Remy Ma
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| Remy Ma | |
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| Birth name | Reminisce Smith |
| Born | May 30, 1981 |
| Origin | Castle Hill, Bronx, United States |
| Genre(s) | Rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter |
| Years active | 2000–2008 (incarcerated) |
| Label(s) | SRC (2004-2007) Sure Shot Recordings (2007-Present) Remynisce Music (2006-Present) Capitol Records |
| Associated acts | Big Pun, Cuban Link, Keyshia Cole, DeShawn Stevenson |
| Website | RemyMa.com |
Reminisce Mackie (born Reminisce Smith on May 30, 1981), better known by her stage name Remy Ma, formerly known as Remy Martin, is an American rapper and former member of Fat Joe's rap crew, Terror Squad. Ma was featured on the group's hit song "Lean Back" from their second album True Story and in the remix of M.O.P.'s "Ante Up." Her debut solo album, There's Something about Remy: Based on a True Story, was released on February 7, 2006. She is one of three female rappers to ever have a number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with Terror Squad's number one single "Lean Back."[1]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Terror Squad
After the death of Big Pun, rapper Fat Joe signed Ma to his new record label, SRC under Universal and made her a member of Terror Squad. Following the success of Lean Back, which garnered Ma a Grammy nomination, her debut solo album, There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story, went on to sell 150,000 units in its first year of release. With the solo albums lackluster debut, Ma decided to part from longtime affiliates of Fat Joe and the Terror Squad, breaking her deal with SRC/Universal in the process.[1]
[edit] Solo career
Ma has released a handful of singles from her first album There's Something about Remy: Based on a True Story: "Whuteva," "Conceited," and "Feels So Good." "Conceited" was the most successful, however the album was a large commercial failure selling only 90,000 units in its opening week and 158,000 units within the first year.[1] The album received 3.5 out of 5 mic's from The Source magazine.
Ma's second album was preceded by the mixtape Shesus Khryst, the album cover depicting Remy Ma on a cross.[1] The first single is "Weatherman" which originally debuted on her personal website for purchasing and viewing only. The follow up single to Weatherman is title track, "Shesus Khryst."
[edit] Shooting incident
On July 14, 2007, Smith turned herself in to New York City police in relation to a shooting early that morning outside a Manhattan nightclub. Police say she was with a group of people outside the Pizza Bar, a Manhattan nightspot, when a fight broke out at 4 a.m. A gunshot to the torso wounded Makeda Barnes-Joseph, who was at that time Ma's best friend and was sitting in her car at the time.[2] Witnesses indicated Ma was enraged over $3000 USD that was missing from her purse and believed Barnes-Joseph to be involved with the theft, due to Barnes-Joseph being the last to have Ma's purse.[citation needed] Police sources indicate that Barnes-Joseph identified Ma as the shooter.[3] Security tapes from inside the club showed the rapper with her friends, but had no footage of the altercation. Police asked Ma to come in for questioning after they discovered the abandoned blue Cadillac Escalade, which had collided with a parked car a few blocks from the scene of the shooting.[clarify] Barnes-Joseph was reported to be in the hospital in stable condition. Ma pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, assault, and criminal weapon possession.[4]
Smith was later charged with witness tampering and assault after an August 2007 incident in which she was accused of causing several male friends attack a witness' boyfriend.[5]
On March 27, 2008, Smith was convicted of assault, illegal weapon possession and attempted coercion in connection with these charges. She was immediately taken into custody pending sentencing scheduled for May 13th. She was acquitted of witness tampering and gang assault, charges which involved the purported intimidation of the boyfriend of a witness.
On May 13, 2008, she was sentenced to 8 years in prison.[6] Her Marriage to Papoose happened to go on inside the court room on the same day that she was sentenced. Fans are able to write letters directly to Remy as informed on official site.[7] She is serving her term at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York located in Westchester County.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] Mixtapes
- 2007: Most Anticipated
- 2007: The BX-Files
- 2007: Shesus Khrist
- 2008: BlasRemy
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Say Whats on Your Mind by Laura Checkoway. XXL Magazine. January 2008. Page 85.
- ^ Sophia Chang, Rapper Remy Ma sought in shooting, AP, July 14, 2007.
- ^ Veronika Belenkaya, Warren Woodberry Jr, Dorian Block, and Robert F. Moore, Remy Ma's gun rap, New York Daily News, July 15, 2007.
- ^ AP, Rapper Remy Ma Arraigned in NYC Shooting, AP, July 16, 2007.
- ^ IHT, Judge rejects bid to raise New York rapper Remy Ma's bail, retrieved May 14, 2008.
- ^ Samuel Maull (March 27, 2008). Rapper Remy Ma is Convicted of Assault Yahoo. Accessed March 27, 2008.
- ^ Honan, Edith Rapper Remy Ma gets 8 years for shooting friend Yahoo. Accessed May 13, 2008
