Just minutes ago, incarcerated rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to 8 years in Manhattan Criminal Court today (May 13) for weapons and coercion charges.

Remy (born Reminisce Smith) was initially scheduled to be sentenced on April 23, however, Judge Rena Uviller postponed the trial until today, granting the Grammy nominated rapper's attorney, Ivan Fisher, additional time to properly prepare for the date.

As SOHH previously reported, on March 27, a Manhattan jury convicted Remy of first-degree assault, criminal weapons charges and attempted coercion, for shooting her former friend, Makeda Barnes-Jospeh, in the abdomen last July, in a dispute over the rapper's missing $3,000-in which the rapper accused the victim of stealing.

Remy wept as jurors handed down her guilty verdict and was later said to be broken hearted by the decision, according to Fisher.

In a plea to her fans via Myspace, the 26-year-old rapper posted a message of endorsement asking admirers to send in nice letters in her defense to Judge Uviller in hopes their voice would shorten the 25-year sentence she faced.

In efforts to clear her name from behind bars, the Bronx-b****shell phoned into DJ Kay Slay's Shade 45 radio show from Riker's Island and stated she believed the guilty verdict was a result of a biased jury.