Rapper Cardi B pleads guilty to New York club fight

Her plea included one count of third-degree assault and one of second-degree reckless endangerment

US rapper and songwriter Cardi B resolved a years-long criminal case from two fights at New York City strip clubs by pleading guilty on Thursday in a deal that requires her to perform 15 days of community service. AP

Cardi B poses with her award for Favourite Hip-Hop Song with 'Up' at the American Music Awards. AP

Cardi B leaves the Queens County Criminal Court in New York. AFP

Her court appearance was for a hearing on charges of assaulting two strippers. AFP

Rapper Cardi B is flanked by security at the court. Reuters

Cardi B arrives at Queens County Criminal Court. AFP

The rapper performs at the Mobo Awards at First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. Photo: Redferns

Cardi B attends the City of West Hollywood's Pride Parade in California. Getty / AFP

Donatella Versace and Cardi B on the red carpet for the 2022 Met Gala in New York City. EPA

The event coincided with the Met Costume Institute's In America: An Anthology of Fashion. EPA

The back of Cardi B's dress at the 2022 Met Gala. AFP

Cardi B performs at the 61st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. AFP

In 2019 Cardi B won $4 million in a libel lawsuit against a celebrity gossip blogger, who posted claims that she was a "prostitute" who used cocaine. AFP

Cardi B waves to fans at the Chanel Women's Spring-Summer 2020 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris. AFP

Cardi B arrives at a photo call for Hustlers in Beverly Hills, California. Invision / AP

Cardi B performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Invision / AP

Cardi B sings on stage at Paris Fashion Week. Getty

Cardi B at the 2021 American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Reuters

Cardi B accepts the Favourite Hip-Hop Song award at the 2021 American Music Awards. American Broadcasting Companies / AFP

Cardi B accepts the Album of the Year trophy at the Bet Awards in 2019. Reuters

Cardi B on the runway during the Balenciaga Womenswear Spring-Summer 2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Theatre Du Chatelet in France. Getty

Cardi B leaves the 109th Precinct in Queens, New York. Reuters

Cardi B in vintage Thierry Mugler at the 61st Grammy Awards. Reuters

Cardi B arrives on the red carpet for the 2019 Met Gala. EPA

Grammy Award-winning rapper Cardi B pleaded guilty on Thursday to two misdemeanours stemming from a 2018 fight in a New York strip club, prosecutors said.

The rapper was sentenced to 15 days of community service.

Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, also agreed to a three-year order of protection for the victims. Her plea covered one count of third-degree assault and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment.

US rapper and songwriter Cardi B at Queens County Criminal Court with her lawyers. AFP

During the 2018 incident, police said the rapper was at Angels Strip Club in Queens where she argued with two of the club's bartenders and a fight broke out thereafter. She had accused one of them of having an affair with her husband.

“The victims allegedly had glass bottles hurled at them, alcoholic drinks thrown in their faces and one woman's head was slammed into the bar,” prosecutors said earlier in their description of the incident.

In 2019, the rapper pleaded not guilty to felony assault charges relating to the fight.

The singer, known for chart-topping hits such as Bodak Yellow and I Like It, was indicted in 2019 by a grand jury on felony charges along with two other people in her entourage.

“Part of growing up and maturing is being accountable for your actions,” the rapper said in a statement after a hearing on Thursday.

“As a mother, it's a practice that I am trying to instil in my children, but the example starts with me.”