Cardi B Believes Race Played A Part In Karmelo Anthony Verdict

Cardi B has expressed her belief that race influenced the guilty verdict for Karmelo Anthony, the teenager who fatally stabbed a fellow student.

She commented on the highly publicized case following Anthony’s conviction for murder on June 9 and his subsequent 35-year prison sentence for killing Austin Metcalf during a confrontation at a high school track meet in 2025.

Cardi stated, “It is a race thing, I’m pretty sure. Especially in Texas. This happens a lot in Texas. If Anthony was White and he was surrounded by a bunch of Black football players, the case would have gone extremely different.”

She also criticized the length of Anthony’s sentence, believing that he should have been convicted of manslaughter at most.

“I sure learned something from this,” she remarked. “I learned to tell my sons do not argue with no White boys. ‘Cause, baby, ain’t no law protecting us if something goes down with them. That’s what I learned from this case.”

Prosecutors reported that an argument between the students escalated during the track meet when Anthony stood under Metcalf’s team’s tent during a rain delay, leading to Anthony stabbing Metcalf once in the chest. Anthony’s defense argued that he acted in self-defense, but the jury took about three hours to convict him of murder.