Cardi B: Canceling Performances 'For A Little While,' Citing Pregnancy

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Cardi B turns up the heat during iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Forum in Los Angeles March 11.

Red-hot rapper and “Bodak Yellow” singer Cardi B has informed her millions of Instagram followers that she will not be playing upcoming festival appearances, as “shorty keeps growing,” and added that she can barely breathe. Her baby is expected in July.

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She mentions Broccoli City festival in Washington, D.C., as the one festival performance she will be playing.

Other festival appearances apparently axed now include JMBLYA in Austin, Houston and Dallas, Rolling Loud in Florida, Panorama in New York, as well as Roskilde in Denmark and Woo Hah! in the Netherlands.

She says she will still join Bruno Mars on the fall leg of his North American arena tour.

Cardi B has had high profile festival and awards show appearances including the just-completed Coachella, iHeartradio Music Awards at the Forum, made a funny cameo during the Grammy Awards telecast and sold out the 9:30 Club in 2016, but has not embarked on a widely anticipated headline tour yet.