1999 Shooting
A protégé of Sean Combs who had been touted as the new star of Bad Boy Entertainment following the Notorious B.I.G's death, Shyne's career was left in the balance by his indictment on an attempted murder charge in January 2000. His involvement in the notorious nightclub incident at Club New York
on December 27, 1999, in which his mentor was also embroiled, hampered the promotion of his debut album. During the incident, Wicho Flores from the New York bloods came over to Combs' entourage and threw cash at them, he then drew a gun and attempted to shoot Combs and his then girlfriend Jennifer
Lopez. Shyne opened fire while Combs hid behind a table until a bodyguard came to his aid and escorted him away from the fracas. On the other hand, Shyne maintains it was self-defense and that a member of the other party shot first. A female bystander was hit in the face, and the man who threw the m
oney was shot in the leg during the altercation. Immediately following the nightclub fracas, Shyne was brought center stage in the ensuing media circus. Shyne was freed on bail in time for the release of his debut album (Shyne, released September 26, 2000). The album was anchored by his debut sing
le, "Bad Boyz," which featured vocal contributions from Jamaica's Barrington Levy. Shortly thereafter, on June 1, 2001, he was convicted in a New York court on charges of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment. The trial was presided over by New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Solom
on, who commented that Shyne was intelligent and talented, but nevertheless guilty. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, a sentence that Shyne is still serving at Woodbourne Correctional Facility as of 2007. Meanwhile, Combs and his bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, were acquitted of all charges
. The seeming abandonment or betrayal of Shyne (some fans and journalists even labelled him as Combs' "fall guy") has driven a wedge between them, with Shyne leaving Bad Boy Records for Def Jam. Ironically before the event occurred, Shyne rapped on the 1998 Ma$e track "From Scratch" stating "If I st
art from scratch I'd sign with Def Jam/ Nah, fuck am I saying? Puff [Combs]'s the best man. "Anthony "Wolf" Jones was later murdered in a unrelated incident. FREE SHYNE James Brady

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