Cardi B Confirms She is Having a Baby Girl The rapper called into 'The Howard Stern Show' on Wednesday to confirm she is having a baby girl. Rumors first started to swirl about the gender after 'The New York Times' caught up with Cardi B at the Met Gala. Cardi B talked about her dress, called the outfit “extremely heavy” and gestured to her stomach, saying “shorty weighs three and a half pounds.” Cardi B, to The New York Times The Bronx rapper also used the female pronoun later when talking about the baby kicking in her belly to 'Entertainment Tonight'. Cardi B, to Entertainment Tonight