00:00 What's up? It's your girl Cardi B.
00:02 No, I'm just playing. It's Desi Renee.
00:04 [Bleep]
00:05 My TikTok blew up because I look and sound just like Cardi B.
00:08 On this video, I got 5.2 million views.
00:11 It just started blowing up. It just started going crazy.
00:14 I ended up quitting my 9-to-5 job.
00:16 You really look like Cardi.
00:17 You look like her. You sound like her.
00:19 Oh, my God. I can't believe, like,
00:20 you sure you're not related to her?
00:22 Hey, y'all. It's your girl Desi Renee,
00:24 and I went viral on TikTok for looking
00:26 and sounding just like Cardi B.
00:28 The first time somebody told me was when
00:30 I was working at Winn-Dixie.
00:32 Some of my coworkers, they were just like,
00:34 "You know, you look like that girl Cardi B."
00:35 And I was like, "Who is that?"
00:37 Because I didn't watch that season.
00:39 So I went and looked, and I was like,
00:40 "Nah, I don't look like her."
00:42 I just didn't take it seriously.
00:43 And as Cardi kept getting bigger and bigger,
00:46 a lot of people were like, "You know,
00:47 you really look like Cardi.
00:48 Like, you look like her. You sound like her.
00:50 Like, oh, my God. I can't believe, like,
00:52 you sure you're not related to her?"
00:53 So I'm not related to Cardi.
00:56 At least I don't know if I am.
00:57 I don't know. I don't know. Maybe.
01:00 So this was when Cardi collaborated with Fashion Nova.
01:03 And then I had two WAP outfits.
01:05 They're kind of, like, dingy
01:06 'cause I wore them so many times.
01:08 But, yeah, they're cute.
01:09 Cardi likes to wear, like, tight stuff, dresses.
01:12 So I kind of wear stuff like that.
01:14 Similarly, I've seen her wear this design a couple times,
01:17 which is actually one of my favorite designs.
01:19 I really love this.
01:21 I bought these for my birthday.
01:22 I wore them for a video, but that's it.
01:24 I love pink. Pink and red is my favorite color.
01:27 I just like stuff that makes my skin vibrant.
01:29 Everyone knows I love pink.
01:31 I'm a girly girl.
01:33 I really love Cardi B.
01:34 Like, even before I blew up,
01:36 I'm like, I wanted all the merch 'cause I want to support her.
01:39 Like, she's my favorite artist.
01:41 I got both of them because it was two different covers.
01:44 So I had to get both of them.
01:45 June of 2021, I started to blow up on TikTok.
01:48 I replied to a comment of someone saying,
01:51 "I sound like Cardi B."
01:52 And I just went and did my voice over one of her songs.
01:56 It was the song "Press," and it just started blowing up.
01:58 It just started going crazy.
02:00 And after that, I started getting a lot of followers.
02:03 I just kept making more content.
02:04 I ended up quitting my 9-to-5 job,
02:07 went to school full-time, and here I am.
02:09 And I'm still on TikTok.
02:11 800,000 followers.
02:12 On this video, I got 5.2 million views.
02:15 So I see a lot of people being like,
02:17 "Well, you look like Pinkie Doll."
02:19 And I don't really think I look like her.
02:20 She is beautiful, by the way,
02:21 but I really don't think I look like her.
02:22 But I do love watching her lives.
02:24 But she's like, "Mm, ice cream's so good."
02:27 So when you go to the comments,
02:28 it says, "If Pinkie Doll and Cardi B had a baby,
02:31 you sound like Cardi B."
02:33 Sound like Cardi B.
02:34 You sound like Cardi B.
02:36 Oh, my God.
02:37 You sound like Cardi B.
02:39 They say a lot of things.
02:40 They say, "Cardi B from Walmart, Cardi B from AliExpress.
02:44 You could never be Cardi B.
02:46 You're just a wannabe."
02:48 The list goes on.
02:49 I don't care.
02:50 I look at hate as, like, you giving me attention.
02:53 You bringing me up.
02:54 So you doing what I need you to do.
02:56 I'm gonna be successful, and you helping me.
02:58 You getting me views.
03:00 You helping me getting brand deals.
03:01 So if you keep hating on me, keep doing it.
03:05 It's like, it's not affecting me.
03:07 I used to really care what everybody thought
03:10 because I was pregnant at the time,
03:11 and I used to go in, I used to delete comments.
03:14 I used to filter out certain words
03:16 so people couldn't comment, like,
03:18 "Oh, you're a wannabe," and this and that.
03:21 I used to take it to heart, but now it's like,
03:23 I don't care.
03:24 I really don't.
03:26 Cardi B, she has reposted me plenty of times.
03:30 She has acknowledged my son.
03:32 She was like, "Baby E, your mom's lit,"
03:34 'cause my son's name is Elisha.
03:36 Which, she shows me a lot of love, which I do support.
03:39 I at least got, like, 20 wigs right now.
03:41 I do sell my wigs, so if I didn't sell my wigs,
03:43 I probably would've had at least 50.
03:45 And I think the wigs is really what make me look
03:47 like Cardi a lot more.
03:48 So this one was a Cardi B-inspired one.
03:52 I think she performed at the BET Awards with this one.
03:55 Well, inspired one.
03:56 I did this one for when Cardi did the "Bongos" cover art.
04:01 I like this one, too.
04:03 I love color.
04:04 I like to be different.
04:05 I didn't want to be paying $500 for a wig,
04:07 and so I became a wig influencer.
04:08 Now I get free wigs.
04:10 I got my Cardi B red dress on,
04:14 and we about to go see Miss Fancy,
04:15 and she gonna do a Cardi B-inspired updo,
04:18 so stay tuned, y'all.
04:19 - Hey, girl. - What's up, boo?
04:21 - Nothing, you ready?
04:22 - Yes, boo, let's go. - All right, come on.
04:25 Come on over here.
04:26 - Yes, ma'am.
04:27 - Okay, so we're gonna take this off.
04:30 So what style are we doing today?
04:32 - Girl, we finna do the pin-up style.
04:34 - Okay. - Just like Cardi B.
04:35 - Okay. - You already know.
04:37 - I've known Desi for about three years now.
04:40 Her cousin, she came over to get her hair done,
04:42 and Desi came with her, so she came and showed me a look.
04:46 I'm like, "Yo, you look just like Cardi B."
04:49 So she started showing me TikTok
04:51 and her impersonation of it, and I'm like, "Yo."
04:55 She went viral for all of the videos that she's done,
04:58 and she wants to become a celebrity so bad.
05:00 This is right up her alley.
05:03 I've heard of Desi's music.
05:06 The first time I heard of it, I was like,
05:08 "You need some oomph.
05:09 "Give it some oomph."
05:11 So she listened to it, she called me back,
05:13 and she's like, "I got it, I got it."
05:14 And she called me and she sung it, and I loved it.
05:17 (upbeat music)
05:20 You look so pretty.
05:31 Let me take this off of you.
05:33 - Okay, I got my picture.
05:37 You're so cute.
05:38 So I just got my new updo by Miss Fancy,
05:42 and I'm finna make some new TikTok sure.
05:44 ♪ It be like a mango ♪
05:46 ♪ Now I'm (beep) it ♪
05:47 ♪ It be ticklin' my ♪
05:48 I do them every once in a while because they're fun.
05:51 I'm just more now getting into like,
05:53 just doing my own music
05:55 and doing just wig installs on TikTok.
05:58 People do realize like, "Hey, I'm that girl off of TikTok
06:01 "that look like Cardi B."
06:03 Like, I'm kind of well-known in my city,
06:05 which I appreciate too.
06:08 I don't mind being the Cardi B look-a-like
06:09 because Cardi is very beautiful.
06:12 So, I mean, when someone's like,
06:14 "You look like Cardi B," it's a compliment.
06:16 I do get stares though,
06:17 but I don't think it's 'cause they think I'm Cardi B.
06:19 I think they just think I'm pretty.
06:22 When I first started blowing up,
06:23 I had my username as like, Cardi Swin.
06:26 I had that for the longest
06:28 'til I got to probably about half a mil.
06:31 And then I just changed it to Desi or Des.
06:33 I really do wish people knew me
06:35 just as like, Desi and not Cardi.
06:37 This is why I'm trying to kind of break out of like,
06:39 people comparing me to Cardi so much.
06:42 And just like, see, like, I do have my own identity.
06:44 I am Desi Renee, and I want my fans to know that.
06:47 Once I do my music, just know like,
06:49 this is Desi Renee, this not Cardi B.
06:52 This is not me trying to be Cardi B.
06:54 This is me just being me.
06:56 All right, y'all, now that I'm all glammed up,
06:58 we finna hit the studio.
06:59 We finna go see Thomas,
07:01 and I'm finna record my new song.
07:02 I've been writing music ever since I was in the ninth grade.
07:05 I dated a guy, and he used to rap.
07:08 And then, you know, I kind of just started
07:11 writing my own raps over the years.
07:13 And I just been so scared to get in the studio.
07:16 I got in the studio for the first time
07:18 a couple months ago, and I loved it.
07:19 I recorded two songs.
07:21 They were beginner songs, so they not my best.
07:24 But I know like, from there, where I have to improve.
07:28 My new music gonna be a lot better.
07:29 That's all I gotta sing.
07:30 ♪ Bad (beep) rolling with me ♪
07:34 ♪ Broke (beep) can't get near me ♪
07:36 ♪ I'm shaking my (beep) ♪
07:38 ♪ I'm making some cash at the end of the day ♪
07:40 ♪ I'm making them mad ♪
07:41 ♪ I'm a bad (beep) ♪
07:42 ♪ Florida raised young and I'm savage ♪
07:44 My music is a big part on how I plan to set myself
07:48 apart from Cardi, because I know we both do rap,
07:51 but we both don't sound the same.
07:53 My music is different from her music.
07:55 A lot of people get in my comments,
07:59 and they're like, "You need to collaborate."
08:02 I feel like they act like I can just call Cardi B
08:04 and be like, "Hey, let's collaborate.
08:06 "Come on, like, I can't do that."
08:08 I mean, she could call me up.
08:09 That'd probably be easier on her end,
08:10 but I can't just call her up,
08:12 but I would love to collaborate.
08:13 I feel like if we did collaborate,
08:16 it would literally just break the internet.
08:18 People would be like, "Oh my God."
08:19 It'd just be a shocker.
08:21 I would want to tell her thank you,
08:22 because I feel like if I didn't look like Cardi B,
08:26 I probably wouldn't gain as much followers and stuff.
08:29 I haven't worked in the last two years.
08:31 I feel like it's really pushing me to pursue my dreams.
08:34 I just know what I want in life, and working is not it.
08:37 My aspirations in the future
08:39 would be to pursue my music career.
08:41 I want to do a music video.
08:43 I want to produce an album.
08:45 What do I have to say to the haters?
08:47 Keep hating.
08:48 Keep hating, because I'm getting money,
08:49 and you're not.
08:50 (laughs)
08:52 (upbeat music)
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