Remy Ma Gets Eight-year Prison Sentence For Shooting.

Rapper Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a woman outside of a New York nightclub last year (07).The 26-year-old hip-hop star - real name Reminisce Smith - was convicted in March (08) of assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph in the abdomen, and has been awaiting sentencing at Rikers Island prison in New York.Smith, who faced up to 25 years behind bars, wept as her sentence was read at a New York court on Tuesday (13May08).Her lawyers maintain the shooting was an "accident" and are planning to appeal the verdict.The sentence follows a cancelled prison wedding ceremony on Tuesday with her long-term partner, rapper Papoose - real name Shamele Mackie. According to reports, Mackie tried to smuggle in a handcuff key to break his bride free and was told he couldn't return to visit the star for another six months.Meanwhile the rapper's wedding to long-term partner Papoose has been called off after the groom tried to break his bride-to-be out of jail.The hip-hop star - real name Remy Smith - faces 25 years in jail after she was found guilty of shooting a woman outside a New York nightclub last year (07).But rapper Papoose - real name Shamele Mackie - was determined to proceed with their pre-planned nuptials and the pair decided to exchange vows in Rikers Island prison in New York on Monday (12May08).

But according to the New York Daily News, the ceremony was cancelled because Mackie tried to smuggle in a handcuff key to break his bride free from jail - and subsequently has been banned from visiting his fiancee until November (08).

A prison official tells the publication, "A wedding was scheduled today and a visitor to that wedding service was found to be in possession of jail contraband so the wedding was cancelled.

"The key that was found today easily opened handcuffs that we and other law enforcement officials use.

"The visitor was sanctioned by not being able to visit Rikers Island again for six months. He was asked to leave.