The NY TIMES has a good overview of the trial and conviction of former Terror Squad member and Bronx "femcee" Remy Ma. I heard the news several days ago but I put off posting about it. When the story came out about the shooting, I had hoped the incident derived from a "self defense" scenario. But when I heard that it occurred over an argument about $3,000 being missing from Remy Ma's purse, I immediately thought to myself, "For $3,000?" People catch bullets for much less, that is true but Remy rocks diamonds that cost way more than that. Factor in the close relationship to the victim (used to be a friend and babysitter for Remy's son) and I still scratched my head. If there was no gun accessible, Remy would have probably slapped her up or something. In Remy's defense, she said that the gun went off accidently during a struggle. The jury didn't buy it. She now faces the end of her recording career and may miss much of her son's childhood.
Was it worth it?
We have to keep our anger in check. $3,000 is a lot of money to the average person. For someone who rocks jewelry that represents a down payment on a house and rhymes about (and lives to a degree) the ballin' lifestyle, $3,000 is nothing, Money comes and goes. When someone violates or you suspect them of violating your property, they get handled accordingly. But many things are not worth a bullet. This period in our lives is so full of that "I'll shoot you" mentality. In the streets, you can't take any of this lightly. It seems like an overly simple solution. Too easy. No matter how cathartic the idea of shooting someone is, it carries the weight of destruction in the lives of the shooter also. Its rare that you can get away with that type of crime nowadays with the most accurate forensic science available to law enforcement. If only Remy used her head that night...
There is no joy in seeing another young, black woman or man being added to the ranks of the incarcerated. I just hope that this tragedy will help give pause to the next person and deter them from making a potentially regretful decision.
2 comments:
I totally agree. The thing I don't understand is this. You have young talented men and women who work so hard to better themselves financially and better their situations but once they receive their big break, that "Hood Mentality" is still there. Some kind of way there needs to be some sort of program that will help teach our young folks to let that part go because as you put it, was $3000 worth "Street Cred"? Did she think people would see her as being soft? I'm sure she went through hell to in order to have her chance at stardom and now she will have to fight even harder not to be "Big Bertha's New Wife".
What a waste...of talent, time & well money. I`m far from rich or well off, but I`m not shooting someone for $3000. There`s other ways of getting it back, especially if you`re 'so hood'. Ya can`t place a price tag on freedom, besides now Remy`s gon` spend much more in legal fees & whatnot so was it really worth it? I`m a BiG Remy Ma fan, but I think what she did was stupid & that`s just the bottom line. So many people would kill to be in Remy`s spot, but she`s tryin` to kill while in that spot....LoL, the world`s gettin` crazier by the day...
STaY BLeSS`n...
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