Remy Ma
| Remy Ma | |
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Remy Ma at 106 & Park in 2005
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| Born |
Reminisce Smith May 30, 1980 |
| Other names | The Bx Savior, Queen of NY, Remy Makaveli, Remy Martin, Shesus Khryst |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse(s) | Papoose (m. 2008–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | remy-ma |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | Castle Hill, Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S |
| Genres | Hip hop, East coast hip hop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
Reminisce Mackie (née Smith; May 30, 1980), known professionally as Remy Ma, is a Grammy-nominated American rapper and member of Fat Joe's rap crew, Terror Squad. Ma was featured on the group's hit song "Lean Back" from their second album True Story and M.O.P.'s "Ante Up (Remix)". Her debut solo album, There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story, was released on February 7, 2006.
She has won two Vibe awards, two Source awards, an ASCAP pop award and a BET award for "Best Female Hip Hop", as well as two other nominations. Remy cites Big Punisher and Roxanne Shante as her biggest influences. In 2008 Smith was convicted of shooting Makeeda Barnes-Joseph in the abdomen over a missing sum of $3,000 and sentenced to eight years in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women. She lost an appeal in 2011 and was released on parole on August 1, 2014.
In 2011, Remy Ma's music was featured and discussed in a documentary, Black Lifestyle in Japan, where she was praised for looking "stylish" and "beautiful" and outlined as one of the most frequently listened to hip-hop musicians in Japan, amongst younger women. In 2015, Remy Ma joined the cast of VH1's Love & Hip Hop: New York for its sixth season.
Remy Ma grew up in Castle Hill Projects in the Bronx, New York, and often saw the consequences and terrors of her family's drug abuse with her own eyes. She was forced to take care of her little brothers and sisters at a young age and retreated from her home issues by writing poetry. Her reputation quickly grew around the Bronx and word eventually got to the late MC Big Pun of her and her work. After one meeting and a freestyle session, Pun immediately became her mentor. Ma made her first appearances in the music industry on Big Pun's album Yeeeah Baby (under the name Remy Martin) on the tracks "Ms. Martin" and "You Was Wrong".
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