Remy Ma Asserts Civilians Can Be Snitches: “If You’re Telling On Someone, You’re Telling”
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Individuals not involved in criminal activities are often given a pass for “snitching,” but Remy Ma believes they can still be labeled rats thanks to the company they keep.
While promoting her upcoming Lifetime movie Girl In The Closet on The Breakfast Club, the Bronx rapper, 42, shared her take on why civilians can also be snitches, saying, “I don’t discriminate. There’s no, ‘Oh you’re a civilian.’ If you’re telling on someone, you’re telling. You’re cooperating. That’s just that.”
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She went on, “And I feel like a lot of times, people be like, ‘Well they’re a civilian.’ If you’re a civilian, stay hanging with civilians and be around civilians. Don’t be a civilian and hang out with people that are like that. Don’t do it…then you try to justify what you did because ‘y’all know I wasn’t really like that.’ This is what y’all do and y’all in that line of work, keep these people that are really not built like that away from you because when the pressure’s on, they gonna fold.
“And I blame both parties,” the MC added. “You shouldn’t have been hanging with them and you shouldn’t have had them around you.”
While the Chrome 23 founder was certain in her stance, she admitted that teaching kids the “no snitching” rule and other hood politics may have also been a misguided decision, long-term.
“You couldn’t show feelings. You couldn’t show emotions… That’s not how you really get through life. Once you see what the world really is like outside of the hood, outside of poverty, you don’t need to be like that. You can be vulnerable. You can express how you are.”
The topic of snitching within Hip-Hop resurged thanks to YSL’s current R.I.C.O. case in Atlanta, as several defendants have testisfied in exchange for their freedom or shorter sentences. Some have even directly incriminated Young Thug, who remains in custody.
