Rapper gets 8 years
13/05/2008 18:23  - (SA)  

Rapper Remy Ma to marry in jail Rapper convicted of assault

New York - Rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.

The state Supreme Court sentence was handed to the 26-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper on Tuesday, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.

Remy Ma, who could have faced up to 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence.

The rapper says the shooting last summer was an accident. An appeal is planned.

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