Remember Rapper Shyne? His dad is now the FIRST BLACK PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE!

Dean Oliver Barrow, the father of incarcerated rapper Shyne, has become the first Black Prime Minister of Belize. Belize is a small Central American country that voted for Barrow over incumbent Prime Minister Said Musa, who was dogged by allegations of embezzlement and financial negligence in recent years. The rapper was sentenced to 10 years after he was convicted of weapons and assault charges stemming from a shootout at a New York club where he was with Diddy and then-girlfriend Jennifer “J-Lo” Lopez.

Shyne is serving his time at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in New York. My source at the New York Times tells me Shyne could be released later this year.