Remy Ma: “Being Locked Up Ain’t No Joke”

Posted on June 15th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Hollyweird, Lawsuits, News, One-Time

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Looks like Terror Squad’s Remy Ma followed in Lil’ Kim’s footsteps. At least she’s keepin’ it real about the fact that prison isn’t some cool place to chill and gain some street cred. Its hardcore. Pop the hood for her letter to fans

I always find myself thinking about what I was doing a year ago, two years ago, five years ago today. I never remember exactly where till I find myself imagining where I would be today. I rarely listen to the radio because it’s sort of depressing. Not being able to record is stressful not because I’m a rapper but because that was my way of venting and expressing myself. So I write a lot! So much that now I have a callous on my finger from holding a pen. I guess I got used to texting my rhymes!

I get a lot of fan mail and everyone asks me how I’m doing? I say fine, the way I see it I never imagined making it this far with my sanity. Not being able to go somewhere when you want, see your family when you want (on many occasions when you need to), can’t use the phone, take a shower, wear clothes, or even eat when you want – super aggravating. Whenever, which is almost everyday I get visits, a lot of kids ask for autographs. It’s something that I used to do almost everyday but now it actually feels weird, I really feel like an inmate.
And as much as I hate to admit it, I really am an inmate. I mean, it kind of grows on you when certain people go out of there way to make you feel like that.

They have this program called YAP (Youth Assistance Program) they keep asking me to join. It’s a program that brings inner city kids to the prison to show them what it’s like to be incarcerated. I hear that every group asks about me but I’m a little hesitant to join. They think it will give the kids a reality check that this can happen to anyone.

I however feel that it’ll be more of the kids wanting to see Remy Ma the rapper and because of that they won’t get that I’m actually in jail. So I’m still contemplating. If I figure out a way for them to actually get it, that this is really not a place you would ever want to be whether for 8 years, 8 months, or 8 minutes then I’ll do it.

Everyone in prison isn’t innocent but everyone in prison isn’t guilty. So whether you end up here on purpose or by accident, the pain you’re feeling is still the same. And I can quote a lot “gangsters” by saying that “I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy…”

Forever Innocent,
Rem

Hopefully she learns her lesson when she eventually gets out.

Via Global Grind

  • dynasty22

    1st!

  • Steve

    at least her words come with some thought and hope for the future…
    come see real talk at http://2oldformaxim.wordpress.com/

  • SIDEWAYZ

    Top 5! This is what happens when you live life reckless!

  • Slide Like A Fresh Pair of Gators

    Good she’s reflecting…

    We’ll see if she REALLY changed when she gets out via the way she acts and conducts herself…

  • me (the original)®

    I hope she does become part of the program, but instead of referring to herself as Remy Ma, use her real name..and deliver the same message she’s saying here.

    Being in print and text takes something away from it. Hearing it sticks a bit more.

  • Back On My Swag

    How much time did she get anyway?

  • loulou

    @ridin so high i can slap down a pigeon

    you beat me to it.

  • *Treasure*

    It is a hard lesson to learn. When you gun someone down in the street over money, this is the outcome. Remy has a volatile temper which caused her to lose her freedom. She is a mother who won’t be able to raise her child because of her costly actions. It is a heavy price to pay.

  • TheMan

    send all them lil nikkas out here that think they go hard to jail, but miss me with that bullsh&t, im not trying to fight every night to keep another nigg of my ass, literally.

  • its the Foosa

    her participating in the youth program will be good for her image, but i feel her on dealing with the kids who only want to see Remy, the rapper and not Remy the inmate.

  • Olivia

    I LOVE REMY !

  • AARONB718

    WHO CARES? Her debut album was trash. All she is good for is a battle. Her career had peaked anyway. She will never be 4 albums in like Lil Kim

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  • CAT EYES

    This is how it usually happens-they come to prison,they think since they’re some kind of celebrity they’ll get better treatment when in actuality,they just become a number like any other inmate.

  • http://bossip MoniSings

    She should talk to those kids in the youth program. If she can reach one life, then it’s all worth it. Sometimes, we have to be put into a “quiet place” to reflect on our life and mistakes we’ve made. I won’t judge Remy for her mistake, but I won’t say she doesn’t deserve to be where she is for making it.

    Hopefully, she’ll come to terms with her own life and be able to reconcile things so that when she gets back out, she’s got more to be thankful, than sorry, for.

  • Whut?

    plenty of ppl b4 remy fuk’d up and received prison time for somthing dumb so if ppl cant learn from those mistakes they’ll neva learn

    remy has no other choice but to hold on to the “remy ma” image if not whut does she have?

    lol@ papoose tryin to capitalize on remys case but he failed cuz no1 is buyin anything he raps on

  • waka waka

    silly broad…do the crime…you know the rest

  • Darkesthourglass

    Makes me wonder what she’ll look like when she gets out. Probably beefed up with a fade. I hope she really does learn from her mistakes by then. What a difference a night makes.

  • Philly

    its hard keeping a cool head these days but jail is where i DONT want to be

  • LLOL

    USE YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR THE GOOD QUEEN.

  • dutchmaster

    i know but im wrong for saying this but i would love to see this parodied on “when keeping it real goes wrong.” i can hear that man’s voice saying remy ma was a famous female rapper and always kept it real but one day keeping real went wrong.

  • Dominique

    Forever Innocent? Really… she needs to stop

  • …..

    BE STRONG AND PRAY REMY AND EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT. :)

  • Seek the light beyond the shadows

    Almost forgot remember her fiancé, they were supposed to get married and this fool tried to smuggle in some handcuff keys? The wedding was called off. Ghetto FAB at its finest. Maybe her lil ones are better off hopefully someone with some sense is raising them now.

  • …..

    DAMN YALL MADE SOME GOOD POINTS ON HERE LOL.

  • Mike D

    Thug Life = Black Genocide.

  • HANNIBALS PIMP AKA MR.BACKHAND

    SHETUP AND DO YA TIME HOE,PAPOOSE THE DINOSAUR BABY WILL WAIT FOR YOU.

  • wash ya ass

    Im not a fan at all. but I hope she gets blessed and acknowledge what she did is wrong and finds peace of mind. hopefully , she will get out in time to salvage her relationship with her son (he’s innocent)…regarding the rap career? not even important

  • http://bossip.com Mizz Pimpin

    I bet she dont want to see anymore guns when she gets out, I think she should join the program and teach the kids that jail is not a place they want to be ever and she should tell them never to pick a gun up under any circumstances

  • BellaY

    She signed ‘Forever innocent’. Until she is willing to accept responsibility for her actions, she really hasn’t learned a thing.

  • always knew

    Ya think?

    I’ll bet it is hard being locked up, but the REAL punishment is not the 8 years of jail/prison time..

    The REAL time is missing from her child’s life, then the BIGGEST punishment, is the CIVIL LAWSUIT that the former best friend, has against Remy Ma for $8 million. Remy doesn’t have it. She’s not going to have it. Her child’s life will be relegated to poverty and Remy herself most likely will never see those sums, again…

    THINK BEFORE YOU ACT… THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN…

    Good luck, Remy… :(

  • whenkeepingitrealgoeswrong

    Her chain looks like it says REMY EMA.

  • Jay the Realist

    You know,

    So many people get on their high horses on these gossip sites ANONYMOUSLY and are quick to judge someone….I wonder if your life was under the same microscope as you have placed her under if you would be any better..or seen as perfect…..probably not. I guess this somehow makes them feel better about their own lives so I will just say this:

    1. Remy Ma made an unwise decision and lost self control…her anger was leading her and not a sound mind.

    2. We all make unwise decisions, it’s just not always in the public eye…so who are we to judge? We don’t have a heaven or a hell to put her in. Judging someone only helps you validate your self-righteousness…and it’s only temporary..we all have our own sins to repent for.

    3. In reading this passage, Remy Ma has not come to the understanding necessary to be a good influence on her OWN children….if she still feels innocent, what message will she deliver to other people’s children? That it’s somehow okay to not accept responsibility for your actions……I’m in prison but I don’t belong here……maybe it is best she does not meet with those inner city youth.

    4. Kids need to be exposed to positive things, not focusing on the negativity. Prison exists, but should be far from the minds of our children. Instead, showing them what they could be if they did something constructive is better than taking them to see a celebrity in prison….but that is just my opinion. Why not take those inner city youth and teach them to be entrepreneurs and better yet, showing them to be honest and humble….Jesus is THE role model….

    5. She needs to deal with her struggles..without the criticism…judgment…etc……and accepting God into her life and learning how to love herself and those around her is the only way for anyone…not just her to grow. Be blessed.

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