Remy Ma has been in some hot water recently. Aside from her controversial mix tape cover for Shesus Khryst, where she is nailed to a cross while semi-nude, she’s also been in trouble with the law. Now, she is awaiting trial on attempted murder charges. The DJ for her most recent album, DJ Superstar Jay, spoke about their project and the controversy surrounding Remy.
“A lot of people be like, ‘Is this a publicity stunt?’ Attempted murder ain’t no publicity stunt. We did this mixtape before she got in trouble,” he told MTV.
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He went on to speak about how Shesus Khryst came about.
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“The tape was originally supposed to be called The Last B—h Standing…She’s talking about how everything is going on in the industry and how females get treated in the industry. Then in one of her songs, she said, ‘This is the BX savior, Shesus Khrist.’ I asked, ‘Where did you get that from?’ She said she’s the female savior and she was talking about all the things she was going through, like the Terror Squad and Fat Joe not helping her out on her album. Now she’s on no label. Everybody is getting it twisted and thinks she’s going with the propaganda of Christ. She’s talking abut how females are getting crucified in the industry. She’s a prime example. Her album was a classic — she spits crazy hard — but it didn’t do the numbers it’s supposed to do. She feels that people done stabbed her, jabbed her, not supported her,” he said.
The controversy surrounding the mix tape even hit local police, who came to investigate a woman on a cross.
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“She even got scared when she seen herself on the cross. We did it on a beach location. The police came and was like, ‘I heard a lady is on a cross.’ We had to shoot it real quick. The song was crazy. The beat arrangement. … That was actually the last song we did for the mix tape. She got in the car and wrote the rhyme in 15 minutes and spit it right in front of me. ‘If Jay is Jay-Hova and Nas is God’s Son … ‘“ he added.
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The mixtape also finds Remy alongside various other female rappers on their remix for “We Takin’ Over”.
“Before — in like ’96, ’97, 2000 — females were more respected. You had Lil’ Kim, Foxy, Eve. They were selling the same amount of records as the males. Now you got the new females coming up, even Lil’ Mo didn’t get the respect she deserved. I think that whole lineup is talented, but Jacki-O doesn’t get her due. Even Lazy K doesn’t get her due … I think they just came together and really said, ‘We takin’ over.’ They did the female version of DJ Khaled’s song.”
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Although she is in trouble with the law, she’s still been working hard on new projects. It is unclear as to what her future holds, but DX will keep you posted.
In the mean time, take time out and listen to the mixtape that has caused all this controversy in our mixtape section.
