| XXL Mag 2 |
| XXL: Do you feel that when you're with Puffy or now that you're a well-known recording artist, people try to test you more often? Shyne: I don't really put myself in the position, playboy. I keep it all the way real. I had two incidents being in this industry. One was when I got shot at in front of Daddy's House [recording studio, in November 1999] and another one was in the club that night. Other than that I been cool. I keep it quiet, man. A lot of these rap niggas be living the life and they get caught up in the hype. I'm really not with that, I don't have nothing to prove to nobody. I'm just a cool nigga, man. XXL: It seems that more than one gun was fired in Club New York that night. Why do you think you're the only one who's been indicated with attempted murder and assault? Shyne: That's just how they be livin', playboy. Them kids don't come to play. You get caught up in they back yard, they gonna jam you. The DA can charge you with anything. If he had an inkling he could have charged me with murder. Anybody can get indicted on anything, keep it all the way real. And the DA ain't come in there with good will. Two shots fired from the burner I had-I did have a gun. But that don't mean I tried to kill nobody. Niggas was bustin' at me. Niggaz tried to kill me. I was just trying to defend myself and I still ain't even aim at nobody. I just shot up in the sky, "Yo man, let me get up out 'chea. XXL: You fired twice? Shyne: Yeah. Yeah! I mean, niggas is sayin' they heard seven shots. That means yo, it was two more guns that were fired, and I didn't even fire first. All these people claiming that as soon as they heard the shots they got hit, so that means somebody else hit 'em, man. And the ballistics experts is talkin 'bout, "Yo, it could be a .40- caliber that hit these people." You know, the fragments in honey's [Natania Reuben's] face could add up to a .40-caliber. And they sayin' that she didn't get hit with a direct shot, 'cause if she did she'd've died. XXL: Whose ballistics experts was that? Shyne: The DA's ballistics expert and my ballistic expert. XXL: Witness David Cubiletti said that a man standing next to Matthew "Scar" Allen-the man arguing with you and Puffy-fired his gun towards the ceiling. Did you see that? Shyne: Yeeeeah! XXL: Do you know who that was? Shyne: I ain't gonna get into that, playboy. I don't remember , it was a long time ago, but somebody tried to kill me up in there that night. XXL: Well, why don't you walk me through it? The way it's been reported you, Puff and Jennifer and Wolf were leaving the club- Shyne: Yeah, I mean, playboy, I'ma keep it real with you. My co- defendant is a snitch. He's a rat. I'm not a rat. I'm not gonna sit up here and break everything down. Even Puff called a witness to testify against me, that the faggot-nigga knew was lying. XXL: What witness was that? Shyne: He knew this bitch was lying, Puff. XXL: What witness was that? Shyne: [Club bouncer] Cherise Myers. This bitch talking about she pulled him down to the ground. That's a lie. In her statement to the police, she ain't say that. The police asked her "Why didn't you go break the shit up?" She was like, "Yo, I couldn't get over there 'cause it was 20 people pinning me to the wall." You understand? Then she get up on the stand and talk about she was right next to Puff, and she tapped Puff and said, "Let's get out of here," That's when she seen me fire. So if that ain't a lie, then I don't understand. Not only did she not give that statement to the police when the shit first jumped off, but Puff's own witnesses contradicted her. They was asked-yo, this bitch was 6'1", like 250-and nobody seen her over there. Nobody. All the witnesses he called? Nobody seen her over there. None of the DA witnesses, none of my witnesses. |