Remy Ma Drops Breakup Anthem ‘Why I Get Married?’ With Keke Wyatt, Calls Out Ex Papoose, Sparks Black Love Debate

Remy Ma has raised the temperature of the public feud—and the real-life drama—with her estranged husband, Papoose, to a sharper point than ever before.

Last Friday, the Bronx-born rapper unveiled the video for her new single, “Why I Get Married?” featuring Keke Wyatt (a artist familiar with domestic turmoil herself). Featured on the surprise six-track EP, Alimony, released on Sept. 25, which directly confronts her personal life, particularly her divorce from fellow Brooklyn rapper Papoose, the visceral film directed by Dom Bruno follows the mother of two as she traverses the various phases of matrimony, starting with a shopping trip for a wedding gown with friends. The girl group toasts Moët champagne while the bride-to-be models a dress strikingly similar to the one she wore during her 2015 “fairy-tale” ceremony, which aired on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: New York after her 2014 release from prison.

“I kept it one hundred, but you ain’t respect it. I held it together, but you was on h-e s–t,” she belts in the smooth, R&B-flavored cadence, then appears to allude to Papoose’s prowess in the bedroom. “Ridin’ my wave, you never had motion,” she continues, then playfully sticks out her tongue at the camera, finishing with, “Mama told me there’s more fish in the ocean.”

The motif of fire recurs throughout the song and visuals as Remy repeats in the chorus, “Who did I marry? Burn this b–ch down like Lisa,” a nod to TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, who set fire to her then-boyfriend Andre Rison’s home after accusing him of cheating.

“Feelin’ like I’m Tyler Perry. Why’d I get married?” she echoes, nodding to the Tyler Perry franchise about married couples and friends who reunite every few years to reassess their relationships, posing the same pressing question Remy is contemplating.

“What did I even see in him? He’s so gross to me now,” she concedes in a monologue over the track, then hurls another barb at Papoose’s manhood. “I’m not attracted to anything about this man. I wouldn’t let him f–k me with Morris Chestnut’s d–k in his prime.”

The clip closes with the 46-year-old rapper donning an all-black wedding dress, its train blazing as she strides through a colossal mansion. In a dramatic finish, Remy exits the main doors in white lingerie as the estate burns behind her.

She pauses briefly to light up a cigarette, joint, or blunt—exactly which one remains ambiguous. Yet the moment clearly evokes Angela Bassett’s iconic Waiting to Exhale moment.

Exhaling at last, Remy Ma walks away from the inferno while Keke, who doesn’t appear in the video, continues singing the infectious chorus.

The release arrives amid a difficult stretch for both Remy and Keke. As MadameNoire has previously reported, the R&B songstress was arrested in Georgia on Sept. 20. However, the mother of eleven disputes reports that she faced charges of cruelty to children, threats of violence, and aggravated assault.

The following day, a post shared on her Instagram in a flyer format—tagged “AI content” by the platform—argues for accuracy in reporting the public record. It also clarifies that the “My First Love” singer will attend all upcoming performances as planned, and notes that she was arrested on a single simple assault charge only.

Meanwhile, Remy’s new track stands as the latest salvo in a relentless, public war of words via social media and diss tracks between herself and Papoose—two artists who once championed “Black Love” for the culture.

Earlier this month, the father of four issued the diss “Jezebel,” a harsh personal attack aimed at Remy, in which he claims to have supported her during her prison stint and accuses her of cheating on him “with a fake Papoose.”

“She said I won’t get out my house, I bought it with what I wrote. Like Omari Hardwick in Power, I’m the ghost,” he raps, alluding to allegedly ghostwriting Remy’s rhymes, a claim Remy has vehemently denied during their high-profile divorce proceedings.

Since the pair split in late 2024 and Papoose, 48, filed for divorce in May 2025, he has moved on with boxing champion Claressa Shields, 31, while Remy has been linked to battle rapper Eazy the Block Captain. With the divorce settlement still unsigned, fans are left to wonder what other truths Remy reveals on Alimony.

The EP has already claimed the top spot on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap albums chart, suggesting she’s unloading even more revelations on tracks like “Who Raised YOU?” featuring ROE, which is already creating a buzz online. On “Rem the Pen,” she salutes other female MCs, including Lil Kim, Cardi B, Monie Love, Rah Digga, and Missy Elliott.

Yet when addressing Nicki Minaj, with whom Remy famously clashed in the 2017 diss “Shether,” she spits, ” Me and Nicki will probably never speak again/ Even that b–ch told y’all I got a pen / You not blackballed b–chh you just not Rem / You can’t pop s–t and hang with my friends,” she raps.

Catch the video for “Why I Get Married?” below, and scroll further for some of the internet’s best reactions.

Here’s the public response on social media to Remy Ma’s “Why I Get Married?”

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