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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.
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 individuals
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
instill in my children, but the example starts with me."
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Josie
Kao)
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