Rapper Remy Ma sentenced to 8 years in prison
A New York City judge sentenced Remy Ma to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.
“I feel so bad for all the physical and mental pain you’ve gone through,” the Grammy-nominated rapper told the victim. “This has taken a toll on us and both our families. I would never wish you harm and I pray the best for all of us.”
She got off easy considering she faced up to 25 years. She was convicted of assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph last July in a dispute over money.
Remy Ma, whose real name is Remy Smith, begged the judge for leniency for the sake of “my little boy,” saying she grew up “surrounded by failure, violence and poverty,” but “made something out of nothing” from her life.
State Supreme Court Justice Rena Uviller said she recognized that Smith had had a difficult childhood, but noted the victim had nearly died and will never be the same physically. Uviller called the rapper “a young woman whose anger is out of control.”
After the sentencing, her fiance, fellow rapper Papoose, started screaming in a hallway to the victim, “All you want is money!”
Classy
“Lock me up! Lock me up!” he then shouted to court officers, who escorted him out of the courthouse.
The couple had planned to wed last weekend at the Rikers Island jail, where Smith has been incarcerated. Correction officials said they called off the wedding after Papoose showed up with a handcuff key.
Of course he claims the key couldnt open handcuffs but he was sanctioned by not being able to visit Rikers Island again for six months. He was asked to leave and has been barred from the prison until November.
WTF?
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