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Rapper Remy Ma Sentenced To 8 Years
Rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to 8 years in prison today for shooting a woman two times in the abdomen outside a Manhattan night club, then fleeing the scene.
The entertainer, 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 in a dispute over money.
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.
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.”
Eight years may seem like a long time, but it’s about time rap artists are held to account for their actions. I’m a huge fan of hip-hop and listen to it every day, but Remy deserved to go to prison.
The woman Remy shot barely survived and according to the Judge will never be the same. Remy is correct when she says she “made something out of nothing” which is what makes this whole case so tragic.
Remy is allegedly a millionaire, but was willing to throw her entire life away and murder someone over $2,000. Let’s make no mistake about it, you don’t shoot someone twice with a .45 caliber pistol in the stomach unless you intend to kill them.
So now Remy’s son will be without a mother for the next 8 years because mommy thought she was living in a Scarface movie instead of the real world.
-Chris Jones
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