Cardi B: Why Hustlers Wont Be Her Last Acting Role & What This Means For Her Music Career

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Cardi B absolutely loved filming her new movie Hustlers with Jennifer Lopez. Shes already looking for new movie and TV opportunities and weve got what that means for her music career.

From her TV show guest appearances and music videos, its clear Cardi B is a natural at being on camera. Now shes getting her big film break with the release of Hustlers on Sept. 13, where she stars alongside Jennifer Lopez. She plays Diamond, a strip club worker who with Jennifers Ramona as her boss, hustles money out of shady Wall Street clients. “Cardi absolutely loved working on Hustlers and although shes completely comfortable being in front of the camera, it was a totally new experience for her. Cardi felt it was an amazing opportunity and feels so blessed to have worked on this film with some incredible talent,” a source close to the 26-year-old Grammy winner tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.

Jennifer said during a Sept. 10 appearance on The Tonight Show that she specifically sought out Cardi to ask her to star in Hustlers, which is getting rave reviews and has a 91 percent fresh rating on the critic aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. “Cardi never imagined she would be acting at some point in her career. But now that she has, she can definitely see herself doing something like this again. It was so much fun for her and if the right role comes along she