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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.

WATCH: Foxy Brown Says She Was Supposed to Be In Junior Mafia Instead Of Lil Kim

Check out this throwback interview of Foxy Brown talking about her previous friendship with the “Queen Bee” Lil Kim.

At some point when both their careers were taking off the two fell out and the fight for the rap crown became extremely competitive. The two traded shots both literally and on wax.

Eventually the tension got so high that violence erupted between the two camps in the form of a gunfight outside New York’s Hot 97 headquarters. Kim ended up going to prison for perjury. She claimed to hear or see nothing – mafia style.

In the interview Foxy says that Biggie initially wanted her to be the female voice in Junior Mafia. According to her Jay Z wasn’t willing to let her go and wanted to keep her on the roster. She later ended up in the group The Firm alongside rap legends AZ & Nas.

Check out the interview. Skip to 16:30 mark where she discusses her old friendship with Kim.

Rapper Jeezy Speaks On His 8 Year Battle with Depression

Let me just say this, I’ve always loved myself some Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins, but I’m absolutely loving the man the rapstar is becoming.

Always the intellectual motivator, his latest memoir entitled: “Adversity For Sale — Ya Gotta Believe” has reached the New York Times Best Sellers list which is a major accomplishment for the trapper turned rapper turned mogul.

Mr Snowman recently stopped by the Tamron Hall show to discuss his evolution & coming to terms with his previous battle with depression. Jeezy says his upbringing & street lifestyle helped facilitate the depression because often times pain & trauma goes ignored. Years of unresolved traumatic experiences can definitely cause depression to set in and once it hits, it hits extremely hard.