Before she takes the stage at the Essence Festival of Culture on Friday night, rapper Cardi B shared her excitement for New Orleans after performing at Michael Rubin’s White Party in The Hamptons this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I just finished rehearsal at the, at the \u2014 what’s the stadium called? \u2014 at the Superdome,” she\u00a0posted on an Instagram Story<\/a> around 10 p.m. Thursday. “It is huge, it’s a little bit intimidating.”<\/p>\n The concert will be her first in New Orleans, and a return to the big stage after she\u00a0wrapped her Little Miss Drama Tour in April in Atlanta. Cardi did visit Bourbon Street during the 2025 Super Bowl<\/a> to promote her vodka-infused whipped cream Whipshots.\u00a0<\/p>\n “… Make sure y’all bring y’all drinks because this is a Cardi party,” the rapper said of her Essence show Friday night. “… You’re gonna have a time. There’s a party baby, we in N’awlins.”<\/p>\n The New York City native quickly discovered the Crescent City’s food scene with two posts from Morrow’s, one with the restaurant’s signature gumbo ramen and one with chargrilled oysters.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It’s not fair, why you guys are not in New York?” she said.<\/p>\n Also spotted in her Stories was someone in her crew sporting a Cafe Du Monde hat.\u00a0<\/p>\n It’s a packed week for Cardi B, who performed at one of the biggest celebrity events of the summer on Wednesday night \u2014 Taylor and Travis’s wedding notwithstanding<\/a>. Billionaire and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin posted a video of Cardi performing at his star-studded party that draws A-list athletes, musicians and actors. Also seen with a mic in hand were 50 Cent and New Orleans native Lil Wayne.<\/p>\n And no surprise, LSU alums Livvy Dunne, Justin Jefferson and Odell Beckham Jr. were in attendance.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cardi also posted a photo from the party with pop singer and dancer Tate McRae, wishing her a happy birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n