Remy Ma and Papoose pick each other’s favourite verses: “I never knew that”
Papoose and Remy Ma are one of the biggest celebrity couples in the hip-hop world. The pair married in 2008, exchanging wedding vows over the phone when she was in prison, serving eight years for assault, weapons and attempted coercion charges. Their relationship has been up and down in the public eye since, marrying in a formal ceremony that aired in the finale of Love & Hip Hop: New York‘s sixth season in 2016.
Remy was discovered by Big Pun and made her name as a member of Fat Joe’s Terror Squad, releasing her debut album There’s Something About Remy: Based on a True Story in 2006. She’s best known for songs such as ‘Lean Back’ and ‘All the Way Up’. Papoose, on the other hand, is known for his freestyles and mixtapes.
During an interview with HipHopDX in 2022, the two artists were asked to name each other’s favourite verses. Papoose picked out Remy’s 2008 song ‘When I See Her’, rapping, “60 seconds to a minute, it’s a problem when I see her/ Seven days a week, alternate sides of the street/ I’ma drag that bitch like the motherfuckin’ beat.”
He added, “That’s my favourite Remy song, period.” While admitting she knew it was his favourite song, she said, “I’ve never seen him act it out like that. I was like, ‘Okay!'” Papoose said, “Yo, let me tell you something. I’m waiting to hear this shit right here what she gon’ say.
Remy chose Papoose’s 2005 track ‘The Underground King’, spitting, “I got this shit locked, nickname sing sing/ My chain bling bling/ Say you bust your ding ding/ Well, I do the same damn thing/ I’m the underground king.”
“Yo, that’s crazy,” Papoose said. “Man, I want y’all to know I never, ever knew that. This is my first time even hearing that information.” Remy replied, “‘Cause he get mad gassed. I gotta play the songs inside when I’m in the car by myself.”
The couple had their first child together, a daughter named Reminisce MacKenzie, in 2018. However, the couple’s relationship has soured in recent years, with Remy accusing Papoose of cheating on her with world champion boxer Claressa Shields. Papoose fired back by claiming she repeatedly cheated on him and that he had been wanting a divorce for a while.
“Sad to say that @remyma is a narcissist,” he wrote on Instagram. “She chose to cheat repeatedly. Now that I finally moved on, she’s playing the victim. I have requested a divorce numerous times. She rather clout chase on social media than handle this like civilised adults. I did not wanna do the social media foolishness. For the sake of my six year old baby. She has to go to school. As you can see I remained quiet through this all.”
Rumours circulated that Remy cheated on Papoose with battle rapper Eazy The Block Captain. After denying they were dating, they were spotted in public several times. Remy admitted she “loved” him at a battle between Eazy and Shotgun Suge in January.