Shyne recently spoke to HipHopDX about reconciling with Diddy after being sentenced to ten years in prison for his part in a 1999 NYC club shooting with Diddy and Jennifer Lopez. Diddy was later cleared on all charges, while Shyne was sentenced to prison and deported to Belize.
Shyne explained that he’s now a member of the Belizean House of Representatives and just visited the US to work on boosting US-Belize ties.
Speaking of his reconciliation with Diddy, Shyne said:
“I think all families that I know on planet Earth have disputes and difficulties, and that’s part of a family. And I think you have to have perspective, and you have to have a vision and a focus as to where you’re going. I try not to focus on people and I try to focus on myself. Once I heal and once I get clarity as to my purpose and my mission, then taking the baggage of yesterday with me is not practical. You can’t move forward taking things from 23 years ago with you.”
He added, “I can’t plan and succeed in building my life for the next 23 years if I’m taking all the things that are holding me back, that are stagnating me, that are weighing me down. If I try to take those things with me, I won’t progress.”
Shyne went on to say that he had to work on himself to become a better person and get over his issues with Diddy and that he couldn’t serve his nation if he held grudges or sentiments from the past.
Shyne explained, “And I just think Diddy and I, we were always close. And that’s why it was so devastating and emotions were where they were. If it was just business, then you wouldn’t care and you’d just take it for what it was. So as I said, your family, you disagree, you might not speak for years, but you always love your family. So once you get to a place of forgiveness and a place of healing, then you can move on to where you need to go. Then you and your family can reconnect.”
Source: HipHopDX
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