Reps for the once promising rapper tell the media that he would now like to be called Moses Michael Leviy to reflect his conversion to Judaism.

“Shyne is home. He wants to say how happy he is to be home and to be a free man,” said the rapper’s uncle, Michael Finnegan, current Minister of Housing. “He would love to have a conversation with the media, but because he was legally advised by Professor Ogletree, he must not speak to the media because he doesn’t want to prejudice his situation with the US government or with the Belize government. So he asked me to ask you that he does not want to disrespect you the media, but please to understand what is going on.”

Shyne’s team is fighting to stay in the US where his mother and his grandmother live and where they raised him….but it seems like he’s going to have to continue the fight from Belize. Shyne will be released from Immigration custody but will then be deported to Belize soon. He has Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree advocating on his behalf in concert with his legal team. They’re still urging fans to reach out to Governor Patterson’s office to petition for Shyne’s pardon (click here for Paterson’s email and his address) but deportation is imminent.

Shyne is currently being held in a federal immigration detention center in Buffalo, NY following his release from New York’s Woodbourne Correctional Facility last Tuesday, where he served more than eight years for a 1999 club shooting. He is waiting to learn whether he will be deported to his native Belize over the conviction.

Dean Barrow reveals habeen pulling in as many favors as he can to help his son stay in America.
He’s even written a letter to New York Governor David Paterson requesting Shyne be officially pardoned for his conviction to avoid deportation – but admits he is still waiting to hear back from the politician.

“Obviously all sorts of things are happening in the States and it is clear a move is afoot to deport him and it is also clear that he is seeking to resist that, but I am not sure where the legal processes are at this juncture,” the Prime Minister said. “I have not had a response. I have spoken to people close to the Governor and I have been assured that the letter has been received and that it is under active consideration. But I can’t say that I am able to call in any favours such that would guarantee that he is able to remain in the States.”

Officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are expected to make a decision on Shyne’s case by the end of the week.

Diddy was acquitted. After nearly nine years, Shyne was released from prison earlier this week, but remains in custody at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility pending the possibility of deportation to his native Belize.

The rapper, a former Bad Boy recording artist mentored by Diddy, released his certified self-titled debut on the label during his sentence. A second album, “Godfather Buried Alive,” was released on Def Jam in 2004. Despite recent comments by the hip-hop mogul, Shyne has denied that his former mentor spoke with him recently to clear the air.

“My client wants to make it very clear that no such conversation between Mr. Combs and he ever occurred,” Oscar Michelen, Shyne’s attorney, said in a statement Friday. “I was very surprised to hear Mr. Combs’ claims about talking with my client since I speak to Shyne all the time and he never mentioned anything about it,” he said. “Knowing how he feels about Mr. Combs I know that it would have been very strange for Shyne to have spoken with him and not told anyone.”

Shyne further blasts Diddy’s declaration of a reconciliation, cited on New York radio station Hot 97 last week,.

“I want it known that this supposed conversation is a figment of Sean Combs’ imagination,” Shyne said. “He never spoke with me, he never visited me nor would I ever accept a phone call or visit from him. The only way I would do either of those things would be if he stepped up and did the right thing for the victims of the incident.”

Shyne was sentence to 10 years for attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment.

According to MTV.com, Shyne’s citizenship is currently being reviewed.

His release is now under review, as representatives for the rapper revealed that the Brooklyn MC is being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an unspecified facility in Western New York State. Officials are determining whether or not to deport the rapper, who was born in Belize, a rep explained. “Shyne is currently in federal custody while his future immigration status is determined,” the rep said in a message to MTV News.

Shyne is expected to be released from New York State’s Woodbourne Correctional Facility later this year for good behavior, the New York Post reports. Shyne, whose real name is Jamal Barrow, was sentenced to ten years for the 1999 shooting at Club New York.