Cardi har-har!
SINGER LAUGHS OFF ASSAULT RAP FOR STRIP CLUB FEUD
Bronx-born hip-hop star Cardi B turned herself in at a Queens police precinct Monday after she was accused of trying to beat a pair of strip club bartenders like piñatas.
The “I Like It” rapper was charged with misdemeanor assault and reckless endangerment in the dispute with the bartenders, sisters Jade and Baddie Gi, at the Angels strip club on Aug. 29.
Cardi, 25, was one of about 10 people involved in the melee, a source told the Daily News.
“(Cardi) picked up objects and threw them,” the source said. So did everyone else, the source added.
A bottle and a hookah were thrown at the sisters. One sister suffered a cut on her foot and bruises on both of her legs, while the other sister did not get hit.
No one besides Cardi has been charged.
As Cardi walked into the 109th Precinct stationhouse in Flushing on Monday morning, two bodyguards shielded her with black umbrellas.
They put the umbrellas away as she departed the station, giving fans and photographers a clear view.
Cardi laughed and waved at the crowd as she made her way toward a black SUV. She is scheduled to appear Oct. 29 in Queens Criminal Court.
“We’re aware of no evidence she caused anybody any harm at the club that night,” her lawyer Jeff Kern told reporters. “We expect that the matter is going to be resolved expeditiously.”
The artist reportedly had a beef with one of the bartenders, Jade, because Cardi believes Jade slept with her husband, rapper Offset, according to TMZ.
Offset’s hip-hop group Migos was performing at the Flushing jiggle joint on the night of the incident.
The skirmish was sparked when someone threw a drink, TMZ reported.
The bartenders’ lawyer released a statement Monday calling for Cardi B to “answer for her crimes.”
“Cardi B ordered and committed violent assaults against my clients, and is being called to justice for her crimes,” Joseph Tacopina said. “Apparently, she thinks her celebrity status puts her above the law, since she has bragged to multiple people and on social media that she orchestrated these vicious attacks. But reality is setting in, as justice does not care whether her name is Cardi B or Carly B.”
This past weekend, Cardi took the stage in Central Park for a performance at the charitable Global Citizen Festival, which raises money in an effort to end world poverty, among other causes.