Rapper Jamal “Shyne” barrow – the eldest son of Prime Minister
Dean Barrow was released from a federal prison in New York today. He has spent
eight and a half years out of a 10 year sentence for a shooting in 1999. But
the news tonight is that the 31 year old Shyne Barrow isn’t a free man
and he may be facing deportation – that could mean back to Belize –
the country he left when he was 7.
On its website - the New York Department of Correctional
Services indicates that Shyne Barrow – who legally changed his name
to Moses Michael Leviy - was released today. But multiple news reports on the
internet are that Shyne Barrow was released into the custody of ICE –
the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They are now reportedly deliberating
whether or not to deport Shyne Barrow who was born in Belize but had a U.S.
green card – giving him permanent residence status. That is unconfirmed
– but what we do know tonight is that Shyne’s fate is uncertain.
His relatives in Belize who include his uncle and aunt Michael and Dianne
Finnegan say they are following developments closely and we will keep in contact
with his mother – Imeon Myvette who is Finnegan’s sister. Shyne
was tried and convicted in 2001 for the incident which occurred in 1999. He
was convicted of assault in the 1st degree, criminal possession of a weapon,
reckless endangerment, and assault. It was believed at the time that Shyne took
the fall for his record label boss Sean Combs.
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