NEW YORK - Remy Ma's wedding plans may be up in the air but a judge has made definite plans for the Grammy-nominated rapper - eight years in prison for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.

The state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.

The defendant, who faced a maximum of 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence. She says the shooting last summer was an accident and an appeal is planned.

After the sentencing, a man identified by court officers as Remy Ma's fiance, fellow rapper Papoose, began screaming in a hallway outside the courtroom. "All you want is money!" he said, apparently referring to the victim.

"Lock me up! Lock me up!" he then shouted to court officers, who instead escorted him to an elevator and out of the courthouse.

The victim, Makeda Barnes Joseph, was in the courtroom for the sentencing. She did not appear to be in the hallway when the outburst occurred.

Correction officials say they called off the couple's weekend wedding at the Rikers Island jail after Papoose showed up with a handcuff key.

Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, denies that the key could be used to unlock handcuffs. Papoose was not charged.

Fisher says the two still plan to wed - perhaps after the bride-to-be's transfer to an upstate prison.

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