50 Cent has reacted to Fugees member Pras Michel admitting that he was an FBI informant while taking the stand in his federal conspiracy trial.
Pras, who is facing 22 years behind bars on charges of conspiracy and falsifying records, revealed earlier this month that he was indeed an unofficial FBI informant regarding China’s efforts to extradite Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
The bombshell confession came while Pras was discussing his relationship with Malaysian financier Jho Low, who is still on the run from authorities.
The G-Unit boss isn’t one to mince his words and blasted Pras on Instagram on Monday (April 24), while claiming he knew the New Jersey-bred artist was a “rat” all along.
“I knew this fool was a Rat,” 50 wrote in his scathing post. “I’m glad I never fvck with this guy.”
Prosecutors allege Pras was paid hundreds of millions of embezzled Malaysian dollars in exchange for running a foreign influence campaign against the U.S. government.
Although he denied he worked with China on the Wengui matter, Pras said he voluntarily met with FBI agents on multiple occasions to discuss him and three Americans being held hostage in China.
Elsewhere in his testimony, Pras told jurors he served as a “celebrity surrogate” for Low, and that Low paid him $20 million to help him get a photo with Barack Obama in 2012.
“They didn’t want the optics at that time,” the Fugees member said. “At that point, Jho Low was a party guy — Vegas, champagne, parties with Paris Hilton. The campaign just didn’t want that.”
Pras insisted he never made any political donations on Low’s behalf, however, saying he used his own money and always ran things by his lawyers and accountants to ensure everything he did was on the level.
The Fugees star also stands accused of trying to convince the Donald Trump administration to stop investigating Low and the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.
“The defendant needed money and was willing to do anything to get it, including being an agent of the Chinese government,” prosecutor Nicole Lockhart said. “The defendant wanted money and was willing to break any laws necessary to get paid.”
The Fugees turned out to be nothing but drama queens and criminals. A bunch of scoundrels lol . All they had to do was release a few more albums when they were hot & they’d be set for life..
pretty sure 2 of the 3 of them are already set for life.
Maybe now .. But they all have had problems with taxes and the IRS throughout the years. And we’re talking major problems, lol.
Well Trump
This guy working for the Chinaman.. what a piece of shit.
You can see that shit in his eyes from day one he look snakey
Like this is any worse than selling crack in your own neighborhood, which is what other rappers brag about and get paid for. Hiphop culture is backwards af.
Like your grandmother and grandfather selling slaves..gtfoh
Fugees was trash, never liked them and didn’t see their appeal
Music is subjective.
“Malaysian dollars”???? Michael Saponara, resign, now! Go work at McDonalds or something. If you’re too dumb to know Malaysia l’s currency is called ringgit or too lazy to do proper research, you’re not fit for this job. What a clown
Snitch
When the eyes of man is filled with greed loyalty has no place in their lives and their soul becomes dirt cheap Mac.Donalds happy meal because they made a deal with the devil