The hip-hop world is ablaze again, and this time, it’s not over bars or beef—it’s over broken hearts, leaked texts, and a rapper’s desperate grasp for relevance. Remy Ma, the Bronx battle queen who’s never shied from a fight, unleashed a blistering live rant targeting her ex-husband Papoose and his new flame, boxing champ Claressa Shields. With Papoose allegedly caught cheating just days after Shields publicly dreamed of starting a family with him, Remy’s warnings ring louder than ever: “He’s got no career, no job, no income—except what he’s claiming off you as your manager.” As divorce papers fly and side-chick rumors swirl, this messy entanglement exposes the raw underbelly of fame, loyalty, and love gone wrong.
It all reignited in early August 2025, when Remy, 45, hit Instagram Live with a no-holds-barred takedown that clocked in at over 20 minutes of unfiltered fury. Fresh off Papoose filing for divorce in February, Remy didn’t mince words about his quick pivot to Shields, the undefeated heavyweight from Flint, Michigan. “Girl, you just turned 30,” Remy advised, her voice a mix of tough love and schadenfreude. “You’re a world champion, accomplished, from the slums of Flint. No kids, whole life ahead. Why attach to this 47-year-old with nothing going on?” She painted Pap as a gambler whose career flops turned him bitter, living off Shields’ purse cuts as her self-appointed manager. The live, viewed by millions, wasn’t just shade—it was a public service announcement from a woman who’d been there.
The backstory? Remy and Papoose’s 16-year marriage crumbled spectacularly. Married in 2008 while Remy served a six-year bid for shooting a friend, Papoose was her rock—or so the narrative went. He visited daily, handled their daughter, and postponed tours to support her. But post-release in 2014, cracks showed. Remy admitted cheating “mercilessly,” citing Pap’s neglect during her sentence. “I fought baby mamas at mother-in-law houses on Thanksgiving,” she spilled, revealing his alleged side flings. Therapy followed, but trust eroded. By 2022, they hadn’t shared a bed since May, per Remy. Papoose counters: He bankrolled her life, wrote 90% of her hits (including a chart-topper, unnamed but implied as “Conceited”), and tolerated her affairs for their child’s sake. “You can’t keep your legs closed,” he blasted in a response video, sharing Christmas 2023 pics of Remy with Eazy the Block Captain—the same man he famously knocked out in 2023, sparking their final split.
Enter Claressa Shields, 30, the GWOAT (Greatest Woman of All Time) with two Olympic golds and a pro record of 15-0. Their romance leaked in December 2024 via Remy’s hacked-phone screenshots: flirty texts from Pap to Claressa while still married. “If I ain’t the only one, why tag me?” Claressa clapped back, but Remy doubled down: “You ugly,” Pap allegedly told her, per the rapper. The feud peaked in February 2025, with Pap posting Remy’s holiday cuddles with Eazy as proof of her hypocrisy. “Narcissist,” he captioned, claiming she begged him to lie about the knockout to save face.
Shields, undeterred, went public in June 2025 on Tamron Hall, confirming the affair: Eyes locked since 2020, but Remy “didn’t cheat yet.” She praised Pap’s faithfulness, gushing about kids next year. “I’ve put too much on hold for boxing,” Shields said, envisioning park runs with little ones. “I don’t drink, don’t smoke—I’ll bounce back.” Pap showered her with love posts, declaring, “New York glow” amid Remy’s drama. But karma, as fans quip, “hits like a Shields uppercut.” By August 2025, just 24 hours post-interview, Pap was allegedly spotted with a younger side chick—echoing how Shields snagged him from Remy.
Remy’s latest live, on August 1, 2025, was her mic-drop. “If that was my friend, I’d say run,” she urged Claressa. Pap’s “failures” bred resentment, she claimed, turning him parasitic. “He begged for a son but ignores his own ’cause he doesn’t like his preferences.” Remy exposed Pap’s homelessness post-split, crashing at her house while texting Claressa. “You lose ’em how you get ’em,” she crowed, hinting Shields’ home-wrecking boomeranged.
Papoose fired back swiftly, his calmest rage yet. In a video, he dismantled Remy’s narrative: Toured at peak fame, bailed her out, paid storage, visited daily—exhausting his funds. “Everybody in my ear: Get back to work.” He tolerated her “foolishness and adultery for years,” even therapy where she violated agreements. “I wrote one of your biggest hits—never wanted a penny.” Receipts? Pap shared gift pics, jewelry hauls, proving her materialism. “You walk with thousands I bought,” he sneered. On ghostwriting: “Type a keyword from her verses—it pops in my phone with dates.” He erased Instagram? “Hiding from something,” Remy sniped, but Pap flipped it: “Never trust a celeb who erases theirs.”
The fallout? Claressa’s silence speaks volumes. Fans clown her: “Remy warned you, sis.” One X user: “You got him while he was married—now someone’s doing you dirty.” Another: “Remy’s petty, but spot-on. Pap’s a leech.” Remy, ever the phoenix, teases new music amid the mess. Pap, back to bars, drops “Shower Claressa with love” tracks. Shields? Training camps, perhaps dodging baby plans.
This triangle’s toxicity mirrors hip-hop’s hall of fame feuds—scarce resources, egos, and “black love” facades crumbling under scrutiny. Remy’s unapologetic: “I knew she wasn’t lying” about Pap’s cheating during her bid. Pap’s plea: “Divorce like adults.” Claressa’s dream: Family with a fighter who’s now fighting rumors.
As August heat fades, the beef simmers. Remy rebuilds, Pap rebrands, Claressa contemplates. In a genre built on real talk, this one’s rawest: Love’s a battlefield, and no one’s walking away unscathed. Who’s the villain? Fans debate endlessly—petty ex, serial cheater, or naive champ? One thing’s clear: In hip-hop’s jungle, warnings ignored bite hardest.
