Cardi B was just issued a stern warning from the judge in her strip club beatdown case … show up to court or face getting arrested.

Cardi’s legal team was in court Monday — without the rapper — for a hearing about the August incident. We’re told prosecutors expressed their frustration that Cardi herself was a no-show considering they’ve already given her a 6-week extension on the case … so they asked the judge to issue a bench warrant.

The judge denied the immediate request, but did issue a serious warning — Cardi must appear in court Friday morning — or there will most likely be a warrant issued.

Cardi’s defense team also revealed in court they’ve been having a tough time getting in touch with her directly — instead only communicating through Cardi’s management team — and only found out Thursday Cardi had a prior commitment that would prevent her from attending Monday’s hearing.

TMZ broke the story … Cardi is accused of unleashing her posse on 2 strip club bartenders — Jade and Baddie Gi — and badly injuring both. Jade told us … prior to the attack, Cardi had threatened her for months, accusing the two of sleeping with her husband, Offset.

Nicki Minaj recently featured Jade and Baddie Gi in her music video … a definite shot at Cardi.

TYRA BANKSI’M DOWN FOR CARDI & NICKI PEACE TREATY… Oh, And I Got Bars Too!!!

Tyra Banks Talks Cardi B-Nicki Minaj Beef and Drops ‘Be a Star’ Bars

Tyra Banks gave herself a new rap name and, in the process, might have inadvertently taken sides in the raging war between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj.

We got Tyra out Thursday in NYC where our photog told her that her getting in the rap game with her new “Be A Star” remix could help bring a solution to the Cardi-Nicki beef. If you’ve been living under a rock … Cardi and Nicki have been at each other’s throats and there’s zero sign it’s dialing down.

That’s when Tyra straight-up declares herself Tyra B. It was probably made in jest … but check out the video. Tyra starts dropping bars and we can’t help but notice her rap game sounds very Cardi-esque.
For what it’s worth … Tyra’s previously said she channeled Cardi AND Nicki for her new single. You be the judge. BTW, the song is from her new movie, “Life-Size 2” … in which Tyra reprises her role of a Barbie-like doll come to life.