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These days, James Barnes wonders what will become of "Shyne from Brooklyn." The rapper faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 16. "I know he's catching hell and I know his mother and his grandmother are catching hell," he says. "It's too bad they've only now realized that they shouldn't have entrusted their child to Puffy. First of all, I don't think Shyne was old enough to sign any contract. But sometimes you can't tell black people anything. Shyne had a callous, indifferent personality that you develop once you start hanging around Bad Boy."
Additional Puff Daddy coverage by Peter Noel:
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Shynes Heartbreak
'That's Gangsta!'
'Puff Love' in the Bad Boys Family
A Gangsta's Prayer
Shyne's Bible Is His First Line of Defense
Big Bad Wolf
Anthony Jones Upholds the Legend of Puff Daddys Bodyguard
Puff! Goes the Weasel
An Impersonator Witness and Alleged Testilying Redefine Rap Moguls Trial
O.J. Simpson Meets Puff Daddy
Scapegoating Sean Combs to Get Back at Johnnie Cochran
Bad Boy Shyne
The Gangsta Life and Times of Jamal Barrow
Taking the Rap
Are Civil Rights Leaders Frontin for Hip Hop Gangstas?
Daddy Under the Gun
Publicly, Rap Mogul Wont Beg; Quietly, He Pleads
Guns, Bribes, and Benjamins
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