The raunchy rap diva who allegedly shot a female pal in the stomach Saturday was accused four years ago of pointing a loaded gun at a Bronx man’s head and firing off a shot that missed, authorities said yesterday.
Details of the 2003 gunplay – in addition to arrests in 1996 and 1998 – involving hip-hopper Remy Ma emerged as she was arraigned in Manhattan.
She’s been charged with attempted murder, assault and weapons possession in the shooting of Makeda Barnes-Joseph in the Meatpacking District over the weekend. Ma, 27, posted $250,000 bail last night and was sprung from Rikers Island at around 11 p.m. The surly diva snapped at photographers, “Get the camera out of my f- – -ing face.”
Meanwhile, guests at her Cliffside Park, N.J., house were enjoying a barbecue and pool party while waiting for her to come home.
Sources said that on Feb. 2, 2003, Ma, whose real name is Remy Smith, put a gun to the head of Alvin Lewis, 36, in the Randall Avenue building where she lived at the time, then pulled the trigger – but somehow missed the helpless victim.
A spokesman for the Bronx district attorney said Ma pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in exchange for a conditional discharge in the case.
The victim in Ma’s most recent alleged gunplay remained in stable condition at St. Vincent’s Hospital yesterday after receiving two blood transfusions, her parents said.
“She’s just talking and saying, ‘Why did she shoot me?’ ” mom Christine Barnes told The Post.
Barnes-Joseph had been a frequent baby sitter of Ma’s young son, dad Boris Barnes said.
“She [Barnes-Joseph] really felt sorry for Remy’s son, because Remy messed up her whole life,” the elder Barnes said. “She [Ma] shot my daughter for nothing. She’s going to do the time.”
Ma’s rep, who identified himself only as “Big Joe,” president of New Era Management, said his client was being exploited.
“Everyone would love to put a celebrity in a situation and spin it,” he said. “Remy Ma is being put in one of those situations for financial gain . . . 99 percent of the time, artists are the victim.”
Ma has other New York arrests on her record. On Dec. 14, 1996, she was busted for allegedly bashing the face of a 15-year-old girl while they both lived in a Bronx homeless shelter. Leonora Torres said yesterday she made the mistake of befriending an enemy of Ma’s at the Help Bronx shelter in late 1996. Ma attacked Torres with an umbrella, she claimed.
“She didn’t even hit me hard, but my whole eye went black and blue,” Torres said. “I was coming down the steps and she just jabbed me. It was a cheap move.”
Torres, now a cook at Yonkers Raceway, didn’t know that Ma had since become a well-known rap artist.
“She always liked to rap, but I didn’t think of her until now,” Torres said. “It was so long ago. I’ve moved on with my life.”
On May 23, 1998, Ma allegedly hurled a statue through a man’s front window and made death threats. She was arrested last month in Queens for allegedly driving with a suspended license and with illegally tinted windows.
Additional reporting by Tim Perone, Christina Carrega and William C. Lopez