Shyne

Shyne was born Jamal Michael Barrow, in Belize City, Belize, a respective city and country in Central America, to mother Frances Imeon Myvette and father Dean Barrow, who were not married.{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.1610/title.shyne-the-redemption|author=Paul Arnold|title=Shyne: The Redemption|date=October 13, 2010|website=HipHopDX}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxFz5CzSjRg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/LxFz5CzSjRg| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Shyne Speaks Since Release 2009 at 5:53|date=November 3, 2009|access-date=November 15, 2009|publisher=Shyne, Youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/article/hiw8m4/shyne-gives-up-sex-and-profanity|title=Shyne Gives Up Sex and Profanity|publisher=BET|author=Reggie Ugwu|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215215524/https://www.bet.com/article/hiw8m4/shyne-gives-up-sex-and-profanity|url-status=live}} Shyne's mother is the sister of Michael Myvett, now going by the surname Finnegan, one of Dean Barrow's long-time political colleagues in Belize. Barrow's middle name comes from his uncle.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=19440|title=Shyne's Father Elected Prime Minister of Belize|date=February 13, 2008|access-date=August 16, 2009|magazine=XXL Mag|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320161422/http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=19440|archive-date=March 20, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/10/07/2009-10-07_rapper_shyne_jailed_in_diddy_and_jennifer_lopez_club_shooting_incident_free_and_.html|work=The New York Daily News|title=Rapper Shyne, jailed in Diddy and Jennifer Lopez club shooting incident, free and facing deportation|first=Simone|last=Weichselbaum|date=October 7, 2009}} Shyne's Jewish maternal grandmother had emigrated from Ethiopia to Belize.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/magazine/features/taking-a-shyne-to-judaism|title=Taking a Shyne to Judaism|website=The Jerusalem Post|author=David Brinn|date=November 12, 2010|access-date=December 15, 2022|archive-date=December 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215211310/https://www.jpost.com/magazine/features/taking-a-shyne-to-judaism|url-status=live}}

As a child, Barrow's time was divided between his mother in Brooklyn, New York City, and his lawyer/politician father, who initially failed to acknowledge his son, and was (years later) elected in 2008 as the first black Prime Minister of Belize.{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/shyne-barrow-belize-prime-minister.html|title=Ex–Bad Boy Rapper Shyne Explains Why He Should Be the Prime Minister of Belize|first=Nitish|last=Pahwa|date=September 1, 2021|website=Slate Magazine|access-date=December 15, 2022|archive-date=December 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215052852/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/shyne-barrow-belize-prime-minister.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/arts/music/11shyne.html|title=Rapper Finds Order in Orthodox Judaism in Israel|first=Dina|last=Kraft|date=November 10, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912021342/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/arts/music/11shyne.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0848407320080208?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0|title=Belize elects first black leader, ousts incumbent|access-date=August 16, 2009|publisher=Reuters|author=Catherine Bremer|date=February 8, 2008|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208072146/https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0848407320080208?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.belizean.com/2009/10/rapper-shyne-fights-deportatio.html |title=Rapper Shyne Fights Deportation To Belize |date=October 8, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2009|work=Belizean}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Barrow's mother moved to the United States when he was three years old, leaving her son between the care of her brother, Michael, and his father's sister, Denise, in Belize City. His father was in a relationship with another woman, and Barrow recalls: "The nigga said his two other kids were made out of love. It was devastating."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/shyne-rapper-diddy-belize-1352815/|title=Guns, Rhymes, God, and Politics: Shyne's Epic Fall and Rise|first1=Sean|last1=Williams|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 22, 2022|access-date=December 14, 2022|archive-date=December 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214043641/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/shyne-rapper-diddy-belize-1352815/|url-status=live}}

When he was seven years old, Barrow moved to Brooklyn to live with his mother in Crown Heights and then East Flatbush, in near poverty, while spending summers in Belize with his father.{{cite news|author=Amaya|title=Gangland, First New Album In 7 Years, Set For May 17th Release.|quote=Born in Belize City, at age three he was left to be raised by his farm and relatives in a ramshackle section of town when his mother emigrated to the U.S. At age eight, Shyne joined his mother in Brooklyn, where he began to soak up hip-hop culture in the 1980s and '90s.|newspaper=Def Jam Recordings|date=March 8, 2011|url=http://www.defjam.com/gangland-first-new-album-in-7-years-set-for-may-17th-release/|access-date=November 27, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101063303/http://www.defjam.com/gangland-first-new-album-in-7-years-set-for-may-17th-release/|archive-date=January 1, 2015}} His mother supported them by cleaning homes and taking care of children, and he slept on the sofa in their small apartment on Church Avenue and East 18th Street. After he moved to Brooklyn, he began to develop a strong interest in the hip-hop culture of the 1980s and 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboombox.com/2009/10/19/shyne-immigration-hearing-subject-to-mercy-of-harvard-law-profes/|title=Shyne Immigration Hearing Subject to Mercy of Harvard Law Professor|date=October 19, 2009|access-date=August 20, 2009|work=The Boombox|author=Nadeska Alexis|archive-date=October 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023054438/http://www.theboombox.com/2009/10/19/shyne-immigration-hearing-subject-to-mercy-of-harvard-law-profes|url-status=live}} At age 15, while in a fight he was shot in his right shoulder by another kid in Flatbush, leaving him with a six-inch scar.

After graduating high school three years later, part of the time of which he spent attending high school in Belize at Wesley College in 1993, he enrolled in a New York City College of Technology computer program.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shyne-makes-first-public-appearance-in-belize-266804/|title=Shyne Makes First Public Appearance In Belize|first1=Mariel|last1=Concepcion|magazine=Billboard|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=December 28, 2022|archive-date=December 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228021231/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shyne-makes-first-public-appearance-in-belize-266804/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/11/rapper-shyne-belize-house-of-representatives|title=Former Bad Boy Artist Shyne Elected to Belize House of Representatives|date=November 14, 2020|website=Complex|access-date=December 16, 2022|archive-date=December 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216004220/https://www.complex.com/music/2020/11/rapper-shyne-belize-house-of-representatives|url-status=live}} He paid for his tuition by working as a bike messenger, buying an 18-speed bicycle and riding it from Brooklyn over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan, where he made deliveries around the borough. He left NYC College of Technology to pursue a career in music.

In 1997, he began his rap career after being courted by music manager Don Pooh. In 1998, while Barrow was freestyling in a barbershop on Church Avenue in Brooklyn, he was discovered by hip hop producer DJ Clark Kent, who was working on the Notorious B.I.G.'s first posthumous album, Born Again.{{cite book |author=Ronin Ro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opj0vm0q3lMC&pg=PA129 |title=Bad Boy: The Influence of Sean "Puffy" Combs on the Music Industry |date=2001 |publisher=Atria |isbn=978-0-7434-2823-1 |pages=129–131}} After freestyling in front of several friends and music promoters, his manager submitted him to executives and labels including Chris Lighty of Violator, Sylvia Rhone of East West/Elektra Records, Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records, Lyor Cohen of Def Jam Recordings and Bryan Turner of Priority Records, but hip hop entrepreneur Sean Combs (known valiantly as either Puff Daddy or P. Diddy) offered Shyne a five-album contract with Bad Boy Records.{{Cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Sean |date=2022-05-22 |title=Guns, Rhymes, God, and Politics: Shyne's Epic Fall and Rise |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/shyne-rapper-diddy-belize-1352815/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=Documentary Chronicling Shyne's Rap And Political Career Coming To Hulu |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/documentary-chronicling-shyne-rap-political-172815993.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}} It was reported that Shyne received millions of dollars, three cars of his choice and two homes just for signing. Not long after, Shyne made guest appearances on recordings with other labelmates. He was notably featured on Mase's second album, Double Up (1999), and on remixes of Total's "Sittin' at Home" and 112's "Anywhere".{{cite web|url=http://www.nutsie.com/song/From%20Scratch/2177035?album_id=2817132&artist_id=2909314|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714213339/http://www.nutsie.com/song/From%20Scratch/2177035?album_id=2817132&artist_id=2909314|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2011|title=From Scratch by Mase Feat. Shyne, Harlem World & Mysonne on Double Up|access-date=October 12, 2009|publisher=nutsie.com}} In the same year, he featured on Combs' second studio album, Forever.{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1126423/a/Forever.htm|title=P Diddy Forever CD|access-date=October 12, 2009|publisher=CD Universe|archive-date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722010828/http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1126423/a/Forever.htm|url-status=live}}

On September 26, 2000, his self-titled debut studio album was released. It debuted at number five on the Billboard 200. The album would later receive a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{Cite news |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=2000-10-28 |title=Shyne, Under a Cloud |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2000/10/29/shyne-under-a-cloud/a54a79e1-a89c-4d97-bd53-1588bea21c94/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-11-21 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Shyne was also supported by three singles, "Bad Boyz", "Bonnie & Shyne", and "That's Gangsta"; the former two feature Jamaican singer Barrington Levy. The album also featured another guest appearance by 112's Slim, and production from Bad Boy's in-house producers, The Hitmen. Shyne's self-titled debut album was recorded prior to the rapper's arrest in relation the December 1999 nightclub shooting.{{cite news |last=Leeds |first=Jeff |date=August 8, 2004 |title=From Behind Bars, a Rapper Aims at the Top of the Chart |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/us/from-behind-bars-a-rapper-aims-at-the-top-of-the-chart.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423023251/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/us/from-behind-bars-a-rapper-aims-at-the-top-of-the-chart.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=February 9, 2012 |work=The New York Times}}

The album received mixed reviews from critics, due to comparisons between Shyne and the deceased Notorious B.I.G., which would also start a rift between the former and the latter's affiliate group, Junior M.A.F.I.A.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=The Ex-Rapper Who Allegedly Took The Fall For Diddy In 1999 Tells His Story |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/honorable-shyne-diddy-1999-shooting-review_n_67363b05e4b0958bad3e940a |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} For one instance, in 1999, after finishing a studio session at the now-closed Daddy's House, an in-house recording studio for Bad Boy, Shyne was shot at by affiliates of group member Lil' Cease.{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Jayson |date=2024-11-18 |title=Shyne: 'Nobody Would Listen' to Warnings about Sean 'Diddy' Combs, and More We Learned From His Documentary |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/honorable-shyne-warnings-about-sean-diddy-combs-1236213720/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} The incident provoked Shyne to carry a firearm around him for protection. Cease's former cohort, Lil' Kim, also dissed Shyne on her second album's title track, "The Notorious K.I.M." (2000), ridiculing his comparisons to Biggie.

In 2002, after beginning his incarceration, Shyne parted ways with Bad Boy and ended all contact with Combs soon after. The following year, many labels offered Shyne contracts while he was incarcerated at the Clinton Correctional Facility. One of which being Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records and James Prince's Rap-A-Lot Records, which offered him a seven-figure three-album deal; both of which he rejected. The rapper ultimately signed with Def Jam for a $3 million contract. The deal was completed on April 20, 2004.{{Cite magazine |date=2004-04-20 |title=Def Jam, Shyne Hammering Out Record Deal |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/def-jam-shyne-hammering-out-record-deal-1439512/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

On August 10, 2004, Shyne released his second studio album, Godfather Buried Alive, while imprisoned. The album, partially recorded prior to imprisonment and partially during his imprisonment over a jail phone, sold 434,000 copies. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and number one on Billboard{{'}}s Top R&B/Hip-Hop album chart.{{Cite web |title=Shyne Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shyne-mn0000753679/biography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228021235/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shyne-mn0000753679/biography |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |access-date=December 28, 2022 |website=AllMusic}}{{cite web |last=Wolf |first=Buck |date=September 30, 2005 |title=Lil' Kim Aims to Be Rap's Martha Stewart |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1170685&page=3#.Tyk3C8XKkfo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115425/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1170685&page=3#.Tyk3C8XKkfo |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |access-date=February 9, 2012 |website=ABC News}} Because of his imprisonment, he was not able to benefit the album's promotion with a standard concert tour nor appearances on radio stations. His former bodyguard and longtime friend, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, was listed as the album's executive producer; Jones was shot and killed on November 11, 2003, during an altercation with Black Mafia Family leader Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory.{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Grouchy Greg |date=2003-11-11 |title=Anthony "Wolf" Jones Gunned Down In Atlanta |url=https://allhiphop.com/news/anthony-wolf-jones-gunned-down-in-atlanta/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Grouchy Greg |date=2003-11-12 |title=Man Arrested In Connection With Murder Of P.Diddy's Former Bodyguard |url=https://allhiphop.com/news/man-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-p-diddys-former-bodyguard/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US}}

On February 16, 2010, four months after being deported to Belize (upon his release from prison), Shyne signed another seven-figure deal with Def Jam.{{cite web |title=Shyne Thinking About Dropping Messiah Album With Cash Money |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1646004/20100818/shyne.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819041950/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1646004/20100818/shyne.jhtml |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |access-date=August 18, 2010 |publisher=MTV}}

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After a trip to Jerusalem, later in 2010, where he formally converted to Orthodox Judaism and underwent a symbolic circumcision, Shyne collaborated with Jewish-American reggae and rock musician Matisyahu on his single, "Messiah", released in April.{{cite web |title=Shyne – Messiah [MUSIC VIDEO] 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncYXmmgF2Zk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804042218/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncYXmmgF2Zk&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 |archive-date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=February 9, 2012 |website=YouTube}}Krysten Hughes (April 10, 2010). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11011/title.shyne-slated-to-first-single-messiah-on-tuesday "Shyne Slated To First Single 'Messiah' On Tuesday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103000231/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11011/title.shyne-slated-to-first-single-messiah-on-tuesday|date=November 3, 2014}}, HipHop DX. He also released "Roller Song" that same year.{{cite web |date=June 19, 2010 |title=Shyne – Roller Song [NEW 2010] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBwrtpT-Nu0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/LBwrtpT-Nu0 |archive-date=2021-12-12 |access-date=February 9, 2012 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} He later announced that he was recording two albums that were planned for release throughout 2010, after Def Jam approached him to sign a distribution agreement.Jake Paine (October 4, 2010). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12453/title.shyne-set-to-release-two-december-albums-gangland-and-messiah "Shyne Set To Release Two December Albums, 'Gangland' and 'Messiah'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112154009/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12453/title.shyne-set-to-release-two-december-albums-gangland-and-messiah|date=January 12, 2011}}, HipHopDX.com. Messiah was set to be the first of his 2010 release schedule, while Gangland, was set to be his second. In October 2010, Shyne criticized Def Jam and announced hopes of signing to Cash Money Records: "I'm definitely trying to get with Cash Money… I'm not signed to Def Jam anyway, I just need to find another distributor. I might just have Cash Money do everything. Who knows? That's the beauty about being in the business for yourself. You can decide where you want to go and what you want to do."Kevin S. Gary (October 13, 2010). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12573/title.shyne-criticizes-def-jam-records-seeks-deal-with-cash-money "Shyne Criticizes Def Jam Records, Seeks Deal With Cash Money"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164803/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12573/title.shyne-criticizes-def-jam-records-seeks-deal-with-cash-money|date=July 7, 2011}}, HipHopDX.com. Though he blamed former Def Jam CEO L.A. Reid for his frustration, he later issued an apology.Nadeska Alexis (October 28, 2010). [http://theboombox.com/shyne-writes-apology-letter-to-l-a-reid "Shyne Writes Apology Letter to L.A. Reid"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427221040/http://theboombox.com/shyne-writes-apology-letter-to-l-a-reid/|date=April 27, 2015}}, The Boombox. In November 2010, Cash Money co-founder Bryan "Birdman" Williams said that Shyne's deportation had stalled his planned Cash Money deal, as it prevented him from appearing in the United States.Latifah Muhammad (November 1, 2010). [http://theboombox.com/birdman-shyne-deportation-cash-money-deal "Birdman Says Shyne Deportation Is Stalling Cash Money Deal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011145619/http://theboombox.com/birdman-shyne-deportation-cash-money-deal/|date=October 11, 2013}}, The Boombox.

In 2011, he performed in Jerusalem, forming a collaboration with Matisyahu.Steven J. Horowitz (July 28, 2011).[http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16185/title.shyne-reveals-collaborations-with-matisyahu-no-longer-cursing-in-raps "Shyne Reveals Collaborations With Matisyahu, No Longer Cursing In Raps"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203030320/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16185/title.shyne-reveals-collaborations-with-matisyahu-no-longer-cursing-in-raps|date=February 3, 2014}}, HipHop DX. Shyne made a surprise guest appearance at a concert, performing with Matisyahu and HaDag Nachash at Jerusalem's Kikar Safra on June 23. He rapped during Matisyahu's set for "King Without a Crown". He shouted "Free Jonathan Pollard, free Gilad Shalit" to applause before exiting the stage. Matisyahu and Shyne discussed collaborating more frequently in the future, but never happened.{{cite web |date=July 28, 2011 |title=Rapper Shyne Working with Matisyahu |url=http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/rapper-shyne-working-with-matisyahu/2467 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216081130/http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/rapper-shyne-working-with-matisyahu/2467 |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2018 |work=Jspace}}{{cite web |date=October 4, 2011 |title=Shyne and a Rebbe share in common a want to free Gilad Shalit! |url=https://midnightabbi1eligoldsmith.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/we-want-to-free-gilad-shalit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090546/https://midnightabbi1eligoldsmith.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/we-want-to-free-gilad-shalit/ |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |publisher=Midnightabbi1eligoldsmith}}{{cite web |date=February 2011 |title=Matisyahu Sends Mazel Tov Wishes To Shyne |url=http://www.sohh.com/2011/02/shyne_didnt_change_who_he_is.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325211503/http://www.sohh.com/2011/02/shyne_didnt_change_who_he_is.html |archive-date=March 25, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2013 |publisher=sohh.com}}

On August 29, 2011, Lil Wayne's platinum-selling ninth studio album, Tha Carter IV, was released. On the album's outro, Shyne appeared along with Bun B, Nas and Busta Rhymes.{{cite web |date=January 13, 2012 |title=Exclusive: Shyne's Unreleased 'Outro' Verse From 'Tha Carter IV' |url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/01/13/shyne-unreleased-outro-verse-from-tha-carter-iv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118004836/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/01/13/shyne-unreleased-outro-verse-from-tha-carter-iv/ |archive-date=January 18, 2012 |access-date=February 9, 2012 |work=MTV News}} In December 2011, Shyne said signing to Cash Money Records was "still a possibility".[http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/12/shyne-says-cash-money-signing-still-possible-talks-lil-waynes-outro-appearance "Shyne Says Cash Money Signing Still Possible, Talks Lil Wayne's 'Outro' Appearance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130121234/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/12/shyne-says-cash-money-signing-still-possible-talks-lil-waynes-outro-appearance/|date=January 30, 2013}}, XXL Mag, December 16, 2011. In March 2012, Shyne and Diddy finally reconciled. The two were photographed together at Fashion Week in Paris; Diddy tweeted, "Me and Shyne Po front row at Kenzo #ParisIsBurning RT to da world!!!!", and Shyne said: "It's a new day. L'chaim!"{{cite web |title=Diddy And Shyne Together In Paris |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2497268/diddy-and-shyne-together-in-paris |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110001335/http://www.mtv.com/news/2497268/diddy-and-shyne-together-in-paris/ |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |access-date=April 2, 2018 |website=MTV News}}

On September 26, 2012, the day of the twelfth anniversary of his debut album's release, Shyne released Gangland, as a mixtape.{{Cite web |date=2012-09-27 |title=Shyne – Gangland (Mixtape) |url=https://hypebeast.com/2012/9/shyne-gangland-mixtape |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Hypebeast}} It had been downloaded more than 100,000 times, receiving a "Gold" ranking from the now-defunct DatPiff.{{cite web |author1= Eric Rosenthal |author2=Jeff Rosenthal |date=December 5, 2012 |title=The 30 Worst Fall-Offs in Rap History |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/the-30-worst-fall-offs-in-rap-history/shyne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208010016/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/the-30-worst-fall-offs-in-rap-history/shyne |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2012 |website=Complex}} Shyne called out Rick Ross, due to his blasphemous Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape, as well as Jewish-Canadian rapper Drake. He also recorded diss tracks towards Diddy, Swag Blanket's DLSupreme and 50 Cent (whom he has feuded with since 2003).{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of Shyne's Post-Prison Disses |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/andrew-martin/a-brief-history-of-shynes-post-prison-disses |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Complex |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |title=50 Cent and Shyne trade zingers in the summer's most entertaining rap beef |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/08/16/shyne-50-cent/?srsltid=AfmBOopUpkAU7h9ofmtQzyk91EiAWj6Aj0AIPs29M8MJCI3qWbOjiFIB |access-date=2024-11-21 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Vick |first=Megan |date=2010-08-12 |title=50 Cent Prank Calls Shyne |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/50-cent-prank-calls-shyne-956889/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |author=Mikey T. The Movie Star |date=2012-11-16 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Shyne Recalls Meeting 50 Cent For The First Time, Blames Rapper For Irv Gotti's Downfall |url=https://allhiphop.com/headlines/exclusive-shyne-recalls-meeting-50-cent-for-the-first-time-blames-rapper-for-irv-gottis-down-fall/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2010-06-04 |title=50 Cent Speaks On Perceived Beef With Shyne |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.11389/title.50-cent-speaks-on-perceived-beef-with-shyne |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}} Shyne and 50 had previously traded insults toward each other prior to this, including the latter calling him a "punk," while making light of his incarceration for his part in the "night club incident." He also performed a radio freestyle, disrespecting Shyne and others. Shyne responded with "For the Record", a track he recorded via a prison phone for Godfather Buried Alive (2004).{{cite web |author=Metanoya Webb |date=April 23, 2004 |title=Imprisoned Rapper Shyne Continues To See Millions |url=http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5104/imprisoned-rapper-shyne-continues-to-see-millions-1.790481 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109085813/http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5104/imprisoned-rapper-shyne-continues-to-see-millions-1.790481 |archive-date=January 9, 2011 |access-date=August 15, 2009 |work=Black College View}}{{Cite web |date=2012-11-21 |title=Shyne says 50 cent was about that snitch life |url=https://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/hot-sheet/shyne-says-50-cent-was-about-that-snitch-life/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=St. Louis American |language=en-US}} 50 Cent later responded with "Piggy Bank" (2005), which he disses Shyne, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Nas, among others.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In November 2012, Shyne described the production of West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar's sophomore studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, on social media as "trash".{{Cite web |date=2012-10-24 |title=Shyne Calls Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d city" Album "Trash" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2012/10/shyne-calls-kendrick-lamars-good-kid-m-a-a-d-city-album-trash |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Hypebeast}} He received criticism for his remarks by Lamar's fans, and other California rappers including Schoolboy Q{{Cite web |last=Lilah |first=Rose |date=2012-11-01 |title=ScHoolboy Q Calls Shyne "Weak" For His Comments About "GKMC" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/6166-schoolboy-q-calls-shyne-weak-for-his-comments-about-gkmc-news |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-11-01 |title=ScHoolboy Q On Shyne: "He's Weak And Nobody Cares" |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.21732/title.schoolboy-q-on-shyne-hes-weak-and-nobody-cares |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}} and Nipsey Hussle.{{Cite web |title=Riding For The Team: MCs Who Got Involved In Other Artist's Beefs |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/7kaes9/riding-for-the-team-mcs-who-got-involved-in-other-artist-s-beefs/m92nes |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=BET |language=en}} His comments also involved him in a feud with The Game.{{Cite web |last=Higgins |first=Keenan |date=2012-10-26 |title=Game Speaks On Shyne's Kendrick Diss: "I'm Not Having That" |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/game-speaks-shynes-kendrick-diss-im-not-having-117434/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US}} After defending Lamar's album,{{Cite web |last=Fresh |first=Mikey |date=2012-11-13 |title=Game Calls Shyne a "Coward" for Dissing Kendrick Lamar |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/game-calls-shyne-coward-dissing-kendrick-lamar-120280/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US}} Shyne dissed Game on tracks such as "Bury Judas" and "Psalms 68 (Guns & Moses)".{{cite web |author=Steven Horowitz |date=November 28, 2012 |title=Shyne Disses Game On "Bury Judas" |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22023/title.shyne-disses-game-on-bury-judas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403201521/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22023/title.shyne-disses-game-on-bury-judas/ |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=April 2, 2018 |work=Hiphopdx}}{{Cite web |last=Lilah |first=Rose |date=2012-11-16 |title=Shyne Goes Off On Game, Says He "Ain't No Gangsta Rapper" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/7563-shyne-goes-off-on-game-says-he-ain-t-no-gangsta-rapper-news |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}} These tracks reflected his study of Judaism. The Game responded with "Cough Up a Lung".{{Cite web |title=Video: Game "Cough Up a Lung (New York Freestyle)" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/zach-frydenlund/video-game-cough-up-a-lung-new-york-freestyle |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Complex |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Rogulewski |first=Charley |date=2012-11-10 |title=NEW MUSIC: Game — "Cough Up A Lung (Freestyle)" |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/new-music-game-cough-lung-freestyle-119876/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US}} In 2024, Shyne later expressed regret for his comments about Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city album.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Preezy |date=2024-11-21 |title=Shyne Admits Calling This Kendrick Lamar Album "Trash" Was A Mistake |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/shyne-admits-kendrick-lamar-album-trash-mistake-1234950944/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Cole |date=2024-11-20 |title=Shyne Apologizes For His Unsavory Comments About Kendrick Lamar |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/861936-shyne-apologizes-kendrick-lamar-trash-hip-hop-news |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-20 |title=Shyne Walks Back Kendrick Lamar Slander: 'That Was Definitely A Mistake' |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/shyne-regrets-kendrick-lamar-slander |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}

In December 2012, Complex noted Shyne on its list of rappers who had suffered the "30 Worst Fall-Off in Rap History", ranking him as number twenty-three.

File:Shyne Barrow at the U.S. Embassy in Belize.jpg (2019)]]

In May 2010, Shyne was appointed the Belize Music and Goodwill Ambassador.[http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=16888 "Shyne the Saviour?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216004215/http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=16888|date=December 16, 2022}}, 7NewsBelize, May 13, 2010. Over the years, he brought Combs, Kanye West, and J. Prince to Belize, promoted the country, and worked with its youth.

In October 2012, Shyne, critical of the Obama administration, endorsed Republican nominee Mitt Romney for president of the United States, faulting former U.S. president Barack Obama for not doing anything to prevent the rapper's deportation to Belize.[http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/10/11/shyne-bashes-obama-supports-romney/]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013222217/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/10/11/shyne-bashes-obama-supports-romney|title=Shyne bashes Obama, Supports Romney|date=2012-10-13}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013222217/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/10/11/shyne-bashes-obama-supports-romney "Shyne Bashes Obama, Throws Support Behind Mitt Romney"], rapfix.mtv.com, October 11, 2012; accessed October 13, 2012. Asked if black voters should vote based on race alone, Shyne said: "I don't believe in all that, if you black you get a pass."{{Cite web |author=Rob Markman |date=October 10, 2012 |title=Shyne Calls Obama 'Corny,' Supports Mitt Romney Instead |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/pi2fmg/shyne-obama-corny-romney |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215215523/https://www.mtv.com/news/pi2fmg/shyne-obama-corny-romney |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |website=MTV}}

In 2020, Shyne was nominated by the center-right Belize United Democratic Party to stand as a candidate for the Belize House of Representatives in the Belize City-based Mesopotamia constituency in the 2020 Belizean general election. On November 11, 2020, Barrow won the House of Representatives seat for Mesopotamia.[https://www.udp.org.bz/standard-bearers/ "Standard Bearers – United Democratic Party"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216040844/https://www.udp.org.bz/standard-bearers/|date=December 16, 2022}}, Belize United Democratic Party, (accessed February 19, 2020){{Cite magazine |last1=Aniftos |first1=Rania |date=November 13, 2020 |title=Rapper Shyne Barrow Is Elected to Belize's House of Representatives |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shyne-barrow-belize-house-of-representatives-9483583/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213092537/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shyne-barrow-belize-house-of-representatives-9483583/ |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |access-date=December 13, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} Part of his platform is to strengthen Belizean governance with increased penalties for those who commit crimes, to raise the salaries of its police, to strengthen the judicial system so as to address violent crime, and for the government to provide student loans at low interest rates.

Shyne was subsequently also appointed the Opposition Leader in the House of Representatives and the leader of the Belize United Democratic Party, in both June 2021 (until September 2021) and February 2022.{{Cite web |author=Melissa Wong |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Belize: Shyne Barrow sworn in again as Opposition leader |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/belize-shyne-barrow-sworn-again-opposition-leader |website=Loop Caribbean News}} He returned to the US for a state visit in August 2021, meeting with US politicians. The Atlanta City Council dесlаrеd Аuguѕt 20, 2021, Ѕhуnе Ваrrоw Dау "fоr hіѕ dеdісаtіоn, соmmіtmеnt аnd ѕеrvісе tо the grеаt реорlе оf Веlіzе, Сеntrаl Аmеrіса."{{Cite web |author=Rubén Morales Iglesias |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Atlanta City Council recognizes Belize's Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow during meeting with Belize Diaspora on Friday |url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/08/20/atlanta-city-council-recognizes-belizes-leader-of-the-opposition-shyne-barrow-during-meeting-with-belize-diaspora-on-friday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215052852/https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/08/20/atlanta-city-council-recognizes-belizes-leader-of-the-opposition-shyne-barrow-during-meeting-with-belize-diaspora-on-friday/ |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=December 15, 2022 |work=Breaking Belize News}} He hopes to be elected Belize's next prime minister in 2025.

In the early hours of December 27, 1999, Shyne, Sean Combs, and the latter's then-girlfriend, singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, were involved in a shooting incident.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/08/nyregion/metro-matters-in-reality-combs-trial-is-no-show.html|title=In Reality, Combs Trial Is No Show|first=Joyce|last=Purnick|date=March 8, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213092535/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/08/nyregion/metro-matters-in-reality-combs-trial-is-no-show.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/06/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-york-rapper-is-indicted-in-nightclub-shooting.html|title= Rapper Is Indicted In Nightclub Shooting|date=January 6, 2000|work=The New York Times}} The three of them were in attendance at a Manhattan nightclub named Club New York, on West 43rd Street in Times Square.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/06/nyregion/judge-in-combs-case-permits-statement-by-missing-witness.html|title=Judge in Combs Case Permits Statement by Missing Witness|first=Katherine E.|last=Finkelstein|date=March 6, 2001|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/11/nyregion/combs-caused-club-shooting-prosecutor-says-in-court.html|title=Combs Caused Club Shooting, Prosecutor Says in Court|first=David|last=Rohde|date=February 11, 2000|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213092538/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/11/nyregion/combs-caused-club-shooting-prosecutor-says-in-court.html|url-status=live}} Witnesses said that a felon named Matthew "Scar" Allen started an argument with Combs.{{Cite web |last=Rohde |first=David |date=January 14, 2000 |title=Puffy Combs Is Indicted In Club Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/14/nyregion/puffy-combs-is-indicted-in-club-case.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213053555/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/14/nyregion/puffy-combs-is-indicted-in-club-case.html |url-status=live }} Witnesses later testified that Allen also threatened to kill Shyne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/nyregion/jury-clears-combs-and-bodyguard-split-verdict-for-3rd-defendant.html|title=Jury Clears Combs and Bodyguard; Split Verdict for 3rd Defendant|first=Katherine E.|last=Finkelstein|date=March 16, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213092456/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/nyregion/jury-clears-combs-and-bodyguard-split-verdict-for-3rd-defendant.html|url-status=live}}

Prosecutors charged that after Allen's accomplice threw money at Combs,{{Cite web |last=Pressler |first=Jessica |date=2012-03-30 |title=The History of New York Scandals - P. Diddy Shooting Case -- New York Magazine - Nymag |url=https://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/p-diddy-2012-4/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=New York Magazine |language=en}} the two men and Shyne all drew guns. Soon after, three gunshots were fired in the packed nightclub.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/30/nyregion/as-puffy-combs-s-trial-opens-fame-is-cast-in-starring-role.html|title=As Puffy Combs's Trial Opens, Fame Is Cast in Starring Role|first=Katherine E.|last=Finkelstein|date=January 30, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213053552/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/30/nyregion/as-puffy-combs-s-trial-opens-fame-is-cast-in-starring-role.html|url-status=live}} The shooting resulted in three bystanders being injured. Shyne was accused by prosecutors as was Combs of drawing a gun in the confrontation. Shyne said he acted in self-defense.{{Cite news|url=https://jweekly.com/2010/11/19/out-of-prison-into-orthodoxy-rapper-shyne-singing-a-new-tune-in-israel/|title=Out of prison, into Orthodoxy: Rapper Shyne singing a new tune in Israel|work=Jweekly|date=November 19, 2010|access-date=December 16, 2022|archive-date=December 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216004218/https://jweekly.com/2010/11/19/out-of-prison-into-orthodoxy-rapper-shyne-singing-a-new-tune-in-israel/|url-status=live}} One injured witness, Natania Reuben, said she saw both Combs and Shyne shoot guns; Reuben was shot in the nose.{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Dana |date=2024-03-30 |title=Natania Reuben, victim of NYC club shooting, insists Sean 'Diddy' Combs shot her in the face, willing to have bullet fragments tested |url=https://nypost.com/2024/03/30/us-news/natania-reuben-victim-of-nyc-club-shooting-insists-sean-diddy-combs-shot-her-in-the-face-willing-to-have-bullet-fragments-tested/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |language=en-US}} Shyne was accused of firing three shots that wounded three people. He maintained that he had fired into the air, and did not believe that it was bullets from his gun that injured the bystanders.

Combs was represented by Benjamin Brafman and Johnnie Cochran,{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Behind Diddy's Legal Team |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/behind-diddys-legal-team-222458479.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}} while Shyne's defense attorney was Murray Richman.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=Shyne's Lawyers Worked with Sean Combs to Throw Trial, New Doc Claims |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/shyne-lawyers-worked-sean-combs-181450447.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}

At his trial, an eyewitness and a ballistics expert testified that the three injuries may have been caused not by Shyne, but by a second gunman. The ballistics expert said that at least one injury may have been caused by a .40 caliber weapon, while Shyne had a 9 millimeter gun. 40-caliber shells were found on the floor.

Shyne was convicted at trial by a jury on two counts of assault and of reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of an illegal weapon, after a seven-week trial alongside Combs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/17/nyregion/hip-hop-star-cleared-of-charges-in-shooting-at-a-manhattan-club.html|title=Hip-Hop Star Cleared of Charges In Shooting at a Manhattan Club|first=Katherine E.|last=Finkelstein|date=March 17, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=January 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102184910/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/17/nyregion/hip-hop-star-cleared-of-charges-in-shooting-at-a-manhattan-club.html|url-status=live}} He was acquitted of charges of attempted murder, on a third count of intentional assault in the first degree of a third victim, and one other count. He was sentenced on June 1, 2001, to ten years in prison, without eligibility for parole until 2009. He served nearly nine years in New York state prisons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/01/nyregion/puffys-protg-sentenced-to-10-years-in-club-shooting.html|title=Puffy's Protégé Sentenced to 10 Years in Club Shooting|first=Katherine E.|last=Finkelstein|date=June 1, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213092456/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/01/nyregion/puffys-protg-sentenced-to-10-years-in-club-shooting.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/us/from-behind-bars-a-rapper-aims-at-the-top-of-the-chart.html|title=From Behind Bars, a Rapper Aims at the Top of the Chart|first=Jeff|last=Leeds|date=August 8, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902135618/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/us/from-behind-bars-a-rapper-aims-at-the-top-of-the-chart.html|url-status=live}} Combs and his bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, in contrast, were acquitted on all counts.{{Cite web |date=2001-02-17 |title=Puff Daddy Acquitted |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=108138&page=1 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=ABC News |language=en}} Combs had been arrested and charged with illegally having two 9-millimeter guns and with bribery but was acquitted of the charges at the trial. Combs' bodyguard, who had been charged with illegal possession of a gun and bribery, was also acquitted at the trial.{{cite news |author=David Brinn |date=November 12, 2010 |title=Taking a Shyne to Judaism |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1625071/shyne-released-deported-to-belize/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218145257/http://www.mtv.com/news/1625071/shyne-released-deported-to-belize/ |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |quote=A 19-year-old Belize-born, New York street rapper with an Ethiopian Jewish grandmother releases his smash debut album in 2000, soon after he's charged with attempted murder in a night club shooting involving his friends Sean (P. Diddy) Combs and Jennifer Lopez.}}

Conrad Tillard, then known as the "hip hop minister" Conrad Muhammad, said: "Shyne's mother and grandmother placed this young man in the care and custody of Sean "Puffy" Combs, who they believed was a responsible executive of a company. Puffy has the same responsibility as a teacher, as a coach. This boy, Shyne, was out with his idol on that fateful night. When I put my child in your hands, I don't expect him to end up dead or in jail."{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/03/20/puffy-betrayed-me/|title='Puffy Betrayed Me'|first=Peter|last=Noel|date=March 20, 2001|website=The Village Voice|access-date=December 14, 2022|archive-date=December 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214230441/https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/03/20/puffy-betrayed-me/|url-status=live}}

In the 2024 documentary, the Honorable Shyne, he believed that Richman partnered with Brafman to "throw the trial". Combs' former bodyguard, Gene Deal, also alleged that a bird was sacrificed to death by him to ahead of the trial.{{Cite news |date=2024-11-20 |title=Animal sacrifice: Did Diddy turn to supernatural forces to help him win a case 25 years ago? His ex-bodyguard makes startling claims |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/animal-sacrifice-did-diddy-turn-to-supernatural-forces-to-help-him-win-a-case-25-years-ago-his-ex-bodyguard-makes-startling-claims/articleshow/115463249.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-19 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs performed bird sacrifice before trial verdict, bodyguard claims |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/diddy-bird-sacrifice-shyne-shooting-verdict-bodyguard-b2649479.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Shyne began serving his sentence at the maximum security prison Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/shyne/8019|title=Shyne gets ten years in jail|date=June 1, 2001|access-date=August 15, 2009|work=NME News|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106045051/http://www.nme.com/news/shyne/8019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444188/20010601/shyne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020705150149/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444188/20010601/shyne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 5, 2002|title=Shyne Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison|date=June 1, 2001|access-date=August 15, 2009|author=Brian Hiatt|publisher=MTV.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-75706915.html|title=Puffy's Protege Sentenced To 10 Years In Club Shooting|date=June 18, 2001|access-date=August 15, 2009|work=Jet Magazine}} His legal team requested for an appeal for a suspended sentence, which ultimately failed.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,622019,00.html|title='Puffy' Visited 'Shyne'|date=June 15, 2001|access-date=August 18, 2009|magazine=People Magazine|archive-date=June 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602020027/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,622019,00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486417/20040416/shyne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040518014928/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486417/20040416/shyne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2004|title=Shyne Signs Deal With Def Jam From Behind Bars|year=2004|access-date=August 15, 2009|publisher=MTV.com}} During his time, Shyne attempted to "spit" on Combs after the latter tried to offer him $50,000 in cash to "take the fall" for the 1999 incident.{{Cite web |title=Shyne Says He Tried To Spit In Diddy's Face & Considered Suing Him |url=https://power1051.iheart.com/content/2024-11-19-shyne-says-he-tried-to-spit-in-diddys-face-considered-suing-him/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=New York's Power 105.1 FM |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-20 |title=Shyne Says Diddy Only Gave Him $50,000 After He Got Out of Prison: 'You Can't Be Serious' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/shyne-says-diddy-only-gave-005133867.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}

Barrow has said that from the age of 13, he began to identify as an Israelite, after learning that his great-grandmother was a descendant of the Beta Israel, ancient Ethiopian Jews. As a teenager, he began to study Judaism and the Old Testament on his own, and to pray daily.Dina Kraft (November 10, 2010). [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/arts/music/11shyne.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Rapper Finds Order in Orthodox Judaism in Israel"], The New York Times; accessed July 22, 2016 In March 2006, he changed his name legally, to Moses Michael Levi Barrow. He had already been studying Judaism at the time of his arrest. In prison, with rabbis he became a practicing Jew, keeping kosher, and celebrating the Jewish Sabbath and Jewish holidays. He formally converted to Orthodox Judaism in Jerusalem, Israel, in 2010. Furthermore, as he had started to observe the Jewish Sabbath, he was completely unavailable for any publicity contacts on Friday nights and Saturdays.

Also in 2006, Shyne went to court to challenge New York's application of the "Son of Sam" law, which had resulted in his assets being frozen and limited his ability to make record deals and generate income.{{cite web|url=http://www.blastro.com/news/shyne-changes-name-fights-asset-freeze.html/|title=Shyne Changes Name, Fights Asset Freeze|date=March 7, 2006|access-date=August 15, 2009|publisher=Blastro|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918152801/http://www.blastro.com/news/shyne-changes-name-fights-asset-freeze.html/|url-status=dead}} He and his lawyers argued that by the court allowing Shyne to make deals with record producers, it would enable him to pay a higher potential settlement to victims of the shooting, who were separately pursuing civil lawsuits against him.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1525436/20060306/shyne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070215090546/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1525436/20060306/shyne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2007|title=Shyne Becomes Moses, Challenges New York's 'Son Of Sam' Law|date=March 7, 2006|access-date=August 15, 2009|author=Gil Kaufman|publisher=VH1.com}}

Despite his convictions, his incarceration drew many sympathizers, as well as the admiration of many in the hip hop community.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/s/shyne/news_feature_080504/index.jhtml |title=Shyne: Blessings With Curses |date=April 16, 2004 |access-date=August 15, 2009 |author1=Shaheem Reid |author2=John Norris |publisher=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720085434/http://www.mtv.com/bands/s/shyne/news_feature_080504/index.jhtml |archive-date=July 20, 2009}} His adherence to the code of silence, which he referred to several times on his eponymous debut album, earned him a hardcore reputation in the prison community and on the streets. Even while incarcerated, he was visited by representatives of record labels who wanted to make deals.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457038/20020814/shyne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020817141528/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457038/20020814/shyne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2002|title=Irv Gotti Eyes Shyne, Despite Jail And Bad Boy Contract|date=August 15, 2002|access-date=August 15, 2009|publisher=MTV.com}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/shyne/12291|title=Shyne is still a wanted man|date=August 15, 2002|access-date=October 16, 2009|magazine=NME Magazine}}

Describing his nine years of incarceration, Shyne said:

The entire process was devastating.... ten hours of incarceration is ten hours too much. So, for a human being to be animalized for ten years, there is no quick fix to that.... It's like being shot by an assailant, and you are running away for your life. You didn't even realize you got shot in your leg because you are running on adrenaline. It's not until you get to a place of safety that you realize you have a hole in your leg, and you collapse.... When I came out I didn't even realize how wounded and devastated I was because I numbed myself to the pain and destruction that I suffered.[http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=22138 "Shyne Speaks For the First Time Since Deportation,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228011519/http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=22138 |date=December 28, 2022 }} 7NewsBelize, April 2, 2012.

Shyne was transferred to Rikers Island where he was held for a parole hearing, and then to the Woodbourne Correctional Facility, where he spent the last months of his incarceration.{{cite web|url=http://www.yoraps.com/news1.php?subaction=showfull&id=1249390199&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&|title=Former Bad Boy Rapper Shyne Has Parole Hearing Today|author=Thomas Freeman|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 15, 2009|work=Yo! Raps Magazine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718143527/http://www.yoraps.com/news1.php?subaction=showfull&id=1249390199&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&|archive-date=July 18, 2011}} A Manhattan judge signed an order that would schedule Shyne for release on October 6, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://str8nyc.com/2009/02/19/shyne-to-be-released-from-the-pen-early/|title=Shyne to be released from the pen early?|date=February 2, 2009|access-date=August 15, 2009|publisher=Str8NYC|archive-date=March 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306190030/http://str8nyc.com/2009/02/19/shyne-to-be-released-from-the-pen-early/|url-status=live}} He had served more than 9 years of a 10-year sentence, on which no terms for post-release supervision had originally been placed. At the request of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, a mandatory probation period of at least two and half years was added to Shyne's sentence.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1617601/20090804/shyne.jhtml?rsspartner=rss|title=Shyne Granted October Release From Prison|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 15, 2009|publisher=VH1.com}}{{dead link|date=November 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Shyne and his attorney, Oscar Michelen, had hoped to avoid probation.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617601/20090804/shyne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807002555/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617601/20090804/shyne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 7, 2009|title=Shyne Granted October Release From Prison|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 15, 2009|publisher=MTV.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/Music/news/musicnews_shynereleased_8.4.09.htm|title=Shyne To Be Released This Year|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 15, 2009|publisher=BET.com|author=Anthony Springer Jr}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

On October 6, 2009, Shyne was released from New York state custody, but was immediately taken into federal custody.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/06/crimesider/entry5366873.shtml |title=Was Rapper Shyne Released from Prison? |access-date=October 6, 2009 |work=CBS News |date=October 6, 2009 |archive-date=October 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008044456/http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/06/crimesider/entry5366873.shtml |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rapweekly.com/rapweekly/?p=4849 |title=Rapper Shyne Released From Jail After 8 Years |date=October 6, 2009 |access-date=October 6, 2009 |work=RapWeekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010040604/http://www.rapweekly.com/rapweekly/?p=4849 |archive-date=October 10, 2009}} He was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a "detention facility in western New York state". One source indicated that the facility in question was the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur56696.cfm |title=Shyme denies recent convo with Diddy|date=October 13, 2009|access-date=October 13, 2009|work=EURweb|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016015507/http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur56696.cfm|archive-date=October 16, 2009}} According to his attorney, federal officials were reviewing the rapper's immigration status and making a determination on whether or not he would be deported to his native, Belize.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1623220/20091006/shyne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008171330/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1623220/20091006/shyne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2009|title=Shyne Remains In Custody Due To Immigration Status|date=October 6, 2009|access-date=October 6, 2009|publisher=MTV}} Shyne had a permanent resident "green card", and his mother was a U.S. citizen, but he (himself) had never become a naturalized citizen. There was speculation that Shyne might be released on bail in the U.S., while his case was being resolved.{{cite web|url=http://globalgrind.com/content/1049395/Xilla-Got-It-Shyne-Is-On-His-Way-Home/|title=Xilla Got It: Shyne Is On His Way Home|date=October 9, 2009|work= Global Grind}}

Shyne's uncle, Michael Finnegan, said that the family had prepared for the rapper's potential return to Belize.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.9947/title.shyne-s-uncle-speaks-on-his-nephews-pending-deportation |title=Shyne's Uncle Speaks On Pending Deportation |date=October 10, 2009 |access-date=October 12, 2009 |magazine=HipHopDX}} He revealed that Shyne and his representatives had been expecting to be intercepted by ICE officials upon his release, and had directed members of his legal team to prepare the necessary documents in an effort to address the situation.{{cite web |url=http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/shyne-update-high-ranking-uncle-speaks-on-deportation-battle-and-prepares-home-in-belize/ |title=Shyne Update: High-ranking uncle speaks on deportation battle, and prepares home in Belize |date=October 8, 2009 |access-date=October 16, 2009 |publisher=MissInfo.tv |archive-date=October 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012112217/http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/shyne-update-high-ranking-uncle-speaks-on-deportation-battle-and-prepares-home-in-belize/ |url-status=dead}} Dean Barrow, Belize's Prime Minister and Shyne's father, sent a petition to former New York state governor David Paterson, asking him to pardon his son.{{cite web|url=http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=15235|title=PM Dean Barrow Asks NY Governor to Pardon Shyne|date=October 9, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2009|work=7 News Belize|archive-date=October 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015172947/http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=15235|url-status=live}} In 2008, Paterson had pardoned rapper Slick Rick who, in a similar situation, also faced deportation.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588039/20080523/slick_rick.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081107001038/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588039/20080523/slick_rick.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2008|title=Slick Rick Pardoned By New York Governor Thanks To 'Exemplary' Record|date=May 23, 2008|access-date=October 12, 2009|publisher=MTV.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1623356/20091007/shyne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009004639/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1623356/20091007/shyne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2009|title=After Shyne's Release, What's Next?|date=October 7, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2009|publisher=MTV.com}} Barrow said he had been assured that the governor received his letter and that his request was under consideration, but that he did not expect to have any influence in swaying the decision.{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2009/10/12/NEWS0000009111.html|title=Belize PM wants pardon for rapper son 'Shyne'|date=October 12, 2009|access-date=October 13, 2009|publisher=Caribbean360.com|archive-date=October 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014170532/http://caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2009/10/12/NEWS0000009111.html|url-status=dead}}

His family enlisted the assistance of Charles Ogletree, an attorney and Harvard Law School professor, and part of Barack Obama's circle, in Shyne's attempt to forestall deportation and regain entry into the U.S.Jayson Rodriguez (October 29, 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20141218145257/http://www.mtv.com/news/1625071/shyne-released-deported-to-belize/ "Shyne Released, Deported To Belize"], MTV; accessed July 22, 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.belizean.com/2009/10/rapper-shynes-dad-asks-ny-gove.html |title=Rapper Shyne's Dad Asks N.Y. Governor For Pardon |date=October 10, 2008 |access-date=October 12, 2009 |work=Belizean |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091012041126/http://www.belizean.com/2009/10/rapper-shynes-dad-asks-ny-gove.html |archive-date=October 12, 2009}} In October 2009, Finnegan said that all legal matters regarding Shyne's case had been turned over to Ogletree.{{cite web|url=http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=15282|title=New Legal Strategy for Shyne|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 17, 2009|work=7 News Belize|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927150545/http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=15282|url-status=live}} After all unsuccessful attempts to combat deportation from the country after his prison release, Shyne was deported to Belize on October 28, 2009. Given that he was a convicted felon, the United States would not allow him back into the country. Some of the hip hop community rallied to celebrate his release, and the events were followed by mainstream media.{{cite web |date=October 6, 2009 |title=Mysteries of Shyne, Regina Lasko Pictures and Layne Staley Solved |url=http://www.popeater.com/2009/10/06/shyne-regina-lasko-pictures-layne-staley-jon-gosselin-nancy-grace/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009021338/http://www.popeater.com/2009/10/06/shyne-regina-lasko-pictures-layne-staley-jon-gosselin-nancy-grace |archive-date=October 9, 2009 |access-date=October 12, 2009 |work=PopEater}}{{cite web |author=Justin Stewart |date=October 6, 2009 |title=Rappers Rally for Shyne's Release Today |url=http://hiphopwired.com/11754/rappers-rally-for-shyne%E2%80%99s-release-today/# |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009062706/http://hiphopwired.com/11754/rappers-rally-for-shyne%E2%80%99s-release-today/ |archive-date=October 9, 2009 |access-date=October 6, 2009 |work=HipHopWired}}

In 2009, upon his return to Belize, he reconnected with his estranged father. In February 2010, the rapper was refused entry into the United Kingdom due to his conviction as a felon. He had begun his journey in Cancun, Mexico, but was deported upon arrival in the UK after immigration officials refused to allow him to enter the country.{{cite web |url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/02/05/22117574.aspx |title=Shyne Turned Away By UK Immigration Officials |website=AllHipHop |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=September 11, 2011 |archive-date=June 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620124605/http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/02/05/22117574.aspx |url-status=live }}

In 2010, Shyne moved to Jerusalem. In November 2010, he was living in Jerusalem, having become observant and legally changing his name to Moses Michael Levi. He spent his time learning the Torah, and spent up to 12 hours a day, studying it. He said that there was "nothing at odds between the hip-hop world and being a Torah-observant Jew", saying: "There's nothing in the Chumash that says I can't drive a Lamborghini."

In Jerusalem, he underwent a formal conversion to Orthodox Judaism. He also prayed wearing Jewish ritual tefillin in the mornings, studied Talmud with rigorous strictly Orthodox rabbis at the Or Sameach, Belz, and Mir yeshivas, and grew payot (sidecurls; worn by some men in the Orthodox Jewish community based on their interpretation of the requirements of Jewish law). He had studied seriously with rabbis while in prison, and adopted the Jewish laws to create boundaries and order in his life. He officially changed his name to Moses Levi to reflect his commitment to Judaism. He said: "My entire life screams that I have a Jewish neshama ["soul", in Hebrew]."

In December 2011, almost 12 years after the initial shooting, back in New York City, Matthew "Scar" Allen was shot and killed outside of Brooklyn's Footprints nightclub.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/the-30-biggest-criminal-trials-in-rap-history/shyne|title=The 30 Biggest Criminal Trials in Rap History; 3. The People of the State of New York v. Jamal Barrow (2001)|website=Complex|author1=David Drake |author2=Insanul Ahmed|date=October 19, 2012|access-date=September 19, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010005025/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/the-30-biggest-criminal-trials-in-rap-history/shyne|url-status=live}}

In April 2012, Shyne traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he was a featured speaker at a conference on inter-religious understanding. The conference – called Global Winds of Change: Religions' Role in Today's World;The Challenges in Democracies and Secular Societies – brought together members of the world's many faiths to discuss the role of religion in modern society. Oleksandr Feldman, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and the President of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, hosted the three-day event.{{cite web|url=http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/01/05/global-winds-of-change-religions-role-in-todays-world|title=Global Winds of Change: Religions' Role in Today's World|website=Algemeiner|author=Oleksandr Feldman|date=January 5, 2012|access-date=April 29, 2012|archive-date=March 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315083630/http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/01/05/global-winds-of-change-religions-role-in-todays-world/|url-status=live}}

In March 2024, Natania Reuben, one of the three victims who had been shot during the December 27, 1999 nightclub shooting, recanted her statements on who shot her in the face, saying it was actually Sean Combs who shot her and not Shyne.{{Cite web |last=Ushe |first=Naledi |title=Victim Natania Reuben insists Sean 'Diddy' Combs pulled trigger in 1999 NYC nightclub shooting |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/03/28/sean-combs-diddy-nyc-nightclub-shooting-victim-reaction-natania-reuben/73131979007/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=Woman Insists Diddy Shot Her In Face In 1999 Club Shooting |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/woman-insists-diddy-shot-her-in-face-in-1999-club-shooting_n_6605e670e4b0c13128cfec31 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} She also alleged that Combs coerced her financially to testify through the trial that got Shyne convicted and Combs acquitted. She claims that Combs used force against her to testify that Shyne was the one who used the gun that shot her and the others by way of bribery and retaliation.{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Tufayel |date=2024-09-20 |title=Nightclub Shooting Victim Natania Reuben Reacts to Diddy Arrest |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/nightclub-shooting-victim-who-claims-diddy-shot-her-reacts-to-his-arrest-one-of-the-best-days-ever/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Us Weekly |language=en-US}}

In 2013, Shyne returned to Belize for the second time.

He returned to the U.S. for a visit in August 2021. In March 2022, Shyne received a Doctorate of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from the University of Liberia for his life's work "as a Humanitarian, Musician, and Legislator."{{Cite web|url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/shyne-barrow-receives-honorary-doctorate-university-liberia|title=Shyne Barrow receives honorary doctorate from University of Liberia|website=Loop Caribbean News|date=March 24, 2022}}

In 2017, he married a businesswoman named Catherine, and a year later they had a daughter, Naomi.{{Cite web |last=Berry |first=Peter A. |date=January 10, 2018 |title=Shyne Welcomes a Baby Girl |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/shyne-welcomes-baby-girl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216032357/https://www.xxlmag.com/shyne-welcomes-baby-girl/ |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=XXL Mag}}

Since 2023, following allegations of sexual misconduct against former label boss Sean Combs, Shyne has renewed his criticism of him, calling him "a person who has destroyed [his] life".{{Cite web |last=Roeloffs |first=Mary Whitfill |title=Diddy Protégé Shyne Barrow Now Says He 'Destroyed My Life' And Set Him Up For Shooting Conviction |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/09/20/-protg-shyne-barrow-says-diddy-destroyed-my-life-what-to-know-about-their-contentious-past/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Saponara |first=Michael |date=2024-11-14 |title=Shyne Calls Diddy the 'Person That Destroyed My Life' After 1999 Club Shooting |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/shyne-diddy-person-destroyed-my-life-1235828783/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} In the documentary, the Honorable Shyne, which chronicled his life and incarceration, he confirmed to have been "the fall guy" and "Diddy's scapegoat",{{Cite web |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=2024-11-18 |title=Shyne tried to tell people about Sean 'Diddy' Combs for years. People are finally listening |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/entertainment/shyne-diddy-documentary/index.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=CNN |language=en}} while calling his actions "demonic" and "malicious", acknowledging that the industry and community "finally" believed him;{{Cite web |last=Fekadu |first=Mesfin |date=2024-10-22 |title=Shyne Says He Was "Set Up to Be the Fall Guy" for 1999 Club Shooting Involving Diddy in Doc Trailer |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/shyne-documentary-trailer-fall-guy-1999-club-shooting-diddy-1236041924/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Combs (through his legal team) vehemently denied all of Shyne's allegations.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Diddy Reportedly Calls Shyne's 'Fall Guy' Claims 'Unequivocally False' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/diddy-reportedly-calls-shynes-fall-025758729.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}} The documentary premiered on Hulu on November 18, 2024, and became the most viewed documentary on the streaming service within a day.{{Cite magazine |last=Muhammad |first=Latifah |date=2024-11-19 |title='The Honorable Shyne': How to Watch the Hulu Documentary Online |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/how-to-watch-the-honorable-shyne-hulu-documentary-free-1235832746/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |title=The Honorable Shyne Debuts at #1 - Channel 5 Belize |url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/the-honorable-shyne-debuts-at-1/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |language=en}}

{{Main|Shyne discography}}

;Studio albums

• Shyne (2000)
• Godfather Buried Alive (2004)

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• [https://twitter.com/originalshyne Twitter page]

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