She burst onto the music scene in 2017 and hasn’t stopped making headlines since.

And on Thursday, Cardi B spoke about who in her industry she thinks she’d like to emulate.

The 28-year-old said in an interview with Stationhead that she now considers Rihanna and Jay-Z to be her role models, because she wants ‘to build a huge brand’.

Big dreams: Cardi B, 28, said in an interview with Stationhead Thursday that she seeks to emulate Rihanna and Jay-Z and build a billion-dollar brand

‘When I came to the game and people used to be like, ‘Who do you look up to?’ I always used to say, ‘I don’t look up to nobody,’ because I didn’t really understand the game and I only feel like I got influenced by the people that was around me,’ Cardi explained.

The rapper has had nine top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 since her breakthrough single Bodak Yellow.

‘Now that I’m at the level that I’m at, one of my biggest influences is Rihanna and Jay-Z,’ Cardi said in the interview. ‘And I’m not just saying it to kiss a** or anything.’

Role model: Cardi said of 33-year-old Rihanna: ‘For her to make her business so big and be a billionaire, that’s what I strive to be. That’s what I want. I want to be a billion-dollar woman’

As for Jay-Z, the rapper explained: ‘He’s from the hood just like me…And that’s just all about strategy and that’s just all about shaking hands, that’s just all about putting plans together’
‘I just feel like they’re so influential because Rihanna comes from a country, a Caribbean country, that my parents came from and she’s a whole billionaire.’

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‘But for her to make her business so big and be a billionaire, that’s what I strive to be. That’s what I want. I want to be a billion-dollar woman.’

As for Jay-Z? Well, she said, ‘he’s from the hood just like me. He’s from the hood and this man’s a whole billionaire. And that’s just all about strategy and that’s just all about shaking hands, that’s just all about putting plans together.’

Meanwhile, Cardi continues to deal with the fallout from her controversial and very  raunchy Grammys performance of hit single WAP with Megan Thee Stallion.

Too much? Meanwhile, Cardi continues to deal with the fallout from her controversial and very raunchy Grammys performance of hit single WAP with Megan Thee Stallion

The set drew dozens of FCC complaints as well as getting backlash from an anti-porn group for ‘glamorizing’ sex work.

The anti-porn group said the performance ‘could have been cut from a hardcore pornography film,’ adding that it glamorized ‘stripping and prostitution.’

Cardi and Megan also got embroiled in a Twitter spat with conservative commentator Candace Owens.

Cardi defended the song in multiple interviews and on social media, telling Australia’s The Kyle and Jackie O Show: ‘The people that the song bothers are usually conservatives or really religious people.’

Controversy: Cardi’s raunchy performance with Megan at the Grammys drew dozens of FCC complaints as well as getting backlash from an anti-porn group for ‘glamorizing’ sex work

Famous: Cardi has had nine top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 since her breakthrough single Bodak Yellow in 2017. She’s married to rapper Offset with whom she has a daughter Kulture