Agency Insider. Don't miss a brief. Sign up for our daily email. Your Email. Contributors Become a Contributor. Shots rang out and several people were injured. The night resulted in the arrest of both Diddy and Lopez, a notorious evening that Lopez admits put a damper on their relationship. Witnesses alleged Shyne pulled the trigger. He later admitted to firing shots during the ruckus. Billboard reports that Syne was sentenced to 10 years in prison in June Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs was also arrested, but was acquitted.
Barrow, seen second from right, was charged with 10 years in prison. JLo, Puff and his body guard quickly fled the scene, but were pulled over for running a red light and arrested for storing a gun in the getaway car.
Combs was then charged in the shooting, but was later acquitted, while Barrow was sentenced to 10 years in prison on assault and weapons charges. He has said he was defending himself, a stance he still maintains, according to the New York Daily News. Lopez did not face any charges over the scandal, but split up with Combs shortly afterwards. Still, he continued producing music while in prison - collaborating with Lil Wayne and Orthodox Jewish rapper Matisyahu and dissing Puff Daddy in multiple lyrics - and even converted to Orthodox Judaism himself, taking the name Moses Michael Levi Barrow.
He was released in , but was promptly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and sent back to Belize 'for an immigration law violation,' Slate reports. By then, though, his father led the UDP to a victory in the elections and became the Caribbean country's first black prime minister. In April , Dean appointed his son as the country's 'musical goodwill ambassador,' causing some controversy, until Barrow started organizing events for the benefit of artists and established new music institutions stocked with instruments he donated himself.
He also continued to make music, participating in a Bad Boy Reunion Show in Brooklyn from his home in Belize in via a livestream broadcast. Local media in the area praised him at the time for 'bringing even more attention to Belize. In , Barrow kicked off a House campaign, and earned the support of rapper Fat Joe and even his former enemy, Combs, now going by the name 'Diddy. He won the election in November with 53 percent of the vote, Slate reports, and ousted the UDP leader, Patrick Faber, who had gotten in trouble after a video surfaced of him raging against the mother of his 2-year-old daughter - and the rapper formerly known as Shyne became the party leader.
Shyne converted to Orthodox Judaism while he was in prison, and has since visited Israel. He is now back in the United States - but this time as an ambassador for Belize. This month, he returned to the United States a seemingly new man than when he left. He met up with Combs on August 25, and in a video posted to social media Combs said: 'I'm in my bag right now, crazy, I got my brother here, the leader of the opposition in Belize, my brother Shyne.
Barrow said the two had an 'understanding after speaking over the phone' in and planned to meet in the future, according to Hot Adriano Espaillat, of New York City. He said he is focused on boosting tourism to his home country and improving the lives of 'marginalized and disenfranchised youth who have been condemned. Shyne, 42, whose real name is Jamal Michael Barrow, is now the new leader of the conservative opposition party in Belize.
This week he was presented with a medal of honor by Georgia State Senator Dr. Lester Jackson as part of his trip back to the US 12 years later.
He also held meetings with other black Democratic politicians in Georgia, including Rep. His father, Dean Barrow, served as prime minister of Belize until his party lost the elections.
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