(May 13, 2008)—Rapper Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.
A court sentenced the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion Tuesday.
Remy Ma, who could have faced up to 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence.
She says last summer's shooting was an accident.
An appeal is planned.
Corrections officials say they called off her weekend wedding at the Rikers Island jail after the groom, fellow rapper Papoose, showed up with a handcuff key.
Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, denies the key could be used to unlock handcuffs.
Papoose isn't charged.
Fisher says the two still plan to wed.
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