Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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UPDATE: Shyne will be deported by Friday and US Immigration & Customs have given his family 24 hours to see Shyne before he is sent back to Belize. The family is heading to see Shyne now was we speak 5:25pm EST Developing.
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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.
THE CRAZY THING ABOUT THIS STORY IS THAT SHYNE'S FATHER IS ACTUALLY THE PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE !!! Dean Barrow, the father of former Bad Boy artist Shyne, was elected as the first Black prime minister of Central American country Belize. Jamaal Michael Barrow aka Shyne legally changed his name to Moses Michael Levy due to his loyal following of Judaism. The Belize-born MC converted to Judaism while serving his jail sentence and even claims to be descended from the Ethiopian Jews. Dean is tall and easy-going with a shaven head and having a son who is a
rapper helped Barrow appeal to young Belizeans voting for the first time. as it has been previously reported that Shynewas raised by his mother in Brooklyn after his father refused to claim him, an eventShyne confirmed via “Quasi O.G.,” a track on his most recent release, 2004’sGodfather Buried Alive: “Imagine, grow'n up and never havin/Faggot ass pops actin like you never happened.”