Cardi B helping Bronx fire victims

Hip-hop star Cardi B will cover the funeral costs of the 17 people killed in the Bronx apartment fire this month.

The Bronx native, whose legal name is Belcalis Almanzar, has also committed to paying the repatriation expenses for some of the victims who will be buried in the West African country of Gambia.

Almanzar said she was “extremely proud to be from the Bronx” and that when she heard about the fire and the 17 people it killed, “I knew I needed to do something to help.”