Rapper Shyne talks eight-year prison stint

Shyne has reportedly opened up about his eight-year prison stint.

The rapper was convicted in 2001 on charges of assault, reckless endangerment and gun possession after shooting two people at a New York club in 1999.

He has recently given a motivational speech to international inmates on his time spent locked up, according to SOHH.

The 31-year-old said: "I didn't blame nobody else for my mistakes. It wasn't my co-defendant's fault that I shot somebody in the club, I take responsibility, I did that s**t, it was a terrible mistake and I moved on. So that's what I challenge you guys to do. Don't blame the C.O. [Correctional Officer], don't blame the police - you have to take accountability for your actions and you have to decide what your future is gonna be.

"You can't be following what this one say and that one say, I spent ten years in the cooker - it's a lot of gangbangers in New York, I didn't bang because I'm universal. I'm a boss - I mess with everybody. I had the Italian mafia, John Gotti's boys, I sit down and break bread with them. I had the Irish n***as, the Spanish n***as, the point I'm trying to make to you is that you have to be a boss. And I started this when I was young."

Shyne called P Diddy a "liar" last month after the music mogul allegedly said he had a phone conversation with the 'Bad Boys' rapper.

Diddy was cleared of the same charges during the pair's trial.