Bronx rapper Remy Ma was released from a New York prison after serving a six-year sentence for assault, a source confirmed to Rolling Stone.
Ma — real name, Reminisce Smith — was convicted of intentional assault back in 2008 for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph in a dispute over $3,000, but was able to have her initial sentence of eight years scaled back.
Upon her release from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, the former Terror Squad MC was greeted by her husband, Papoose, as well as her manager and other members of her entourage.
The incident with Joseph, specifically, occurred at a nightclub after Smith asked her friend to hold her purse; when she took it back, $3,000 in cash was missing. A struggle ensued, during which Smith claimed she accidentally shot Joseph in the abdomen.
Last week, Smith called into New York City radio station Power 105where she spoke with Angie Martinez about her impending release, patching up her relationship with Terror Squad honcho Fat Joe and discussing the rhymes she’s been working on while locked up. During her sentence, the rapper also earned an associate degree in sociology.
Information from Rolling Stone and The New York Times contributed to this report.
