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WATCH: Sister of Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke Talks About Life in Infamous Family

The daughter of Jamaican Drug Lord Jim Brown and the half sister of Christopher “Dudus” Coke sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss her life growing up in the notorious Coke family.

In the interview, Camille known on the streets as tough talking “Sandy Brown” discusses how the gangster lifestyle eventually led her to turn to religion. Sandy said prior to the manhunt and arrest of her brothers, Christopher and Livity, she could feel something bad was about to happen but she never thought things would be as catastrophic as they turned out to be.

WATCH: Funeral Director Loses It All Due to Alcoholism

I came across this video from the show “Intervention” on my YouTube feed. It struck a cord with me because I personally watched my uncle drink himself to death’s door and it was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. It got so bad that I almost submitted his story to the show “Intervention”. The family felt all out of options. Eventually my uncle did pass away due to events not directly tied to alcoholism.

If you or someone you know suffers from alcohol please start seeking help because the longer the addiction goes the more dangerous it becomes.

For the cellphone people there is an app called Reframe that could help monitor drinking. You can find the app on Google Play or the App Store. Whatever works, addiction is a sickness. It’s a disease.

Brian, the man featured in this video has now been sober since 2016.

Rapper Meek Mill No Longer Has a Felony Record

Philly’s own, rapper Meek Mill is officially a free man.

Meek announced alongside an interview with the biggest boss Rick Ross that his felony convictions have officially been wiped clean from his record, thus allowing him the freedom to move about like us regular people.

Congrats to Meek Mill because during my time working on criminal and prison reform I know this is actually a huge deal.

A game changer.

The prison pipeline for black men has been catastrophic and ruined many lives even after redemption. The sad part is once the criminal background is marred with felonies, it limits the quality of life.

It’s like you almost belong to the government and most jobs and housing check perform criminal background checks. It can affect so many other important aspects of life including basic human rights such as voting. (I have always thought taking away a person’s rights to vote was ridiculous)

Having a felonious record is a very difficult conviction to overcome, but thankfully there are programs that can assist with record expungement.