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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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“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.”
