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'I underestimated this whole mommy thing,' Cardi B says, canceling her concerts with Bruno Mars in Dallas

Rapper Cardi B had hoped that six weeks with her infant daughter Kulture would be enough time before she heads back out on the road. But ask most working moms: Six weeks is not a long time.

"I underestimated this whole mommy thing," she wrote on several social media platforms. Cardi B will not be joining Bruno Mars on hi 24K Magic tour this fall, which is scheduled to stop in Dallas on Oct. 14 and 15. An American Airlines Center spokeswoman has confirmed the Oct. 14 and 15 concerts will go on.

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Bruno Mars wrote in a statement that "we will play 'Bodak Yellow' every night in your honor." He also congratulated the new mom: "You are absolutely doing the right thing."

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Cardi B's statement says she hasn't yet recovered "mentally and physically," and that her plan to take Kulture on the road wasn't approved by the doctor. "I'm not ready to leave my baby behind," she wrote.

Cardi B cut some of her performances short before the baby was born, including Dallas' JMBLYA in May.

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"I hope you guys understand that this decision has been the hardest to make, but I have to do what's best for myself and my baby!" she wrote on July 26.