The hip hop world is abuzz (and atwitter) with the news that New York rapper Shyne will be released from prison today after serving a 10-year sentence for a 1999 shooting. According to Hip Hop Wired, several members of the hip hop community have made their feelings known on Twitter:
Fabolous wrote: “Somebody gettin outta jail is like a Hood Holiday…Welcome Home Shyne Po… Brooklyn Love.”
Red Cafe wrote: “welcome home to my flatbush comrad shyne po!!!”
And outside of New York, Wale wrote: “shyne got out today…its gonna be a wonderful day.”
Despite the tension between them in the past, even record label mogul P. Diddy expressed good wishes about Shyne’s release from jail. He says the two have spoken and although a potential re-signing has not yet been discussed, he’s sure that Shyne has some heat.
Shyne will have to undergo two and a half years of post-release supervision/parole. However, it looks like he’s found…well, not Jesus, but God. While in prison, Shyne converted to Judaism and is now known as Moses Levi. Certainly a unique rapper name.
30-year-old Shyne is the son of Dean Barrow, the current Prime Minister of Belize. He has released two albums: Shyne (2000) and Godfather Buried Alive (2004). A third album entitled Godfather Exhumed is in the works.
Comments
The Editor
October 6th, 2009 - 10:11:56 AM
Po will be home soon, but not today, not today, he got a little issue to take care of
Meg
October 7th, 2009 - 9:50:07 AM
i heard elsewhere his release is being held up, with a possibility of deportation or something -- anyone else heard anything about this?
kat
November 10th, 2009 - 12:38:25 PM
yeah he is being held in deportation his fate is still unknown but remember people sit in immigration for years, real talk but his dad is the prime minister of their country so you know he may be in and out hopefully he converted to Judaism while in jail so maybe he dosent even want to be in America with that messed up friend of his.