Former rapper-turned-politician Moses “Shyne” Barrow spoke out in the wake of Diddy’s arrest to claim he spent roughly nine years in jail because Diddy framed him. Barrow recalled the infamous nightclub shooting Dec. 27, 1999, when shots reportedly rang out as Diddy and his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, were inside the club.
The details surrounding that day have been retold in various ways, but Barrow continues to allege that he took the heat for a crime Diddy committed. “He pretty much sent me to prison. That is the context by which you must always describe that relationship,” Barrow told Channel 5 in his country of Belize.
A post shared by News 5 Belize (@news5belize) “Yes, I forgave. I moved on. But let us not pretend as if I was in Miami for Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Barrow told Channel 5.
Barrow, whose birth name is Jamal Michael Barrow, became a politician and opposition leader in the Belize House of Representatives and one of the Belize United Democratic Party’s important members, according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR). He told Channel 5 the night of the shooting changed the trajectory of his life. A quarrel ensued after Combs knocked a drink from another person’s hand, moments after someone threw money toward him, according to THR.
Shots reportedly broke out, resulting in injuries to three others. Barrow faced an assault charge and received a 10-year prison sentence in June 2001. He had recently sent out his debut album and was at the cusp o.