The pianist behind Cardi B's performance is Chloe Flower and she's an accomplished pianist who has been playing and composing music for years.
Flower is an accomplished concert pianist and composer
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A few months before the Grammys performance, Flower said she sustained an injury that damaged the nerves in her hand
In early 2018, Flower said she was bitten by a dog and she lost feeling in her right pinky and thumb.
"After getting bit on my right wrist by a rescue dog earlier this year, I completely lost feeling in my pinky and thumb. I was headed into surgery IN TEARS knowing that this surgery could further damage the nerves in my hand, or worse, it would never heal," she wrote in October 2018 .
Fortunately, she said has been recovering and that she used her experience to inspire new musical arrangements.
Flower regularly composes piano covers and mashups and shares them online
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From covering the music of Aretha Franklin and Kendrick Lamar to mashing up Skrillex and 12th Planet with Bach, Flower has put her spin on dozens of songs. And the Grammy awards wasn't her first time playing Cardi B. The musician shared her rendition of Cardi B's "I Like It Like That" on Instagram earlier this year.
Flower is active across Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube and you can stream full versions of official releases on Spotify and Apple Music.
You might have heard Flowers compositions before
Flower combines music with fashion in her Instagram posts
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She frequently uses her Instagram for activism
She's also paired some of her covers with discussions about other issues she supports. And in 2018, she paired her Meek Mill mashup with a caption discussing the need for prison reform.
Flower spoke at the United Nations in 2017 about the role of the arts in eradicating human trafficking
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Shes best friends with actress Shay Mitchell
After Flower's Grammys performance, Mitchell shared how excited she was to see her best friend "crush it," adding that Flower has been her biggest cheerleader for years and that the pianist has a heart of gold.
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