Eight months after allegedly shooting her long time friend, Bronx rapper Remy Ma's assault trial is finally underway.
The trial kicked off this past Monday (March 10th) in a Manhattan court room with the prosecutor and the defense painting completely different pictures of the July 14, 2007 incident.
Prosecutor Jason Berland claims Remy, real name Remy Smith, shot Makeda Barnes Joseph twice in the stomach and proceeded to flee the scene after discovering approximately $2,000 missing from her purse.
However, Remy's defense attorney, Ivan Fisher, vehemently denies those charges stating the gun fired accidentally during a struggle for the weapon. Fisher also claims Joseph's account of the story has changed several times since the event.
In other news…
A witness has now stepped forward and pointed the finger at the Bronx rapper.
According to USA Today, an accounting student, testified that early on July 14, 2007, after a party in Greenwich Village, he saw Remy Ma get out of her Cadillac Escalade with a "silver chrome" gun.
"I saw her cock it back and jump in Makeda's car," said 21 years old Oluwole Ajudun.
Moments later he heard a pop and saw Remy leave Joseph's car.
Adjudun is the second witness to testify against Smith. Earlier in the trial, Crystal Ricks, said she saw Remy Ma approach Joseph's car but did not see a gun.
Ricks said she heard a pop, saw a flash and saw Remy Ma get out of Joseph's car, but she never saw her with a gun.
Remy could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
COMMENTS
looks like we wont be seeing her for 25 years!
shes ugly anyways
25 years??? Thats some ol bullshit!
What kind of vendetta is out against hip hop artist?
The D.A.'s is charging Remmy with some proposturous as time for an "alleged" shooting?
They make it seem like Remy murded that chick! Have ya'll noticing the trend, or should I say huge agenda to lock up as many hip hop artist as they can.
PAYBACK???
But what's the m.o. behind it?
^^^No kind of vendetta, they keep doing dumb shit. She popped somebody over what ain't even shopping money to her. You gotta handle yours, but when you in the public eye, you have to be smart about. If she wanted somebody shot she could've, A)Put out a hit or
B)Caught the person slippin
But she definetly should've made sure the person was dead. That's the worst kind of witness you can have, walking evidence that can talk. Plain stupid. Sometimes, I believe these rappers start actually believing they are who they say they are in their rhymes. Funny, cause I don't. Shit like this makes them look like morons, like they straight up CB4. Another one bites the dust.
Yo Frank she facing gang assault, tampering with a witness, intimidating a victim and third-degree assault charges last I heard my G. Thats on her, no vendetta.
Yo did Defsounds ever post about Rock from Heltah Skeltah being charge for attempted murder for shooting that Blood pimp nigga?
like my nigga plies said pussy ass cracker would give a nigga a hundred years, i listen to that song a lot man and it's true. and plies said this shit to " Shoot a nigga in the leg they finish it like you killed em, them crackers catch you with that herion and put you under the building if you a nigga that mean you guilty until proven innocent". that shit had me thinking
guilty by reason of insanity
co^^^^ sign
Y niggas who ain't got shit 2 do with shit snitching doe................ so not cool
If he wasn't involved in the crime, meaning co-defendent or a nigga thats a street nigga that indulges in illegal activity then he didn't do anything wrong. I'm tired of niggas pumping this no snitching shit and don't know what the meaning behind it is. No Snitching is a code amongst thieves, street niggaz, and niggas that indulge in illegal activity. If a nigga get caught doing a crime and the co-d gets away, then he must carry the bid. If he tells, then he's a snitch. You cant call a regular civilian a snitch. If they see something, it's their public service and their right to come forth. If Joe Shmoe popped someone close to you and Someone saw it you would want them to come forth. Real street niggaz know what that No Snitching code is about. It's a code! A code amongst criminals! Stop shouting that shit out everytime a witness comes forth, because everytime it's not a snitch situation. Alpo is a snitch, Nicky Barnes is a snitch! Those are snitches! Oluwole Ajudun is a civilian that did a public service. He gets a pass!
^^^^^ finally a nigga with sense on defsounds^^^^ co-sign 100%!!!
I DNT KNO BUT DAT SHIT GOTTA STOP!!!
Yeah thats Wack..and whats even worse its a dude snitching on a girl....thats just bitch
dats bull shit man snitching on a gurl. want be seen her in 25 years............dats f**c* up do 4 real.
Smh Its not lookin gud mama..
What's even more fucked up is that they are giving up the snitches names. So if someone wanted to touch them it would not be hard at all. Peace ^
they should give up they names if they wanna snitch thats the consequence
^^cosign^^ R.I.P. Oluwole Ajudun... it's only a matter of time...
lmao lmao ^^cosign
"However, Remy's defense attorney, Ivan Fisher, vehemently denies those charges stating the gun fired accidentally during a struggle for the weapon. Fisher also claims Joseph's account of the story has changed several times since the event."
That statement right there is the MOST IMPORTANT information regarding this case. The reason why is simple...
They're destroying her credibility!
It may not sound too devastating right now...
But when you add in the fact they she and her lawyer (AND her friends) are suing for...(drumroll)
$20,000,000 (20 million)...then u'll understand why stories are suddenly changing up!
If Remi's convicted...CHA-CHING!!!!
Instant Millionaires!
~Be Eazy!
Not neccessarily, the criminal and civil cases are seperate.
And they actually re-filed for 80 million. But even if Remy loses the criminal case, that dont mean a civil judge is gonna give the chick Makeda 80 million. He might not give her shit if he dont want to.
Plus, even if they question Barnes-Josephes credibility, they still got the 2 witnesses testemony that will more than likely be used in the civil case as well.
"But even if Remy loses the criminal case, that dont mean a civil judge is gonna give the chick Makeda 80 million. He might not give her shit if he dont want to."
^^Yea but if she's proven guilty in a criminal case what makes you think she won't be liable in a civil case?? It takes much less evidence to prove guilt in a civil case. i.e. OJ Simpson. So if Remy's found guilty criminally her chances of losing a civil case increase a lot more b/c they really don't have to do much more to find her guilty again.
Yea, if Remy convicted chances are she(Makeda) will win the civil.
Still she prob wont get awarded everything she asks for though. The judge gonna decide how much he feels she should be awarded regardless of how much she asks for. She'd more than likely get a couple hunned thou maybe.
i get u Wiz...... not a big remy ma fan but damn hate seeing ppl locked up, why u gota snitch man why???????? hurts ma soul, what happened to loyalty??? or mind ur own business bitchesssssss
DAMn they up'd the ante to 80~MILLION!?
I know the civil and criminal cases are two totally separate entities but you know how people are... ESPECIALLY now a days in this "hunt for all rappers" world that we live in.
You know the judge is gonna try to make an example...especially if she loses the criminal case.
Especially in NYC!
Great Post though!
~Be Eazy
^My man
i disagree with " the hunt down of rappers" these niggas arent getting arrested for nothing everyone of them have been caught in the act with charges that would send you and me to jail for life. Ti sentence is just n fair you may not agree but thats the law minimum of 10 years with a silencer he got caught with other shit. Same with Wayne and everyone else 25 years is alot but check her charges and theres numerous other charges they could of got her for if she was broke and couldnt afford and attorney. I just think these niggas need to quit fucking up in the limelight.
^^^^^ co sign money da don!!, its no "rapper hunt" its dumb niggas and bitches with money who wanna live this gangsta lifestyle like their above da law!!, "gang violence", "witness tampering/intimidation", "attempt murder", those aint jumping the turnstile charges where u can get a slap on the wrist. Those are serious crimes, they charge mob bosses and the likes with similiar charges, In T.I's case a convicted felon in possesion of a firearm, usually gets something like 2 and half years per clip or bullet, some shit like that and da nigga had silencer's!!, wtf he had beef with a villian from a John Wuu movie!!! get money live smart bottom line!!!!!!
Theze rapperz dumb az shit! If I waz gettin a fraction of thiz rap money I wouldn't give a fuck. What'z $2,000 to her? Shit a nigga could spit in my face & take my Rolex, I wouldn't give a fuck! LOL!! I'M RICH BITCH!!! Why would I give anyone the opportunity to sue me or send my rich azz to jail!!
Cosign my dude. Muthafuckas don't appreciate what they got. And the bad thing, we the stupid muthafuckas that give them all the riches.
i wouldnt let nobody disrespect me like that but really what the fuck is $2000 to a rapper makin hundreds of thousands or even millions
^^^Thank you. Chalk up your losses and charge it to the game. Shit happens when u been drinkin and gettin fucked up all night. U coulda been short $2000, but now u got all that money, and you can't do shit with it in jail. What for? Street cred?
^^ i co sign sort of, u spit in my face its a fight, i dont care where we at. on line with our kids at disneyworld, in front of the white house, at the pearly gates where one more fight can be the difference between heaven and hell, its going down!!, but rappers got this sense of respect and street cred they have to uphold, if it was me and a nigga who i known for a while stole 2,000 dollars from me, I would charge it to the game, i wouldnt fuck with the nigga like that no more, definetly would be the last time i partied with the nigga, but pop him when i know i could do a show and make almost ten times dat nah nigga dont even add up
Damn that's no good in my book. I know people wanna get paid but when fingers start to get pointed situations wont improve. they ain't always gon b in tha courtroom so gettin caught slippin even by a hit sumone put on u can be if full effect. money makin people do crazy shyt but, it's been like that before i got here so that's that. SCREAM AT ME,1..
LET THE HIP HOP SNITCHING BEGIN
bang bang she shot me down bang bang i hit the ground bang bang that awful sound bang bang remy shot me doooowwwwwnn
^^^^lmfao yeh dats basically whats going on here!!!
AINT SHIT TA SAY BOUT DES SHIT EXCEPT SNITCHIN AT A ALL TIME HIGH DA SHIT IS BEYOND ME SOME SHIT I WONT EVA U-STAND
I think if Remy beat her case, I think her & her boyfriend Papoose is going to join G-Unit.
yeh well remy better help its god's perform miracle year or else her ass is grass!!!
don matter if she was ugly. she got bars
i donno if she did it or not doe who knows we will jus have to wait an see wat happens
^^^^I co-sign with that but remember Remy has a disclosure in her contract that states she can't sign with G-Unit nor do a song with anyone of them. Now I see Papoose going that route and making 50's punk ass a whole lot of money, beacause that boy Pap got skills.
but remy aint with TS no more so how does her contract apply
hatin ass
i cant imagine her rich ass runnin roun wit a chrome burner and then shootin some1.money made her stupid
"SMH" she did all of this for $2000...i mean i understand it's the principle to go after the person who stole your money and you have to keep it hood but c'mon....this goes to show that rappers are thousandaires and not millionairs and how ignorance is at its all time high, i don't wish jail time upon anyone but if she does go, it's on her because she decided to handle all of her problems with a gun which it should of went down another way
who tha fuck are u to say how much rappers make, hatin ass nigga
Yeh jersey u right rappers ain't caking like dey want us to think they are!!
Wait a minute doe!
I know Remy aint a Beautiful girl or nuthin
But niggas be talkin like she aint even fuckable
She got humps man...Ass and titties evrywhere!
I wouldnt wife it but she definitely could be a fuck peice.
But maybe ya'll niggas know somethin I dont!
Word. She can definatly be a booty call type chick. I wouldn't take her out in day light but at night time.......IT'S ON like Donkey Kong.
Now who the fuck is this Oluwole Ajudun dude? Was he a bystander? This duke straight dropped a Dime on Remy,…damn, and why did the DA allow the press to publish his punk ass name? You know Remy’s Averix stick up kids will run up on him, Duke better be staying in a safe house. As far as Remy Man goes, looks like it’s Wrap for her, she ain’t got no credible witness to testify on her behave, …
LOL. Right . That nigga better be on some low profile shit b/c he can die any day. They did that nigga dirty by puttin his info out there. But hey, what goes around comes around.
Im not 100% sure dat Remy is even worth a whole million
She prolly aint flat broke but I dont think dat bitch got "Lil Kim" or "Eve" Type money.
But maybe ya'll niggas know somethin I dont!
yeh she probably got a nice 750 - 800 thousand and she sold her publishing a while back, she comfortable but a long trial is gonna drain her
Great 1st post Frank_white! I agree. How can you give away a life sentence for shooting someone and they don't die? Life usually means the victim died. She's fine and probably was shot by accident! The system is bullshit...I'm telling you.
yall trippin dats attempted murder cuz..... dont wish no one to be locked up i know how dat is but shit her sentence aint up to me but I coulda called dat shit
STOP SNITCHIN
Niggaz get a little money and they think they are on top of the world. She better get some practice eating that box!!
So it's OK for people to shoot other people? Even more acceptable if they're a rapper? That STOP SNITCHIN is some bullshit. We want safer communities but we should let the shooter and gangbangers and thugs run the street without reporting crimes. Thats the reason our black communities are fucked up. The same rappers who say that dumb shit don't live in the hood no more.
like my nigga plies said pussy ass cracker would give a nigga a hundred years, i listen to that song a lot man and it's true. and plies said this shit to " Shoot a nigga in the leg they finish it like you killed em, them crackers catch you with that herion and put you under the building if you a nigga that mean you guilty until proven innocent". that shit had me thinking
what it comes down to is she got herself in to this situation, it has nothing to do with cops being on a constant witch hunt for rappers doing bad things, these stupid mutha fuckas get themselves into trouble doing stupid shit ,for so many so called "criminally minded" individuals as they constantly potray themselves to be they get caught with/doing stupid shit, their problem, if she gets a long bid what the fuck ever, shes a dumb bitch if she thinks she can shoot someone(with witnesses around after a crowded party lets out) and get away with it......some of you dudes confuse me for real, one minute rappers are fake cuz you feel they dont do what they say they do in theyre lyrics, than theyre dumb when they do do those things, which one is it...rappers need to mature and pick their battles, it one thing to pick up a hammer to defend your family or livly hood, but when they start buying guns in parking lots, or pulling them out in school zones, or carrying them and drugs in their cars, OR SHOOTING THEIR FRIENDS ON A CITY STREET, i dont feel bad for them, thet know their status and should be a little smarter...
Niggaz KIllz-me, for real…Remy Man put her self in this position, how you gona shoot a bitch & there’s more then 3 witness, then walk away…c’mon B,… like what you expect to happen?
And when She get locked, I swear if I see a “Free Remy T” I’ll straight clown duke rockin it… ½ of time we (black people) give the Bill O’Reilly’s of the world ammo, this is a no brainer to me. She better have her man Pap break her of some Gwap, we all know Remy ain’t gona afford this case if it stretches, her braid ain’t buttered like that.
I see niggas really don't understand what this No Snitching shit is about! No Snitching is a code amongst thieves, street niggas, and any nigga who indulges in any illegal activity. If you ain't involved in any of that, then what your doing is a public service. You cant call Oluwole Ajudun a snitch. Judging from his name he's African and they said he was a college student. Which means he's in America going to school. He ain't a street nigga so you can't put him in the snitch category. He is doing a public service that regular civilians do. It's nothing wrong with that as long as he is not in the game. If someone harmed your family and someone saw it, you would want them to come forth to bring closure to the situation. He gets a pass. Thats why shit is so fucked up because these rappers take a simple street code and blow it outta proportion with the No Snitching T-Shirts and all that and then the youth see it and run with it with the wrong intent for which it was created for.
Exactly!!
Dat stop snitchin shit is about niggas who tell on people for doin the same bullshit dey just got caught for!
Bitch ain't shit
bye bye remy...pap will be faithfull while you locked up!!!
listen 2 love in love out by cormega no is honerable deze dayz people juz want out of trouble i dont i got heart if u got heart give me a comment on my profile
she should file the motion 995 or 1382 to the court...
as well as for that snitch who waited so long to his tampon out! your gonna understand the meaning of Buenos Nochas real soon?
Remy did the crime, she needs to do the time.
If she shot your sister or mother, you all would be the first to testify saying lock her up !!!
Think about it!
That stop snitching bullshit is stupid!
WELL IF SHE GO TO JAIL DEN WE KNO DAT SHE NOT GONE B NOBODY BITCH CUZ SHE PROLLY GONE B DA MOST MANLY LOOKIN BITCH IN DERE
i just wanna fuck her
Yall niggas need to stop all this "rapper hunt" bullshit, bottom line these rappers are easy pickins for law enforcement who get citations, raises and promotioins for "quality arrest". meaning if i was a cop and i know certain rappers live a phasad filled with guns drugs and violence, guess what, ima tail the dumb fuck til he does something stupid, which i know he will cause he raps about shooting niggas, dealing drugs and other criminal activity on regualr basis!!. To me it would be a rapper hunt if niggas like mos def, talib kweli, the roots, Common and niggas like dat were being harrased, then there would be cause for conspiracy theories!! Put it like this if u was a deer hunter and u knew there were a group of deer who stand in open fields and let u snipe em with little effort at all, u would take aim and send em to deer heaven Right? well dats what the poice do, rappers are being targeted cause they make their jobs easy and careers more prosperous.
got dam how did dis turn into some shit bout her looks. if she smack or ugly don matter it cant get her outta dis. shut up wit dat shit don wonna here. she nice on da mic and is into some shit wit dis dats all dat matters