According to reports, Shyne was deported to his home country of Belize today after serving almost nine years in jail in connection with a shooting at a New York night club back in 1999. His father, who just so happens to be the Prime Minister of the country, has enlisted Harvard Law Professor and Obama insider Charles Ogletree to get NY Gov. David Patterson to pardon Shyne so that he can return to the U.S.

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During an off-air conversationn, Hot 97 radio personality Angie Martinez and recently sprung rapper Shyne discussed his deportation situation.

Shyne was born in Belize, and raised in New York where he was later signed to Bad Boy Entertainment as a rapper. But he is now being held in custody by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after serving his prison sentence as the result of a New York club shooting back in 1999. Shyne served nine years of his ten year sentence after pleading guilty to assault in the case.

Rumors about whether the rapper would be deported hit the streets fast. Shyne has been in a federal facility for weeks now in Buffalo, New York, awaiting his fate, and Hot 97’s Miss Info states on her site in a blog that Shyne feels he will be deported soon, and at this time, he is still trying to get a pardon from the governor of New York so that he can stay in the country. It still remains uncertain of his fate to this day.

Michael Gilhooly of the immigration department states, “We would never discuss any individual or group of individuals, if we had a deportation operation under way for security reasons.” Gilhooly confirmed that Shyne is being held in custody for violation of an immigration law, but he would not identify which law was broken. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Web site, a child born outside the country to a parent of American citizenship can become a citizen, but the circumstances around the law vary depending on birthday.

So unless the New York State Government pardons Shyne, he’ll be heading back to Belize, and he will appeal his deportation from there.

In but so many words, rapper Shyne, who is fresh off of a 10 year prison sentence, told his former mentor Diddy, “F**k you!!” Shyne told Rolling Stone that Diddy turned his back on him during their 1999 trial by hiring lazy lawyers to help defend him. Diddy escaped a guilty verdict, while Shyne was sentenced to 10 years in prison. And the former Bad Boy recording artist says he was shocked when he heard Diddy on the radio talking about how he had spoken with him and reporting that he was in “good spirits.”

Diddy’s publicist had no comment on Shyne’s legal woes Tuesday, but the mogul recently told Hot 97 that he spoke with Shyne in prison.

“He sounded like he was in good spirits,” Diddy said. “I know he can’t wait to get home. I know he is definitely going to heat the whole scene up. He was definitely one of the talented young artists that I had the pleasure to work with.”

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Shyne says he never spoke with Diddy, nor does he intend to unless Diddy changes his act.

“I want it known that this supposed conversation is a figment of Sean Combs’ imagination,” he says in a statement. “He never spoke with me, he never visited me nor would I ever accept a phone call or visit from him. The only way I would do either of those things would be if he stepped up and did the right thing for the victims of the incident.”

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Shyne’s father, Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow, reportedly wrote to NY Governor David Patterson and asked him to pardon his son (born Jamal Barrow) so that he is not deported from the country and forced to return to Belize. Shyne, who is currently in the custody of U.S. Customs, was sprung from prison Tuesday after serving 8 years behind bars. Shyne was born in Belize but grew up in Brooklyn with his mother. His father wants to make sure he’s able to remain the U.S. to continue his rap career.

After spending over 8 years in prison, former Bad Boy recording artist Shyne will be released from prison this October. A Manhattan judge officially signed the court order that will spring the rapper from jail Tuesday (Aug 4). Upon his release, Shyne will receive two-and-a-half years of post-release supervision.

An attorney for Shyne — born Jamal Barrow but now going by Moses Levi after converting to Judaism while in prison — said that the order marked one of the last remaining hurdles in the way of his client’s release from prison in October.

“He’s about 90 percent of the way home now,” attorney Oscar Michelin told MTV News following the hearing.

The district attorney’s office had recommended Shyne receive the maximum amount of five years of post-release supervision (essentially probation), due to the violent nature of his crime. In June of 2001, Shyne was sentenced to 10 years in prison — the most serious charge he was found guilty of was first-degree assault, after a patron in the club was shot in the face following a melee that started between a group of clubgoers and Diddy’s entourage, which included his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez and Shyne. Shyne brandished a gun and fired shots into the air to break up the argument.

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