I mentioned in a previous post that Moses Michaeil Leviy AKA Jamal Barrow AKA Shyne was to be released on October 6th 2009. He was--but not to his family; to Immigration.
According to NY Daily News:
Rap star Shyne, convicted of a club shooting while mentor P.
Diddy beat the rap, was released from prison Tuesday and taken into custody
by immigration officials.
The 30-year-old ex-protégé has a green card but is
facing deportation to his native Belize because of his felony rap sheet, his lawyer
said.
Shyne was on the verge of superstardom when he was arrested in 1999 for
a shooting at Club New York.
Diddy, partying with then-gal
pal Jennifer Lopez, was also charged but acquitted at
trial. His young star got 10 years on assault and weapons charges.
Diddy's
publicist had no comment on Shyne's legal woes Tuesday, but the mogul recently
told Hot 97 that he spoke with Shyne in prison.
"He
sounded like he was in good spirits," Diddy said.
"I know he can't wait to
get home. I know he is definitely going to heat the whole scene up. He was
definitely one of the talented young artists that I had the pleasure to work
with."
Shyne was dropped from Diddy's Bad Boy Records in 2003. A year later, the inmate
blasted his former patron, claiming he betrayed him.
In an interview with
Vibe, Shyne said Diddy convinced a friend to lie on the stand and say he pulled
out his gun and opened fire in the Times Square club without provocation.
"As my
homeboy, how you gonna put somebody on the stand whose lie could put me behind
bars for 25 years?" said Shyne, who claimed he shot in self-defense.
Although
he still had years left on his sentence, Def Jam signed him to a $3 million contract in
2004. It released an album, "Godfather...Buried Alive," containing material
recorded before the arrest, but it tanked.
Recently, Jay-Z denied a report that he had visited Shyne at
the Woodbourne Correctional Facility to sign him to a
record deal.
The performer's lawyer, Oscar Michelen, said his client "is anxious to get
released."
"He is looking forward to seeing his family and being able to be
free to do what he wants to do," he said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Mike Gilhooly would only say that Shyne was in
custody for being in violation of U.S. immigration law."
Shyne's real name was Jamal Barrow until he changed it to Moses Leviy in recognition of his Jewish mother.
His father is now the prime minister of Belize.
Source
This happens all the time to men and women a-like. It is just receiving this much focus due to Shyne's high profile. This raises an important issue though. Who is responsible for deported crimminals? The island that gave birth to them or the country like America where they honed their skills and committed their crimes. Now I am not saying that someone who is deported cannot assimilate into what ever Caribbean island they were sent too and become good citizens who contribute to it's development. But how many of you know some guy that left the island when he was 21/2 years old, lived on the streets hustling, gets busted and sent to an island that he has never seen since he left. What does the American government think is gonna happen when he gets there? Hmmm. My bet he will do what he does best and the local system will have to deal with it. But guess what America is still affected. Cause when tourist come and get robbed, or people snorting coke that pass through the region, or he get some fake documents and go back foreign back door style, the problem has not gone away. Something to ponder my people.
All the best to Shyne. I doubt he is gonna want any special treatment from Prime Minister Dean Barrow who publicly stated that Jamal was 'unwanted.' At least he is free. It is totally up to him where he wants his life to go.
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