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Rapper Remy Ma to marry in jail
05/04/2008 09:16 - (SA)
Edith Honan
New York - Grammy-nominated rapper
Remy Ma, convicted last month of shooting another woman in a
fight over missing cash, is planning a jailhouse wedding to her
boyfriend, fellow rapper Papoose.
Ivan Fisher, Remy Ma's lawyer, told Reuters on Thursday the
couple hopes to marry at Rikers Island jail before she is
sentenced on April 22 at New York State Supreme Court.
The rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, faces a maximum
of 25 years behind bars.
She was taken into custody on March 27 when a jury found
her guilty of assault, weapons possession and attempted
coercion for shooting an acquaintance, Makeda Barnes-Joseph, in
the abdomen after accusing Barnes-Joseph of stealing $3 000
from her purse.
Barnes-Joseph spent three weeks in the hospital after the
bullet pierced her colon and hit her rectum.
'Accident'
Remy Ma insists the shooting was an accident.
A jail spokesperson could not immediately confirm details of
the wedding.
Fisher said, "The Board of Corrections has a well
established process for this" and will allow as many as eight
guests to attend the ceremony.
Papoose told MTV News the two had planned to marry on a
yacht in late April.
"But due to circumstances beyond our control, we are now
making arrangements to be married in prison," he said.
Remy Ma was nominated for a 2004 Grammy for her part in
Terror Squad's song Lean Back.
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