Rapper Remy Ma’s son, Jayson Scott, was arrested on Tuesday for the June 2021 murder of a man in Queens.
Scott, 23, has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting 47-year-old Darius Guillebeaux following a dispute on June 7, 2021, according to the New York Police Department. Richard Swygert, 22, was also charged in the same murder.
In addition to first-degree murder, Scott faces charges of second-degree murder, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and first-degree reckless endangerment. Swygert faces one murder charge.
Guillebeaux was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest just before 1 p.m. on June 7, 2021, according to the NYPD. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and pronounced dead.
Guillebeaux had been indicted by the New York attorney general eight months before the shooting as part of a large-scale drug operation known as “Operation Heat Wave.” This investigation led to the arrests of 54 people accused of trafficking heroin, fentanyl, and oxycodone for sale in upstate Jefferson County.
Remy Ma, whose real name is Reminisce Kioni Mackie and who is from the Bronx, was discovered by the legendary rapper Big Pun and later signed by Fat Joe. She performed as part of Fat Joe’s group, Terror Squad, and released the solo album “There’s Something About Remy” in 2006. She has been nominated for four Grammys, winning two BET Awards for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist in 2005 and 2017. She has also appeared in several television shows, including various iterations of the popular VH1 reality show “Love & Hip Hop.”
Remy Ma, 44, is married to fellow rapper Papoose, and they had a child in 2018. No stranger to legal trouble herself, Remy Ma was convicted of assault and illegal weapons possession in 2008 following a July 2007 shooting in a Manhattan deli. She served approximately six years in prison.
