Her post went viral, but that was mostly due to the steady stream of backlash that it inspired.
Rapper Cardi B was among those who weren’t pleased to see Karmelo Anthony convicted of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school sporting event last year, taking to social media to share her opinion on the matter:
Wow! Just freakin wow! DISGUSTING… This is not justice, this is trying to make an example!!!
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) June 10, 2026
As Fox News reported, the response was overwhelmingly negative:
The artist’s post has generated 10 million views with tens of thousands of impressions. Tomi Lahren, a Fox News political commentator and host of Outkick’s “Tomi Lahren Is Fearless,” responded to the post saying, “Yes, the example is, don’t stab somebody in the chest. Thanks for playing.”
Others have also weighed in on the post. Matt Van Swol, a user with more than half a million followers, replied: “I know… It’s like, ‘Damn, Black people cant stab any White people to death anymore and not go to prison just because they are Black.’ Devastating.”
Zeek Arkham, a former New York Police Department officer and current host of “Reasonable Suspiscion” podcast, replied: “‘Trying to make an example?’ Yes, Cardi…stabbing people is bad. We should make stabbing people as unattractive as possible. Might cause people to think before they stab someone. Thanks… I think?”
Here are a few more choice replies:
I agree. He deserved life at a minimum.
35 years for murder is not enough.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 10, 2026
Austin Metcalf's father had to bury his 17-year-old son. But go off about injustice, Cardi. I'll wait. 🙄 Or is this just another day of farming outrage for clicks? Because that 13 million views sure looks good for the algorithm!
— JMOS (@LatInfoSec) June 10, 2026
Wtf is wrong with you
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 10, 2026
The entertainer’s provocative post isn’t likely to do much to cool the tensions described in this Daily Caller article:
Protesters awaiting the verdict in the Karmelo Anthony trial were furious to learn the 19-year-old had been found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a Texas track meet in April 2025.
“We gotta tell our kids the truth, that this is a racist-ass country,” yelled a woman dressed in what appeared to be a Black Panther uniform. Two men dressed in similar uniforms stood stoically to her sides
She further directed an individual (or the nation, perhaps) to “stop that coon-ass shit.”
“Don’t nobody want to hear about what we do to each other. We talking about what they doing to us,” she continued. “White folks kill white folks. Mexicans kill Mexicans. We ain’t trying to hear no coon shit today. Go over there to them white folks with that. This is a racist-ass country!”
The pantheress claimed Texas is a “racist-ass state” and that the trial was taking place in a “racist-ass court,” as she continued her tirade against white people.
Here’s some additional coverage of the protests:
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