
See A Makeup-Free Cardi B Hours Before Her Epic Return To The Stage At The VMAs

Aug. 23 2018, Updated 5:54 p.m. ET
Cardi B brought down the house when she opened up the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, shocking fans who hadn’t seen her on stage since giving birth to her daughter Kulture last month. Earlier in the day, the rapper was spotted getting ready for her epic appearance in New York City. Read on to see the pics!
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You see this? This is the face of a woman who’s about to OWN the VMAs.

The rapper, who went out make-up free, was snapped stepping out of her NYC hotel with a friend hours before she was set to perform. She wore a beige jumpsuit with the hood pulled over her head.

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She completed the look with some stylish black boots and gave the cameras a little smirk.

What fans didn’t know at the time was that she would go on to win not one, not two, but THREE awards that evening — Best New Artist, Collaboration (“Dinero”), and Song of the Summer (“I Like It”).

She also kept the audience talking with a show-stopping opening performance, during which she referred to herself as an “empress,” which some think was definitely a shot at rival rapper Nicki Minaj’s “Queen” album.

What do you think about Cardi B’s pre-VMAs look? Sound off in the comment section!