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Birth Name:Remy Smith
Famous As: Rapper
Date of Birth: 1981
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
Height: 5' 10
Nationality: American
Son(s): Jayson
Claim to Fame: Single Conceited (2006)

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Remy Ma
Birth name Reminisce Smith
Born May 30, 1981 (1981-05-30) (age 28)
Origin Castle Hill, Bronx, United States
Occupation(s) Rapper, songwriter
Years active 2000–present
Label(s) Sure Shot, Remynisce, Capitol
Website RemyMa.com

Reminisce Smith (born May 30, 1981),1 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 M.O.P.'s "Ante Up (ReMix)." 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."2

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Biography

Terror Squad

Remy made her first appearances in the music industry on Big Pun's album "Yeeeah Baby" (under the name Remi Martin) on the tracks "Ms. Martin" & "You Was Wrong"3. After the death of Big Pun, rapper Fat Joe signed Remy to his impring labe under SRC and Universal and made her a member of Terror Squad. Following the success of Lean Back, which garnered Remy 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, Remy decided to end her relationship with Fat Joe and the Terror Squad, breaking her deal with SRC/Universal in the process.2

Remy Ma released 3 singles from her debut album There's Something About Remy. "Conceited" was the most successful, the album moved 37,000 units in its opening week and 158,000 units within the first year.2 The album received outstanding reviews from XXL Magazine with XL to Rollingstone and Vibe Magazine.

Shooting incident

On July 14, 2007, Ma 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 the time a close acquaintance accused of robbing Ma for thousands of dollars.4

Police sources indicate that Barnes-Joseph identified Ma as the shooter.5 Security tapes from inside the club showed the rapper with her friends, but had no proof of any altercations or arguments. Ma pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, assault, and criminal weapon possession.6 Smith was later charged with witness tampering and assault after an August 2007 incident in which she was accused of causing several male friends to attack a witness' boyfriend.7

Remy retained the services of the attorney Ivan Fisher. However, 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 13. She was acquitted of witness tampering and gang assault, charges which involved the purported intimidation of the boyfriend of a witness.8

She is serving her eight year term at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York located in Westchester County and is expecting to be released in early 2015. Ma planned to wed her fiancee, rapper Papoose, while in prison, but the wedding was called off after the groom attempted to smuggle a handcuffs key into prison on their wedding day in May 2008. 9 10

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

  • Most Anticipated (2007)
  • The BX-Files (2007)
  • Shesus Khrist (2007)
  • BlasRemy (2008)

References

  1. ^ "Remy Ma Biography". NME. Time Warner. http://www.nme.com/artists/remy-ma#biography. Retrieved on 2009-01-02. 
  2. ^ a b c Say Whats on Your Mind by Laura Checkoway. XXL Magazine. January 2008. Page 85.
  3. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Yeeeah-Baby-Big-Pun/dp/B00004SCCO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1233256731&sr=1-1
  4. ^ Sophia Chang, Rapper Remy Ma sought in shooting, AP, July 14, 2007.
  5. ^ Veronika Belenkaya, Warren Woodberry Jr, Dorian Block, and Robert F. Moore, Remy Ma's gun rap, New York Daily News, July 15, 2007.
  6. ^ AP, Rapper Remy Ma Arraigned in NYC Shooting, AP, July 16, 2007.
  7. ^ IHT, Judge rejects bid to raise New York rapper Remy Ma's bail, retrieved May 14, 2008.
  8. ^ Samuel Maull for Associated Press. (March 27, 2008). Rapper Remy Ma is Convicted of Assault USA Today. Accessed July 13, 2008.
  9. ^ Jo Piazaa. (May 13, 2008). Remy Ma's wedding called off when hubby-to-be Papoose smuggles in key New York Daily News. Accessed July 13, 2008.
  10. ^ Remy Ma Trying to overturn prison sentence.

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