Cardi B says court-ordered community service is “the best thing” to happen to her

nme.com:

Cardi B has called her court-mandated community service “the best thing” that has happened to her.The ‘Bodak Yellow’ rapper tweeted on February 26, “Community service has been the best thing that has happened to me,” calling the experience “almost like a spiritual journey”.

Sharing that she sometimes leaves the centres she serves at in tears, Cardi B concluded, “Those people that we leave behind they just need somebody to talk and a lil push and YOU might be able to change their life forever.”Community service has been the best thing that has happened to me.

Almost like a spiritual journey because sometimes I leave these centers in tears .Those people that we leave behind they just need somebody to talk and a lil push and YOU might be able to change their life forever— Cardi B (@iamcardib) February 25, 2023The tweet was the last in a series of tweets last week documenting her daily routine of community service hours and studio time, with one post on February 23 noting: “Community service ….I have to do a lot of hours today and I’m very sleepy ……..YOU DO THE CRIME YOU DO THE TIME!!!!!”.While Cardi B did not share pictures or video from her community service hours, the NYPD police academy shared a video of the rapper giving a talk to a group of young women as part of the department’s ‘Girl Talk’ events.

The video sees Cardi B dancing with the participants and advising them on dealing with peer pressure.“I feel like there’s so many people that make y’all probably feel like, ‘This is what’s cool, this is what’s going on, this is what it takes to be lit, this is what it takes to be fire,'” Cardi B said in the video. “Sometimes that’s a little bit of peer pressure like on a girl.