New York Daily News

Cops probe punch rap vs. Remy Ma

- BY GRAHAM RAYMAN

Rapper Remy Ma is under investigat­ion by the NYPD after a fellow reality television star accused her of punching her at a benefit concert at Irving Plaza near Union Square featuring Fat Joe, sources said Thursday.

Brittney Taylor, 29, a star of “Love & Hip Hop: New York,” says Remy Ma, 38, who has tangled with her on the show, slammed a fist into her right eye during the Pretty Lou Benefit Concert about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Ma was slated to perform at the concert.

Taylor suffered bruising to her right eye and was treated at a local hospital. She reported the incident to police the next day.

She later posted a picture of her black eye to Instagram and wrote, “So, here am I on my way to a very important meeting and it’s hard to even focus because of what occurred last night. I didn’t wanna bring it to social media because Its pretty embarrassi­ng and not a good look tbh. I tried my best to cover it up with make up and move on but that still didn’t work. My Question is @remyma why did you really do this?”

Ma, listed under the name Remy Smith by police, has not been charged but cops are investigat­ing.

On Thursday, Taylor retained lawyer Sanford Rubenstein to represent her. “She wants Remy Ma prosecuted for what she did to her,” Rubenstein said.

In 2007, Ma was arrested for shooting Makeda Barnes-Joseph, wounding her in the chest, after accusing her of stealing $1,000 from her. She was released from prison after serving six years in May 2014. She is technicall­y still on parole for that crime until Aug. 1.

Ma rose to fame as a member of Fat Joe’s Terror Squad group, where she is one of five rappers to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

The concert was a fundraiser on behalf of New York Presbyteri­an Children’s Hospital and the Eleamor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center for Leukemia and ALS.

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