cardi\u2019s shock reflects the growing strain many Bronx residents face. She grew up in Highbridge, a historically working-class neighborhood where her family once paid $12 a month for Section 8 housing.<\/p>\n

Today, that same area sees average rents between $1,900 and $2,000 for a one-bedroom unit\u2014nearly a 20% rise since last year, according to recent housing data. Other neighborhoods once considered affordable, like Fordham and Soundview, now hover around $1,600 to $1,800. Luxury developments near Yankee Stadium are pricing out locals entirely.<\/p>\n

For Cardi B, who owns multimillion-dollar homes in Atlanta and Los Angeles, the experience struck a nerve. Just days earlier, she apologized to fans for promoting her new album amid economic hardship, admitting, \u201cI forgot how broke everybody is. The rent is so freaking high.\u201d<\/p>\n

Online, reactions were divided. Some praised her for staying relatable, while others accused her of being out of touch. Still, her rant underscored a deeper truth: the Bronx she once called home has changed. <\/p>\n

As gentrification reshapes the borough, Cardi\u2019s viral moment captured the uneasy intersection of nostalgia, celebrity, and the city\u2019s worsening affordability crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardi B is once again making headlines\u2014this time not for her music, but for her reaction to skyrocketing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[845,128,846,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-am-i-the-drama","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-cardi-b","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-the-bronx","15":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","16":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}