| The Bronx-born rapper after an early morning shooting in Manhattan,
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| our Ingrid Kelley is standing by in Chelsea with the very latest now, Ingrid
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| Well good evening Cheryl. |
| It started out as a party at the Pizza Bar,
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| but what took place outside of the Pizza Bar could land a female rapper in
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| trouble with the law. |
| Now her name is Remy Ma and police are waiting for her to
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| come here to this police station right behind me so that they can question her
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| about a shooting
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| Remy Ma allegedly shot a female sitting in a car. |
| Remy Ma then got into an
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| escalade and left the scene and crashed the SUV
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| Now Remy had a song in 2004 with the Terror Squad called Lean Back.
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| Again police at that police station (inaudible) — I cannot see my child again.
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| Like do yall understand that I have shows overseas, like, please.
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| Like, I’m supposed to be on my European tour right now
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| But for Remy putting her career on hold is a minimal concern compared to the
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| damage being done to her reputation
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| Today is May 13th but in the hip-hop world, today is the day that Remy Ma — The
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| Grammy Nominated rapper who’s real name is Remy Smith was sentenced today to 8
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| years in prison for a shooting outside a Chelsea nightclub last summer.
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| Smith could’ve faced up to 25 years behind bars
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| You have a BAC prepaid call from Reminisce, an inmate at Hello?
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| Rem What’s going on?
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| How are you? |
| I’m fantastic, how are you?
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| That’s what I’m hearing, I’m fantastic too, Rem. |
| It is so good to talk to you
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| man. |
| Excuse me, I’m sorry, can we have a one time for Rem? |
| (clapping) Let’s
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| start this off properly, let’s start this off properly
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| So — Alright — so Rem I’m understanding we are 10 days away from you hitting
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| these streets. |
| Uh, in prison lingo it’d be 9 days and a wake-up
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| (Laughing) Okay good. |
| I can’t imagine for you what that feels like.
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| Tell me what you feel like. |
| Um, I-I'm chilling. |
| Like this whole thing I think
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| everybody has been more excited than me. |
| I’m just like «alright.
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| «There's a list of things to do. |
| Staff things (inaudible)
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| On Friday afternoon Ms. Info reported that the Bronx rapper Remy Ma was
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| released from the Bedford Hills Facility for Women in New York at around 3 P.M.
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| after serving nearly 7 years in jail. |
| She took to her Instagram for what’s
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| most likely the first real post of her own, saying simply, «I'm back.
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| «Remy Martin is officially home from jail
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| Ayo, Rem. |
| It’s DJ Khaled and I just gotta be honest. |
| Rem you know you the truth.
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| Yo Rem you know you special. |
| Rem you come from a special cloth.
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| Rem you know what you gotta do. |
| Rem you know the streets been waiting for you.
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| Rem you got loyal fans, they ride with you. |
| Now you got new fans.
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| Rem you know we family, you know that. |
| You know I work with the best of them,
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| We The Best. |
| And I gotta be honest, it’s time to bless the streets with Remy
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| Martin I’m Around Mixtape. |
| Most importantly Rem, you smart, you a genius |