Tag: Real Rap

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.

Sabrina Peterson Ordered to Pay Legal Fees in TI & Tiny Sexual Abuse Case

Rolling Stone is reporting that TI & Tiny Harris have scored a significant legal victory against their former friend Sabrina Peterson.

According to reporter Nancy Dillard, a judge has ordered Sabrina to pay a whopping $96,703 to cover the Harris’ legal bills and 5 of 7 charges against the power couple filed in a lawsuit by Peterson have been dropped. TI and Tiny we’re seeking an amount of $116,902. Peterson does not believe there should be any compensation granted.

Sabrina took to her Instagram to refute the news stating she hasn’t had her day in court yet.

So far the Harris family have resolved one legal case but still face two others.

They have since responded to her defamation suit stating that they told the truth in response to her allegations but did not harm her reputation as alleged. Peterson is accusing them of physical and sexual abuse and holding a gun to her head.