Remy Ma will be out of the mix for a while...8 years to be exact.
A New York City judge sentenced the rapper to 8 years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a nightclub in Manhattan. "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."
Remy Ma, whose real name is Remy Smith, had faced up to 25 years in prison for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph last July. The two got into an altercation over money after going out to a club. The fight in Manhattan's trendy Meatpacking District erupted after Smith accused Joseph of taking $2,000 from her purse. Prosecutors said she then fired two .45-caliber slugs into the woman's abdomen and fled. Smith, 26, 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.
The judge in the case, State Supreme Court Justice Rena Uviller, said she recognized that Smith had a difficult childhood, but noted the victim had nearly died and will never be the same physically. Uviller also said Smith is "a young woman whose anger is out of control." After she was sentenced, Smith's fiance, rapper Papoose, began screaming in the hallway of the courthouse. "All you want is money!" he said, directing his comment to the victim. He then shouted to court officers, "Lock me up! Lock me up!" He was then escorted out of the courthouse. Smith and Papoose had planned on getting married the Friday before where she is being held in jail at Rikers Island. However, the ceremony was halted when Papoose, whose real name is Shamele Mackie, was found to be in possession of a handcuff key. Smith's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, said Papoose had a key but denied that it could be used to open handcuffs. He has not been charged.
Fisher said the couple still plan to wed.
