NEW YORK — Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B resolved a yearslong prison case stemming from a pair of brawls at New York Metropolis strip golf equipment by pleading responsible Thursday in a deal that requires her to carry out 15 days of group service.

The 29-year-old “WAP” singer agreed to a conditional discharge simply as her case was about to go to trial, saying in a press release: “A part of rising up and maturing is being accountable on your actions.”

Cardi B, a New York Metropolis native whose actual identify is Belcalis Almanzar, pleaded responsible to 2 misdemeanor prices stemming from the August 2018 fights. Ten different counts, together with two felonies, had been dismissed. Two co-defendants additionally pleaded responsible.

In keeping with prosecutors, Cardi B and her entourage had been concentrating on staff of Angels Strip Membership in Flushing, Queens, over an obvious private dispute.

In a single struggle, chairs, bottles and hookah pipes had been thrown because the group argued with a bartender. She and one other worker had minor accidents.

“Nobody is above the regulation,” Queens District Lawyer Melinda Katz mentioned in a press release. “In pleading responsible as we speak, Ms. Belcalis Almanzar and two co-defendants have accepted accountability for his or her actions. This Workplace is happy with the decision, which incorporates applicable group service.”

In 2019, Cardi B rejected a plea deal that may have given her a conditional discharge. Prosecutors then offered the case to a grand jury and obtained an indictment that included the 2 felony prices.

“I’ve made some unhealthy choices in my previous that I’m not afraid to face and come clean with,” mentioned Cardi B, including that she needed to set a very good instance for her two youngsters.

“These moments do not outline me and they aren’t reflective of who I’m now,” she added. “I am wanting ahead to transferring previous this case with my household and associates and getting again to the issues I really like essentially the most—the music and my followers.”

Cardi B’s chart-topping hits embrace “I Like It” and the Maroon 5 collaboration “Ladies Like You.”