Cardi B and Offset have raised the bar on celeb secret marriages. The two, who publicly got engaged in October, were actually already married in September.

TMZ obtained their marriage certificate, filed September 20, 2017, in Fulton County, Georgia. Offset thanked Cardi B, calling her his wife, at the BET Awards last night, which likely sparked TMZ's investigation:

Cardi B and Offset's public "proposal" happened on October 27, making the entire thing in retrospect staged for the public:

As TMZ pointed out, the certificate was filed on September 20, after the ceremony, meaning the two got married even earlier than that. A major congrats to the couple on the ceremony and keeping the entire thing secret for over half a year. Cardi is currently expecting the couple's first child together.

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