Microphone thrown by Cardi B makes $100k for charity

Two weeks aft rapper Cardi B deed the headlines for throwing a microphone into a crowd, that mic has been sold connected eBay for astir $100,000 (£78,500).

It was auctioned by the proprietor of an audio instrumentality prosecute company, who said each profits would spell to charity.

Scott Fisher told CBS helium had initially hoped the bidding would scope $5,000.

Videos showed Cardi hurling the mic aft a instrumentality threw a portion astatine her during a performance successful Las Vegas. Police person said the prima volition not look charges.

The footage soon went viral, and the furore led Mr Fisher to database the infamous point for sale. Bidding yet ended connected $99,900.

Mr Fisher said the proceeds would spell to veterans' foundation the Wounded Warrior Project, and Friendship Circle Las Vegas, which connects young volunteers with radical with disabilities and peculiar needs.

"I figured it would summation immoderate attraction nationally but the magnitude of quality sum has been staggering."

He said helium had verified that the mic connected merchantability was so the 1 Cardi was utilizing astatine the time.

"It's modular process to people each microphones and in-ear systems arsenic to whom they 'go to' anterior to soundcheck, to marque definite the aforesaid idiosyncratic gets the close items during the show," he told CBS News.

"You could spot achromatic portion connected the Cardi B mic successful each the videos, and that is however we knew which mic was hers."