The woman who was allegedly shot twice by Grammy nominated rapper Remy Ma last weekend has spoken to the New York Daily News about the incident. Remy Ma, real name Reminisce Smith, is accused of shooting childhood acquaintance Makeda Barnes-Joseph in the early hours of Saturday morning after a dispute over $3000 which the rapper claimed had been stolen from her. Barnes-Joseph claims that after she had been shot Smith grabbed her purse, and started rummaging through it, seemingly looking for the money.
Barnes-Joseph says: "All I heard was the gun go off. What hurts me is that when she shot me she went over and dumped the bag. She didn't even say, 'Oh, my God, I just shot her.' That's what hurt me so much. [And] the fact she would think I would steal from her, it hurts me because I thought she was a friend of mine".
As previously reported, Smith and her entourage fled the scene after the shooting, initially in their vehicle but, after that crashed into another parked car, on foot. Some of her posse were picked up by police soon after, though she herself gave herself up to police on Saturday night. She was charged with attempted murder, first degree assault and various weapons charges and jailed pending the payment of a $250,000 bond. Her manager yesterday put up his home as collateral to satisfy the bond, and the rapper was freed.
The rapper has denied all the charges issued against her.