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Rapper Remy Ma Arrested on Attempted Murder Charge
By Consuela B. | July 15, 2007
From Yahoo! News:
Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was arrested Saturday on charges of attempted murder in a shooting outside a trendy Manhattan nightspot, police said.
The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, had been sought for questioning in the shooting of a 23-year-old woman early Saturday after a verbal dispute near a bar in the Meatpacking District. She reported to police Saturday evening and was also arrested on charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
The rapper’s manager said Saturday that she could not talk and referred calls to Remy Ma’s attorney, who was with the rapper as she reported to police.
“I ask everyone to keep an open mind,” attorney Scott Leemon said. “Things are not always as they seem.”
A 911 call reporting gunfire led police to a woman with a gunshot wound. Three blocks away, officers discovered a luxury SUV owned by Remy Ma; the vehicle had been involved in a single-car crash and abandoned, police said.
The victim, Makeda Barnes-Joseph, was in stable condition at a hospital.
Sasha Tcherekoff, owner of the Pizza Bar, said a review of security videotape taken inside his nightspot showed the rapper and her friends having a good time before they exited.
“The police have indicated to us that the altercation happened a block away,” the owner said. “The security tapes determined there was no physical or verbal altercation while they were in the Pizza Bar.”
If you’re like me, wondering who Remy Ma is, she was a part Fat Joe’s rap crew, Terror Squad. She was featured on the group’s hit song “Lean Back.” With that song, she is one of three female rappers in history to have a number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In a kind of ironic twist, Remy is currently working on her second album entitled PUNISHher to be released independently through Sure Shot Recordings.
Source: Yahoo! News
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