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Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar was born on October 11, 1992, in Washington Heights, Manhattan.  Her mother was a cashier, and her father was a taxi driver in New York City.  She has a sister named Hennessy. In a video with GQ, she says that the name Hennessy comes from when her mother gave birth and her father walked into the hospital room and told them that he had just been drinking Hennessy and he really likes the name. They all agreed that that was good name, hence the name Hennessy. Her family contains Dominican, Mexican and Trinidadian ancestry.  Almanzar worked as an exotic dancer since the age of 19. She has released two mixtapes, Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1 and Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2. Following the release of these records, Almanzar signed with Atlantic Records. She was a stripper and confessed that she would drug and rob men for survival. She’s of Dominican descent.