The gavel seems to be coming down hard on rappers – well at least some of them.Today, Grammy Award nominated rapstress Remy Ma was convicted for shooting a woman outside of a trendy Manhattan pizza eatery last summer.
According to published reports, Remy Ma (real name: Reminisce Smith) was led out of a Manhattan courtroom, weeping and in handcuffs.
The 26-year old former Terror Squad front-woman could face up to 25 years in prison following her conviction in state Supreme Court for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.
The Associated Press reports that the brazen Bronx native "quietly wiped away tears as the verdict was read, then wailed loudly and sobbed openly after she was outside the courtroom."
Many of her supporters also reportedly cried.
Justice Rena Uviller ordered Remy Ma jailed without bail while awaiting her April 23 sentencing.
Though the 'Lean Back' diva didn't beat the main charges, she was acquitted of witness tampering and gang assault -- charges related to a Bronx nightclub altercation with the boyfriend of a witness who ultimately testified against her.
This whole messy legal ordeal stemmed from the July 14, 2007 shooting of Makeda Barnes Joseph, whom Remy shot in her car after demanding that she dump her purse.
The defense had conceded that the entertainer fired a shot toward a friend she suspected of stealing $3,000, but said it was an accident.
I know street people and street mentality but is your freedom worth $3,000?
Speak the truth and shame the devil.
1. IT ALWAYS AMAZES ME WHEN PEOPLE, ALWAYS WANT TO CRY AFTER THE FACT WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING REALLY STUPID, DON'T FORGET REMY YOUR A GANGSTA SO SUCK IT UP (LOL). I HOPE THEY THROW THE WHOLE BOOK AT YOUR ASS AND YOU GET THE FULL MAX. PERMITTED.
LORRAINE at 3:56PM on Mar 27th 2008