Overview

• Announced with less than a day’s notice, the “Bodega Baddie” event took place at Cloud Deli on West 159th Street in Washington Heights.
• Videos show a dense crowd with Cardi B atop an SUV outside the bodega, and some onlookers standing on police vehicles to see her.
• During a livestream, she said Atlantic Records “underestimated” the turnout, later thanking fans and calling Washington Heights her “second hood.”
• A Cloud Deli worker said she bought nearly 200 sandwiches and about 300 drinks for people gathered outside.
• Local reporting noted one arrest on a minor charge at the scene, with police offering no additional details.