The attack stemmed from a long-simmering feud between Cardi B and two sisters who tend bar at the Queens strip club. Cardi B reportedly accused one of the women of having an affair with her husband, Offset, of the rap trio Migos.

Cardi B showed up at the Angels Strip Club on Aug. 15 and confronted the sisters. Though Cardi B did not get involved, her bodyguards and other members of her entourage attacked the bartenders with bottles and chairs, causing serious injury, the police said.

Joseph Tacopina, a lawyer representing the bartenders, said Cardi B had talked on social media about ordering the assault. “Apparently, she thinks her celebrity status puts her above the law, since she has bragged to multiple people and on social media that she orchestrated these vicious attacks,” he said in an email. “But reality is setting in.”

Cardi B is one of the hottest artists in the pop and hip-hop genres, having had a string of hit singles like “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart a year ago. She is featured on Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” which is currently No. 1 on the chart, and enjoyed success this year with a remix of “Finesse,” with Bruno Mars. Her debut studio album, “Invasion of Privacy,” which came out in April, was heralded by critics. “She is more versatile than most rappers or pop stars of any stripe,” Jon Caramanica wrote in The Times.

But she has also received media attention for various altercations. During a Fashion Week event last month, she got into a physical altercation with Nicki Minaj, 35, a female rapper from Queens. Cardi B reportedly hurled a stiletto at Minaj. Cardi B was seen in video footage leaving the venue with a knot over her eye.