Reminisce Smith aka Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting her longtime friend Makeda Barnes-Joseph in the stomach back in 2007 over an alleged confrontation about stolen money. Back in March, she was found guilty of first-degree assault, criminal weapons charges and attempted coercion.
The 26-year-old rapper was facing 25 years so it looks like she got off kinda good. Here is what she said in court earlier today:
Throughout this unfortunate case, I was advised from my attorney to stay silent but now I want you all to see me for me and what I’ve gone through,” said Remy as tears fell. “Reporters and newspapers have called me a ‘hardcore rapper,’ a ‘hip-hop harlot’—Remy Ma is just a music industry name. A facade. I’m not a thug. I’m not a hardcore anything. I have feelings. I’m Remy Smith—No, I’m Remy Mackie. I’m a wife, mother, daughter and big sister.
Remy wept as she apologized to Barnes-Joseph, but the judge did not sympathize with the rapper. “This is somewhat of a pattern. This is not the first time she has been engaged in a violent act. She never took responsibility for her actions,” the judge said. “This has nothing to do with rap it’s about the actions of one person. Remy is an extremely angry young woman who feels the rules do not apply to her.”
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE SENTENCE?
- YEAH, SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN LONGER (46%, 2,568 Votes)
- WHO CARES (30%, 1,667 Votes)
- NO, THAT’S TOO LONG (25%, 1,394 Votes)
Total Voters: 5,629
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In related news, the rapper’s jail house wedding ceremony was called off on Monday when her fiance, rapper Papoose (aka Shamele Mackie), allegedly attempted to smuggle a handcuff key into the Rikers Island Correctional facility. Papoose was not charged, but the rapper was escorted out of the jail and will not be able to visit Remy for six months.
WOW!!! IS ALL I CAN SAY….
Damn Remy 8 years?? Wow
And Papoose with handcuff key? WTF?? Papoose was gonna rescue his woman like a ghetto knoght in shining armour!!! LOL
HER HOUND DOG AZZ GOING BE CRYING FOR 8 LONG YEARS THAT WHAT ‘S SHE GET FOR CALLING HER SELF SHOOTING SOMEBODY.
I don’t feel sorry for her at all. She SHOT someone..wtf…all that rapping about being a gangsta is not cute. Once the law bites back they want to cry and regret ish…I hope she and other rappers really learn from this…
I I think 8 years is too long of a sentence for Remy. She was wrong; but, DAMN. That judge was eager to railroad her for being a rapper. Papoose – good rapper and he seems like a good person. But, WHAT WERE U THINKING about bringing that skeleton key to jail? Ridiculous. Remy hold your head ma.
dats wat she gets!! Im happy with the judge’s decision!!!GOOD LUCK REMY!!Have fun in prison!!…….LMAO!!!!
Maybe while she’s in jail, she can get some help too bc dat bitch is KRAZee!!
damnn,…
thats sad.
She got what she deserved. NEXT!
WHOMP WHOMP! SORRY FO YA! GOD DON’T LIKE UGLY! Let this be a lesson learned not to handle your problems with violence..
Either way it’s a sad situation.
She shot someone! Anyone that says she got too long is a bit off.If it was your mother that got shot by her you would say she needs to do MORE time. BTW I’d still do her crazy ass.
wow…. 8 years is a long time, suda thought twice
this is a glorious day for justice in america…lol
bitch please ! a loving wife? sister?mother? daughter?
bitch if you cared so much about those people,maybe your actions would have carried more maturity, i`m tired of these good-for-nothing negroes thinking they can go around town shooting people and get away, in my opinion the judge was lenient 8 yrs? for attempted murder? what the fuck? she deserves more, attempted should be 20 yrs with no possibilty of parole, stupid heffa!
i`m so happy
I’m glad the judge made the point of stating that her actions had nothing to do with rap and everything to do with her own idiocy/arrogance.
As for papoose a part of me thinks he pulled that key stunt on purpose, i’m sure being banned from jail for six months and not having to marry a woman who’ll be locked up for the net 8 years suits him just fine.
anybody who comes here with the nerve to defend that bitch is another stupid moron, the girl she shot could ahve your girlfriend,sister,mother,aunt or any other person
Messed up her carrer, life, and money over some BS. These rappers are too rich to still be engaging in criminal activities.. People are still hood no matter what, so I dont feel sorry for her. GROW UP!
I feel bad for her but what can you say…she did shoot someone, if someone shot her she would want them convicted…this is what happends when rappers let their rap ulter ego interfere with real life
career….sorry.
“This is somewhat of a pattern. This is not the first time she has been engaged in a violent act. She never took responsibility for her actions,” the judge said. “This has nothing to do with rap it’s about the actions of one person. Remy is an extremely angry young woman who feels the rules do not apply to her.”
thats what you call a judge, he indentified the bitch very well but unfortunately remy is just like the majority of black people, never taking responsibility for their actions then they wonder why penitentiaries stay full,a violent history? yep ! now its time for your payback check………..bitch!
She got what she deserved. Thank God she didn’t kill that girl. I am glad she has to do time. I am so sick of these rich and famous people doing whatever they want and think they can get away with it because of their status.
im sorry this may be inappropriate..but
lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao
lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao
i cant help it..she got what she deserves lol..and rotfl @her husband tryin to sneak the key in..a mess
I TOO WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH…BY MY CONCUBINE…05/07/05…AND AM AWAITING TRIAL…HE RAN AFTER HE “THOUGHT” HE KILLED ME…AND WAS CAUGHT LAST YEAR…I THINK ABOUT THE ALL THE TIME…I THINK SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVES CAUSE WHAT IF SHE KILLED HER OR DISFIGURED HER FOR LIFE? THIS GIRL HAS TO LIVE WITH THIS THE REST OF HER LIFE…NO MATTER WHAT! SO I THINK SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVES FOR SURE AND I HOPE SHE DON’T GET OUT UNTIL SHE LEARNS HER LESSON WETHER THAT’S BEFORE OR AFTER THE 8 YEARS IS UP! WE HAVE A LIFE SENTENCE AND ONE DAY THEY WILL BE FREE!! PEACE!!!
and for papoose…dey should’ve put his ass in jail too!!
brngrl
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I TOO WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH…BY MY CONCUBINE…05/07/05…AND AM AWAITING TRIAL…HE RAN AFTER HE “THOUGHT” HE KILLED ME…AND WAS CAUGHT LAST YEAR…
DANG!!!dats krazee!!
My Vote was Who Cares….
I would have voted yes but the yes said Yes she should have gotten longer…
I think 8 years is perfect, she was WRONG as hell (as usual)… She should be out in about 5 years… That fits… She shouldnt be shooting somebody in the stomach….WTF was she thinking…
If she wanted to get away she should have pulled a drive by… they never catch those people…. (that was so ignorant of me) just joking….
LMAO!! THAT’S WHAT SHE GETS! THIS WAS HER DESTINY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LONGER. SHE IS A F#@KED UP PERSON. CAN YOU IMAGINE THESE TWO BEING PARENTS… ANOTHER GENERATION OF F@#KERY. NOW THE GUARDS ARE GONNA HAVE A FIELD DAY ON HER A$$,TALKING SLICK ABOUT THEM. I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR ALL THE INSIDE SCOOPS.
She should get 18 years!!! F___ that! She shot someone! If that was anyone of us….
@21
Oh thats sad… Im sorry you had to go through that….
Feeling stupid for making a joke… *walking out*
Darn it, Im sorry.
I am a Remy Ma fan but just because she is Remy Ma doesn’t excuse her from paying her debt to society and her victim. She got off easy — eight years for shooting someone…Think about it…if you were the victim, would eight years suffice? If someone shot your loved one would you be ok with them receiving a mere eight year sentence? With all that being said, I wish Remy the best and it is going to be a huge gap in the music industry until she returns because all of these other so-called female MCs are more concerned with giving head and getting a** implants than they are in putting out good music.
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WELL NOW REMY HAS 8 LONG YRS. TO THINK ABOUT ALL THIS, I AM GLAD THAT THE YOUNG LADY SHE SHOT DID NOT DIE…CONSIDERING SHE WAS LOOKING AT 25 YRS. SHE GOT A BREAK….GOTTA THINK ABOUT UR CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTIONS……WAS IT REALLY WORTH IT??
i`m starting a petition so that bitch can get more years… i aint lying ! i`m starting one
Wow is all I can say……………. I feel bad for her poor son.
This is messed up cause if I would have shot someone….25 years…trust me.
But sorry I am not a rapper to just get 8 years…I will just pray for her
As Dave Chappelle would say “When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong”
Just wrong on so many levels.
Ouch! (That is all I have to say)
She should have gotten longer..
Going round shooting people
over money. Chump change
at that! shame on her..
Now all of a sudden she’s
NOT thug..oh wow.
Oh and let me just add, she got what was coming.
may god help her.
she is lucky that she is a “celebrity” (LOL) because she is suppose to get 20-30 years for attempted murder.
Papoose is lame for trying to work the system but she gets what she deserves she is very talented though. Sorry to #21.
Wow that is ghetto love
Forget that BS. You mess with someone’s money you deserve what you get. The streets will get her fake corny friend believe that she better go into protective custody and disappear. KARMA people KARMA
Talk about looking like a sad face clown. Well folks…No new Remy albums til 2016. And Papoose trying to pull a Steve McQueen on the Great Escape tip…Not a good look young scrappy. Papoose might be in the running for the CNA(Corniest Negro Alive) award this year. I hope the youngsters learn something from these two morons.
GUNS ARE OUT OF CONTROL IN OUR YOUTHS AND TEENS HANDS TODAY AS WELL AS SOME IGNORANT ADULTS….SHE HAS TO PAY THE PRICE AND I THINK 8 YEARS WILL HAVE HER RE-THINK ABOUT EVER PULLING ANOTHER TRIGGER AGAIN. HOPEFULLY SHE WILL FIND THE LORD INSIDE DURING THIS SAD TIME IN HER LIFE.
WELL I PERSONALLY I HAD A PERSONAL ISSUE WITH REMY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS HERE IN CHARLOTTE NC, WE HAD A MINOR ALTERCATION FACE TO FACE, I MUST SAY SHE IS SO RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL AND IGNORANT, I REALLY DONT WISH TO SEE ANYONE SUFFER IN JAIL BUT WHEN YOU ARE A CHARACTER LIKE “REMY” JAIL MAY JUST BE HER WAKE UP CALL…….AND WHILE SERVING HER SENTENCE HOPEFULLY “BIG BERTHA” WONT GET A HOLD OF REMYS GOODIES LOL……….THEN AGAIN HOPEFULL SHE WILL LMAO….
I hope she learns something from this and is able to turn this negative experience into a positive one.
It’s not a game… now her child has to grow up without his mother…
this quote here is the saddest — she should have considered all of that BEFORE she pulled the trigger.
“My job, my child, my freedom, it’s all been stripped from me,” cried the rapper, who said her thuggish image was nothing more than a “music industry creation, a facade for entertainment.”
She read too many street novels…
what the fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk 8 years her son will be 16 nah thats fucked up sean bell died and those basteds got nothingggggggggggggggggggggggggggg hold ya head remyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Her sentence was good compared to what she was facing. This girl shot somebody! that women could have die. Not only that but afterwards Remy walked around like she some type of big time rapper. She aint TI or any of them other rappers that get off she only semi-famous.
If Martha and Lil Kim went to jail for their stupid crimes (sepecially Martha) she should have known she was gtetting time.
SMH at her making mixtapes about beating people when she see them knowing she already was facing charges. Oh and don’t get my started on that mixtape video of her holding guns, ya’ll remember that video where she was portraying Christ.
WUTEVA
She deserves it! I feel bad for her kids. She should have known of the consequences in having a gun. She is a mess.
8 Years wow…. thats nearly a DECADE, i but i know she didn’t honestly think she was gonna shoot ole girl and get away with it.. smh, ah well you reap what you sow.
I hope this sends a message to our young people that those in the public eye are not above the law….and also that what you rap about has its consequences if acted out…shameful
She strikes me as a common ghetto chick. Violent, uncouth, loud, unconstrained and dumb.
I’m from the BX and I grew up with a lot of females who were “hard” just like Remy. Trust me, it’s not a “persona” she’s half -man half amazin’. She thought she was gangsta. Then when she got a few dollas? Oh yeah, couldn’t tell dat
bi*%h nuttin’.. This is just God’s way of lettin’ her ignorant, arrogant ass know that she needs to humble herself. She really needs to do some soul searching while she is locked up and try to become a better person. By the way, she will NOT get out in 5 years like someone said. Look at Shyne. He got 10 years; he will do 9 before he sees the light of day. How about showing your son some positivity and getting your High School Diploma while you’re in there instead of worrying about gettin’ some di*k on them conjugal visits? LOL
*** 8 YRS?!?… Thats all? WOW……ur freedom gone for $2k. Priceless
^^^ She gone miss alot of her kids growing up. Should’ve thought twice. Stay off ***drugs my people. We make STUPID decisions when “rollin”.
8 years a long time and I know that she is sorry for what she did because nobody ever does a crime and really considers how much they will have to pay. It’s a terrible thing but hey, she did shoot the girl for a little bit of money. It seems to be getting worse because now the husband can’t visit her for 6 months. Plenty can happen in 6 months, A WHOLE LOT can happen in 8 years.
……. @ # 13 i agree unuff sed lolol
@12 PETE
She wasn’t charged with or convicted of attempted murder. She was convicted of 1st degree assualt. It can be a fine line between the two but there is a big difference. Attempted murder would’ve been if the prosecution felt or proved that she tried but failed to kill her Barnes-Joseph and that wasn’t the case. This was a simple, stupid, dumb, brainless assault.