Shyne Remains In Custody Due To Immigration Status
The homie Jayson Rodriguez broke the news.
It looks like Shyne’s homecoming is on hold for the moment.
The former Bad Boy rapper (born Jamal Barrow) was scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday (October 6) after serving more than nine years of a 10-year sentence in connection with the 2001 Club New York shooting involving Diddy and Jennifer Lopez.
But his release is now under review, as representatives for the rapper revealed to MTV News that the Brooklyn MC is being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an unspecified facility in Western New York State. Officials are determining whether or not to deport the rapper, who was born in Belize, a rep explained.
“Shyne is currently in federal custody while his future immigration status is determined,” the rep said in a message to MTV News. Shyne attorney Oscar Michelen emphasized to MTV News on Tuesday afternoon that Shyne has not been released, contrary to media reports.
In August, a lawyer for Shyne said the rapper was “90 percent of the way home” after a judge ruled on his post-release supervision. The rapper received two and a half years of post-release supervision (probation, essentially) stemming from his conviction on first-degree assault and a host of other lesser charges. At the time of his sentencing, an official with the Department of Correction confirmed to MTV News that Shyne would have to complete at least eight years and seven months of his prison sentence.
For years, though, Shyne’s release date has been the subject of much confusion. Michelen acknowledged the subject had become urban legend, as the rumors started yearly that his client would be released. Michelen told MTV News in August that he believed a clerical error led to the incorrect assumptions.
“I think [the basis for the rumor] was created by a computer,” he explained, “because the Department of Corrections has a Web site where you can do an inmate lookup. And if you have the information, it will show you that [Shyne's] earlier release date was originally April [of this year] and then June. And we don’t now how that was in there. But it showed that. And then what would happen is before a release date, [an inmate] would get produced before a parole board, and in the institution, there would be rumors that [Shyne] was up for parole. I guess inmates or guards would spread the rumor.”
At press time, the status of Shyne’s release from prison remained unclear.
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October 6th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
WTF!!!!
October 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
That’s cold, Es.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Ha Ha….
Ol immigrant azz Nugga….
October 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I hope some tough jew bails him out.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
*Dead*
October 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Belize is worse then fuckin brownsville.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
That’s wack as shit, they usually tell you waaaaay before if you’re gonna get deported. In my Jamaican Patois inspired dialect. “BUMBOBLOODCLAAT BABYLON!!!!”
October 6th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
He looks like my brother (no homo)
October 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
dude is average at best….
October 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
“this that dirty money” - Sean John Combs
October 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Belize is nice and so in a 2009 Brooklyn….
October 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Dang
October 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
WOW
October 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I listened to Crazy Rey Party, pause, a week ago or so when you posted a link. I got to be honest and smh, but your a better rapper than jimmy valentime…
.no shots at jimmy v
October 6th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Fucking white people stay trying to keep a black man down.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
smudges > shyne
October 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
That’s fucked up son, it’s not like they couldn’t have been handled this, the wait til a nigga one foot out the door to hold him on some bullshit.
I hate when the law pull that bullshit
That’s like when you go down central bookings and get a bail, they take you all the way to release, have you sitting in there with a whole bunch of other niggas that’s going home, only to tell you you have a bench warrent, I seen niggas almost break down when they heard they had warrents
I know shyne had atleast half his day planned out, he’s been planning it for 9 years.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
@ Charles Oakley– Thank you, regardless of the many asterisks attached to that “compliment”.
~~~
# landLORD Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
rain delayed party > Crazy Rey Party
^^^
Clever.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
happy? there’s your fucking shyne post.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Dont send the nigga to belize. He will be killed.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
They trying to Slick Rick my nigga Po.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Shyne deserved better than that. That sucks. Let the man resume his life.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Rey Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
For real. I’ll name-drop, I’ll diggity diggity (no bigcity_bigcity), whatever.. Just to be able to move on. Matter ‘fact, I’ll call it “Crazy Rey Party II: Wale & The Dumplin’ Butts”.
reythehussein gmail com
Send it.
^
Whoa….ummm someone send this guy the beat…..GATTT!
October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
this probably aint news to Shyne…i’m suprised they didnt work this situation out by now…when was he granted parole 2 months ago?
October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Shyne is currently in federal custody while his future immigration status is determined
^^
O SHIT
nigga can’t catch a break
October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
LOL @ Eskay..
October 6th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
That’s like when you go down central bookings and get a bail, they take you all the way to release, have you sitting in there with a whole bunch of other niggas that’s going home, only to tell you you have a bench warrent, I seen niggas almost break down when they heard they had warrents
===========================================
You ain’t free till they let you out the front door.
Nothing worse then being down for the weekend over some petty shit.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
eskay Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
happy? there’s your fucking shyne post.
^^
haha smartass (ll)
October 6th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Rey Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Shyne deserved better than that. That sucks. Let the man resume his life.
^
For shooting someone…lol…okay
October 6th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
@ GW– He did his time. Gotta give him the benefit of the doubt that he’s learned from it.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
F%^k C.O’s… tell rick ross to help out shyne….
October 6th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Question: Niggas think Shyne gonna step outta jail & become the next Pac.
I fuck with the nigga but he was never that nice.
Max B. >>> Moses Michael Leviy
October 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Man WTF, they stay trying to fuck him over like that. Fuck the federal system.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
What up nah? *daps all around*
Ghost, or anybody on here familiar Nuendo? If so, how can I download a legit copy? Thanks in advance…
October 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Alright nahggers.. I’m outtie.
~exit~
October 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
**familiar with nuendo?
October 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Rey Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
@ GW– He did his time. Gotta give him the benefit of the doubt that he’s learned from it.
^
I hear ya
October 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
after all this shyne would b better off just not rappin and fading off into the sunset. Your ticket out the hood sent you to prison for 8 years. I’d be so far past rap at this point i’d just wanna chill, fuck all the bitches i couldn’t for the last 8 years and bud stupid buda at diddy’s expense
October 6th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
*burn
October 6th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
SMH…how fuggin wack
October 6th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
^^^
Hes broke and has been inside. He’s got no choice but to rap.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
shyne’s not out? i was looking forward to his gangsta grillz tape. nothing like a warm-up verse from that old nicca la the darkman, then a nonsensical 16 bars from willie the squid aka the dude who sounds like he’s 9 years old, followed by a shyne verse - with dram shouting at nobody the whole way thru
JUSS REMEMBER…THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST MIXTAPE YOU HEARD FROM SHYNE…SINCE HE WAS RELEASED…….WELCOME HOME.
*BROMANTIC BROMANTIC BROMANTIC*
October 6th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
# NovemberEnd aka What Do You Mean Teenager What Age Are We Talking About Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
this probably aint news to Shyne…i’m suprised they didnt work this situation out by now…when was he granted parole 2 months ago?
^^^
I was thinkin the same thing…hopefully his lawyer aint gerald saluti…or whatever his name is
October 6th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
yo
October 6th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
you kissin the ring, or kissin the dirt
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
You ain’t free till they let you out the front door.
^This, I don’t belive them crackas til i’m out front with my charge papers and a cigarette, and I don’t even smoke nigga, lol.
Shit kills me tho whenever your in the holding cell waiting to get released and the loudest nigga in there is the one with the most warrents, he’s all happy at first
” yeah man, when I get home i’ma call my bitch, get a bag of dro from my nigga on the arm, drink 2 40’s, get a chicken box, built a fire place, man shit is gonna be live when I get out”
C.O: Mr Malcom Jenkins
M Jenkins: Yeah that’s me, i’m ready to get out this m’fukka
C.O: You have a bench warrent for unpaid child support
M Jenkins: What? Man you got the wrong nigga bra, it must be another malcom jenkins, that nigga sitting next to me named malcom too *sniffles* man aw hell naw man, I can’t go back upstairs man, I waited 3 days to see the commissioner man, this is some bullshit man
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
after all this shyne would b better off just not rappin and fading off into the sunset. Your ticket out the hood sent you to prison for 8 years. I’d be so far past rap at this point i’d just wanna chill, fuck all the bitches i couldn’t for the last 8 years and bud stupid buda at diddy’s expense
==========================================
This.
That man just came home after a long bid. I know he needs paper but I would wanna live life like a normal nigga for a minute.
I know he made at least a mil on that Gangland/Def Jam deal he signed, though I think the lagal system may have held that paper cause he was running a label from behind bars or some shit.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
*Gerald Saluti’s it up*
*Trys to appeal*
*Get shyne deported to afghanistan*
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Apollo Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
What up nah? *daps all around*
Ghost, or anybody on here familiar Nuendo? If so, how can I download a legit copy? Thanks in advance…
^
Try google….
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I’m the one with the money fold, long chain and the airs with the gummy sole
October 6th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Shyne»»»cam
October 6th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Harlem World Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
*Gerald Saluti’s it up*
*Trys to appeal*
*Get shyne deported to afghanistan*
^
*collapses*
October 6th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Hes broke and has been inside. He’s got no choice but to rap.
^^^
Diddy prally had 2milli in a trust fund for him since 01. 8 years later he’s got a down payment on a new life
October 6th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
# Harlem World Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
*Gerald Saluti’s it up*
*Trys to appeal*
*Get shyne deported to afghanistan*
^^^
LMAO….
yo that royce busta track is fire…
October 6th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I was thinkin the same thing…hopefully his lawyer aint gerald saluti…or whatever his name is
^He might’ve been saluti, he did get 10+ years for shooting in the air, niggas get lesser sentences for shooting people below the waist
October 6th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
# sleep Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Shyne»»»cam
^
You must have done that by accident.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
# Sham aka The Computer Puter! Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
after all this shyne would b better off just not rappin and fading off into the sunset. Your ticket out the hood sent you to prison for 8 years. I’d be so far past rap at this point i’d just wanna chill, fuck all the bitches i couldn’t for the last 8 years and bud stupid buda at diddy’s expense
^^^^^^^^^^^
correct me if i’m wrong but dont you need money to “fade into the sunset” …dude probably broke and a famous ex-con probably couldnt find work especially right now in today struggling economy where people getting let go…maybe he can collect govt assistance …wait …he a ex-con rapper who allegdly shot a women in the face …claim denied…whats left for him to do…….????…oh thats right rap!!
October 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
didnt Jamal convert to be one of the chosen people? Youd think that one of those Def Jam TI’s would be helping one of their own out right about now…(no anti-semitism)
October 6th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
You don’t know bout the cases I get
Court case, briefcase, suitcase, cases of Cris
Ow
Killa!
October 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
correct me if i’m wrong but dont you need money to “fade into the sunset” …dude probably broke and a famous ex-con probably couldnt find work especially right now in today struggling economy where people getting let go…maybe he can collect govt assistance …wait …he a ex-con rapper who allegdly shot a women in the face …claim denied…whats left for him to do…….????…oh thats right rap!!
^^^
i guess u didnt’ catch my earlier statement,
Diddy prally had 2milli in a trust fund for him since 01. 8 years later he’s got a down payment on a new life. There is no way in hell Diddy ain’t got hush/fall money in a secret account for Shyne. If not he should just go global wit his story and really cake off
October 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Diddy prally had 2milli in a trust fund for him since 01. 8 years later he’s got a down payment on a new life
^
no chance in fucking hell.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Diddy prally had 2milli in a trust fund for him since 01. 8 years later he’s got a down payment on a new life.
^^^^^
*maxb laugh*
2million for 10 years!!!
these numbers do add up
October 6th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
This is where a jewish girl would of come in handy.
Jewish Wifey: Daddy, you know lawyers right? My husband is gonna get deported.
Jewish Dad: Hold on, let me ring Steinberg/Cohen/Malkovich/Rosen.
10 minutes later Shyne would be a free man.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Mr. Damn, He Ain’t Coppin’ That, Is He? Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Diddy prally had 2milli in a trust fund for him since 01. 8 years later he’s got a down payment on a new life
^
no chance in fucking hell.
^^^
no chance in fucking hell a celebrity like diddy, and trust he was in rare form in 01 doesn’t have a nigga take the fall for him and not look out on the back end. That’s play money for diddy, keep his image clean and the fall guy quiet. Diddy been waitin for this for years, and he’s gonna front like his “family” is finally comin home to big himself up. Shyne is bein taken care of trust.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Diddy prally had 2milli in a trust fund for him since 01. 8 years later he’s got a down payment on a new life
^
And what Diddy is this, cause Sean Combs is a basterd.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
*Listens to Max B: What You Want From Me*
October 6th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
daps Nov. End
October 6th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
shyne is extra average
October 6th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I think [the basis for the rumor] was created by a computer,” he explained, “because the Department of Corrections has a Web site where you can do an inmate lookup. And if you have the information, it will show you that [Shyne's] earlier release date was originally April [of this year] and then June. And we don’t now how that was in there. But it showed that. And then what would happen is before a release date, [an inmate] would get produced before a parole board, and in the institution, there would be rumors that [Shyne] was up for parole. I guess inmates or guards would spread the rumor.”
^^
What kind of bullshit is this?!
October 6th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
The Jet Files >>>>
Jets nigga, where haven’t we been yet?
October 6th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Ma$e & Styles P - Hot 97 Bad Boy Freestyle
usershare.net/oqm67uvm1hxd
October 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
eskay Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
shyne is extra average
^^^
shyne, like 50 got a real short shelf life. His hardcore image was in style back then, and niggas goin gold was lite money back then. now unless he switch his style up its gonna be hard to stay relevant. he got a lil buzz now but won’t last
October 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
*daps verse,amp,harlem,chea*
October 6th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Eskay stop hatin’
October 6th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
*goes for 4th cigarette in the morning*
October 6th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Shyne’s best bet (if he does return to rap) is to pull a C.O. move and go after 50.
They had a little spat back when 50 first blew up & it’s been shown that beefing with Curtis is better promo then any video or interview…as long as you have the music to back you up.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
The Jet Files >>>>
Jets nigga, where haven’t we been yet?
^^
This.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
# eskay Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
shyne is extra average
^^^^^
says you untill he starts waving (no charlie wingate) that Roc Nation flag…
LF:Nas destroyed the Roc A Fella brand….when ever that company is brought up all i think of “i roc hoes,yall roc fellas” - Nasir bin Olu Dara …
October 6th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
*goes for 4th cigarette in the morning*
=========================
You’re a better man then me.
Between all the cigs & blunts I chief, I know I’ll prolly go out like Swayze.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
That’s play money for diddy
^
I swear that the internets thinks rappers are the richest dudes who walk this earth.
It’s because you boys have blinders on.
Straight up.
In my world, the money heros are dudes like Eddie Lampert and Steven Cohen, dudes working with two billy on the strenth, type to fly to Christie’s in London, cop a Damien Hirst and have that shit flown to their Greenwich manse just so that when people come over, they can see a cow suspended in formaldehyde, rotting away grotesquely - literally offending your guests and then offending them again when they read in the paper that you paid a few mill for it. Just shitting on people, even friends.
How do you think Dame Dash goes from having a few mill to having his car re-po’ed because he can’t make payments?
Because the hood mentality never goes away. The shining comes at a cost. These dudes don’t wait until their billionaires to shine. They shine from day one and spend more than they have till they’re broke as piss.
Diddy spent way too much when he had it and now he doesn’t have anything close to it. But even when he was rich, HE DIDN’T HAVE 2 MILLY FOR SOME FUCKBOY ASSISTANT WEED CARRIER. Yall are batshit crazy if you think Diddy did that for Shyne. Bat. Shit. Crazy.
And I’mmat. Peace and much love to ya.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Dies 8 million ways
October 6th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Kim kardashians jewish right?
October 6th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Diddy spent way too much when he had it and now he doesn’t have anything close to it.
====================================
Nah, I think Diddy got bread. As many cats as he raped (and continues to rape) you don’t just spen that kinda bread on diamonds and vodka companies.
Diddy makes bread, believe that. He’s a successful clothing designer, TV producer & Ciroc is making bucks.
Not to mention those Making The Band albums & tours.
Diddy is just a grimey nigga who wouldn’t give a fuck about Shyne if he was still signed to Bad Boy.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Didn’t diddy say in an interview he spoke to shyne a couple weeks ago.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
The Jet Files >>>>
Jets nigga, where haven’t we been yet?
^^
This.
^
Co-This
October 6th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I cant wait for Shyne to come out, he is better than at least half the rappers on MTV’s tpp 10 MCs list.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I’m still trying to figure out how diddy raped the loxs. How bad could u rape a 3 man group that went gold. When one nigga goes gold they say they don’t see paper so how could 3 niggas eat off that.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Say it ain’t so
October 6th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
pardon the pun from the pint-sized Pun
October 6th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
the man had nothing to do with shyne’s incarceration. diddy is grimey. always has and always will be.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjTEmb-NfMw
this is why shyne was so attractive in jail
i cant wait till i make his asshole bleed
October 6th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Harlem World Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
*Gerald Saluti’s it up*
*Trys to appeal*
*Get shyne deported to afghanistan*
^MEDIC PLEASE
October 6th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Im Just hoping he doesn’t some how end up at Young Money
October 6th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Im Just hoping he doesn’t some how end up at Young Money
October 6th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
FUCK DIDDY! FREE SHYNE!
October 6th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
why they wanne deport him to fckin belize?
they just hatin they gave him 10 years
they like:
aaahhh mennnn
its 9 years allready
ooh crap we should have give him saluti numbers from da start
they just mad
hes gonna become real big like he should
but they dont do that to no other person tho
what the fck
being in belize is allways better than in jail
you got ass there right?
as long WSHH exists
shyne is good in belize
but how the fck he cant come to US
hes fckin born and raised american
WTF
HATERS MAN
I bet to needs to sacrifice someone to become a hov - alike
October 6th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
# Mr. Damn, He Ain’t Coppin’ That, Is He? Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
shyne’s not out? i was looking forward to his gangsta grillz tape. nothing like a warm-up verse from that old nicca la the darkman, then a nonsensical 16 bars from willie the squid aka the dude who sounds like he’s 9 years old, followed by a shyne verse - with dram shouting at nobody the whole way thru
JUSS REMEMBER…THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST MIXTAPE YOU HEARD FROM SHYNE…SINCE HE WAS RELEASED…….WELCOME HOME.
*BROMANTIC BROMANTIC BROMANTIC*
Nothing like that good internet comedy :tu
October 6th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
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October 6th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Free Shyne… he been locked up since I was seven…
October 7th, 2009 at 10:00 am
He would be treated like a prince in Belize — since his dad is the Prime Minister of the country!
October 21st, 2009 at 12:07 am
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