Cardi B This MILF Wants $300k ... to Get Back Onstage 
 
 Cardi B's Not Leaving Mommy Duty For Anything Less Than $300k Per Show 
 
 EXCLUSIVE 
 
 Cardi B's not coming back to work unless someone's ready to break the bank ... it's the only way she'll entertain the idea of leaving her kid. 
 
 Sources close to the rapper tell TMZ ... Cardi wants $300k to get back onstage, and it's gonna be on her terms -- no discounts. Fact is ... we're told she's getting offers in the $500k range, so she won't be hurting for work. 
 
 We're told not only does the moola have to be right, the location can't be in Timbuktu. She wants the shows to be close to home. Reason's simple ... she's obsessed with her baby girl, Kulture Kiari Cephus. 
 
 Cardi's made it crystal clear ... no small club gigs 'cause the "Bodak Yellow" rapper is all grown up -- and the market agrees. She commanded $100k a show at Coachella in April while she was pregnant ... and with her popularity rising, so has her paycheck. She's recently fielded multiple offers but it's unclear if and when she'll pull the trigger on any of them. 
 
 Cardi shocked the world last weekend when she performed at the Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour in NYC. It's unclear if the promoter dropped Cardi's commanding fee for that show. Her camp ain't saying. 
 
 But, what's clear is that fans were left salivating after she dropped her bars from "Motorsport" ... as she rocked a sultry leather getup with heels and long pink hair. 
 
 Cardi's return to the stage has turned into highly anticipated news. Remember, Cardi had to bail on Bruno Mars' upcoming tour, saying she needed more time to recover mentally and physically after giving birth to Kulture. As she put it, she "underestimated this whole mommy thing." For Bruno's part, he was cool ... signing a bunch of other stars to his 24K Magic Tour. 
 
 Cardi opened the VMAs earlier this month, and came away huge with 3 awards. She celebrated with a little Mickey D's, and then put Nicki Minaj on notice ... dissing her as she rapped onstage during an NYC after-party. ||||| Cardi B made a surprise return to the stage Saturday night during Migos’ set at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the rapper’s first performance since the birthday of her daughter Kulture in early July. 
 
 .@iamcardib made a special appearance tonight at the Drake & Migos concert 😩😍 pic.twitter.com/NCbln2Q0ud — Cardi B Official Team (@CardiBTeam) August 26, 2018 
 
 At the first of four Madison Square Garden shows for Drake and Migos’ Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour, Cardi B, donning long hot-pink hair, delivered her verse from “MotorSport” during the unexpected appearance. “I was so nervous and the stage was shakin,” Cardi B tweeted of the performance. 
 
 Following the cameo, the rapper then hugged her husband Offset onstage. (The duo sparked additional headlines backstage after the Migos’ rapper shared a nude photo of Cardi B on social media.) 
 
 The performance came less than a week after fans expected Cardi B to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall; however, the rapper instead just opened the awards show with a prank where she pretended to reveal her baby only to unveil a Moon Man statue. 
 
 Cardi B will make her official return to the concert circuit September 29th at New York’s Global Citizen Festival, with another festival gig – San Antonio’s Mala Luna Festival – to follow a month later. 
 
 The rapper was initially booked to serve as special guest on the final leg of Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic starting September 7th but dropped off because “not only am I just not ready physically, I’m not ready to leave my baby behind since the doctors explained it’s not healthy for her to be on the road.”
– Cardi B gave birth last month, and the rapper is taking maternity leave seriously. Sources close to her tell TMZ she won't leave her newborn daughter to do a show unless she's being paid at least $300,000; the performance must also be close to home. She has performed once since giving birth—she made a surprise appearance at Migos' New York show over the weekend; her husband, Offset, is a member of the group—and TMZ notes it's not clear whether she dropped the $300,000 requirement for that concert. Either way, she'll likely have no trouble getting the paycheck she wants, as the gossip site says she's getting offers in the $500,000 range. At Jezebel, Bobby Finger notes that the story is simultaneously annoying and impressive: "It’s inspiring to see a new mother make headlines for using her fame and power to return to work on her terms," but it also highlights the extreme income inequality in the US; $300,000 is about five times the median household income for a US family. "Slayyyy mamaaaaa! Yikes, how will I ever retire!"