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Remy Ma Gets 8 Years in Prison

By SAMUEL MAULL,
AP
Posted: 2008-05-13 12:44:16
NEW YORK (May 13) - Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.

The state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.

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Remy Ma, who could have faced up to 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence.

She says last summer's shooting was an accident; an appeal is planned.

Correction officials say they called off her weekend wedding at the Rikers Island jail after the groom - fellow rapper Papoose - showed up with a handcuff key.

Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, denies the key could be used to unlock handcuffs. Papoose isn't charged.

Fisher says the two still plan to wed.

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usbornemom 11:07:37 AM May 17 2008

you can take the thug out of the ghetto but cant take the ghetto out of the thug. Just another thug they gave money to that could not handle it.

nakehia 03:43:07 PM May 16 2008

cdarrett 07:21:01 AM May 16 2008

Report This! Reminds me of the Dave Chapelle skit---"When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong"

I saw that skit! TOOO FUNNY!

ToppShottress 02:33:58 PM May 16 2008

report this
scotlas1 08:47:08 AM May 16 2008

Report This! You could have had the world but your hood way's just kept you down and it's no ones fault but your own. Sad story of a girl almost making it and being stupid. What, what did you really believe? That our society was going to let you go after murder! Hmmmm, what about the women you killed? What about her family? You are responsible for your own actions. And it's not my fault because I am white, tired of hearing that one too. Live on excuse's and look how your life will turn out just like Remy Ma. You were beautiful on the outside but totally ugly on the inside. Have fun with the girls. Personally, I think you should have been given alot more time then 8 yrs.
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Read before you type. The woman is not dead. She is very much alive moron. She is still wrong for shooting her but the woman is not dead.

NikkiRaeWhite 01:57:59 PM May 16 2008

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THEIR HANDS!! IF THEY ARE NOT SHOTTING PEOPLE OR STABBING, THEY ARE DRUG ATTIC FOOLS!!! THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ROLE MODELS.
ANOTHER THING I HATE IS HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOOK UP TO PEOPLE LIKE MARILYN MONROE AND OTHER PEOPLE LIKE HER , WHO HAVE KILLED THEM SELFS WITH DRUGS. IF YOU WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND SEEN A PERSON YOU KNOW WAS A DRUG ADDICT OR DEALER, YOU WOULD NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM BUT, THESE PEOPLE ARE PRAISED!?? I DON'T GET IT!!?

nesssa35 12:54:45 PM May 16 2008

I love all races but it's true alot of black men are in prison but the most heinous most rememerable crimes are committed by white men. My husband works in law enforcement and whites also do their share of very bad crimes. It's really not a black or white thing it's a people gone wrong thing. All races do it ,noone is exempted. We all are in jail whites, blacks, mexicans, asain... Noone is perfect we all make very disturbing mistakes. ALL OF US THE HUMAN RACE. ALL RACES DO BAD THINGS. I'M SURE U KNOW SOME WHITE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMITED CRIMES. STOP BEING BLINDED BY IT'S A BLACK OR WHITE THING, BUT IT'S A PEOPLE THING. LOVE ALL PEOPLE DON'T JUDGE ENTIRE RACE OF PEOPLE FOR WHAT SOME DO IN ALL RACES. HUMAN RACE WE ALL KILL AND HAVE KILLED .(DIFFERENT RACES)

kwapkwap 12:07:37 PM May 16 2008

BECAUSE "SOME" BLACK PEOPLE STILL HAVE THIS MENTALITY THAT THIS COUNTRY MADE US THE WAY WE ARE NOW. WE WERE A SLAVE, GIVEN NO RIGHT OR FREEDOM AT ALL SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE WHAT WAS OWED TO US.

MOVED ON BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE HAVE COME SO VERY VERY FAR. AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT OBAMA TO WIN AS A PRESIDENT DUE TO LUCK OF EXPERIENCE AND SOME OTHER ISSUES I HAVE WITH HIM, WE ALL NOW HAVE THE CHANCE TO BECOME WHAT WE WANT TO BE. IT IS OUR "CHOICE" TO BE WHO AND WHAT WE ARE. UNFORTUNATELY, A WHOLE LOT OF US WANTS TO BE A THUG.

SO SO SO SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sadiehamhock 11:12:19 AM May 16 2008

she wanted to be thugish. well now you are hoaller back bicth////////

aelberton 10:45:29 AM May 16 2008

mattie2165- i know that's right

heavyrd 09:58:09 AM May 16 2008

How about the boyfriend.... showing up in the courtroom screaming-- "she didn't do nutting..." She pulled a gun and shot somebody!!!!!!!! it is just funny how deep denial runs in the human soul...

wellsbillie3 09:15:22 AM May 16 2008

JUST APROVEN FACT THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ROLE MODELS, THEY ACT MORE LIKE THUGS, JUST A PROVEN FACT YOU CAN TAKE THE MEN FROM THE HOOD, BUT NOT THE HOOD FROM THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scotlas1 08:47:08 AM May 16 2008

You could have had the world but your hood way's just kept you down and it's no ones fault but your own. Sad story of a girl almost making it and being stupid. What, what did you really believe? That our society was going to let you go after murder! Hmmmm, what about the women you killed? What about her family? You are responsible for your own actions. And it's not my fault because I am white, tired of hearing that one too. Live on excuse's and look how your life will turn out just like Remy Ma. You were beautiful on the outside but totally ugly on the inside. Have fun with the girls. Personally, I think you should have been given alot more time then 8 yrs.

cdarrett 07:21:01 AM May 16 2008

Reminds me of the Dave Chapelle skit---"When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong"

rilaza2005 05:13:21 AM May 16 2008

Who?? Never heard of her.Probably a good thing.

pppyramid 01:28:57 AM May 16 2008

She needs to go to jail for attempted murder. For three grand she will do 8yrs.
The more the merrier.Lets see how much remy martin she will drink in the tank.
She wanted street cred now she has it. You go girl!

kcaron10127 08:10:54 PM May 15 2008

purecourage 04:32:28 AM May 15 2008
"Why is it that when one black person does something negative they represent ALL black people."

They DON'T represent all blacks, and anyone with a brain knows it.

But the fact remains that the number of violent crimes committed by blacks is VASTLY disproportionate to their representation in the general population.

According to this FBI / Department of Justice report (2005), African Americans make up only about 13% of the US population, yet are responsible for 33% of the rapes, 49% of the murders, and 56% of the robberies in this country.

Only an utter fool would deny that this is a very serious problem.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_43.html

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