The story of Meek Mill’s incarceration is continuing to make news outside the realms of Hip Hop.
On Thursday (April 12), a segment on Meek aired on NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt. As part of the feature, both the rapper and the Philadelphia District Attorney were interviewed.
While speaking with Holt, Meek revealed that he always suspected that a decade’s worth of probation would eventually land him back behind bars.
“It was always a thought in the back of my head that 10 years probation would bring me back to prison,” he said.
Recent developments in the case have given Meek’s team hope for a potential early release, including the information that Meek’s arresting officer was flagged on a list of allegedly corrupt cops.
“We now have information that was not available to the judge at the beginning … indicating that there are questions about the integrity of the conviction. And those questions are substantial,” District Attorney Larry Krasner said.
Krasner added that he’s aware that “African Americans are ending up with worse sentences over and over than white people.”
Later in the interview, Meek made it clear that he’s not here for pity and instead wants to open up the world’s eyes to the plight of other young black men.
“I think God delivered me a job to helping people,” Meek said. “Helping minorities that come from these situations like myself. I say don’t show me no pity because this is my life. This is what I’ve been going through. And I think God put me in this position to be able to do a show with Lester Holt and open up eyes for other young black men.”
Meek Mill will appear back in court on Monday (April 16) for a hearing.
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Lock this loser up already and throw away the key
We must all remember these great words of the noble freedom fighter Meek “Mandela” Mill….said nobody.
harden the fuck up and do your time like the man you claim you are. anyone else that violated probation as much as him would have been locked up years ago. not to mention all the ish he never got charged for like the numerous assaults and jumpings perpetrated by his goons. this guy and his supporters are retarded! i mean the guy tried to pass off water for a mandatory piss test and we’re supposed to feel sorry for him?
Well said. When trying to keep it real goes wrong. Mans violated probation on five diff ocassaions not to mention him being present while having his people put hands on Safari and Quinton Miller there is no sympathy he asked to get tossed back in
Amen. People don’t seem to realize that violating probation/parole is a pretty serious offense. How many chances has this guy had?! He says “don’t show no pity for me” but is in there crying like a bitch to be set free and blaming everyone but himself. You wanna “be about that street life” then suck it up when it catches up to you.
The problem is he was never supposed to be on probation
How so? According to his raps he was really out there selling drugs to his community runnin around with illegal guns bring in violence towards his own people. He should probably be doing life
The issue is not the probation is the number of years of the probation. A 20 year Meek is not the same as a 30 year Meek.
Lee day he deserved the 10 years probation, did he deceive to get a jail sentence of this nature.
His violated his probation not with Guns or Drugs or fighting but having fun with his friends and the youth.
The funny thing is that there’s other black men with more years in probation than Meek previously and currently in the country, however Meek dilemma is vital to change history on judgement on black men.
Let’s forget if he deserves it or not, all we need to scrutinize is that how they gave the judgement, is it the begging for of trend or customary situation which has always percistated.
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Yesssssss! The best comment ive seen on here in years!!!!!! They dont get how certain fights win in small doses. He needs to win to make impact
Y’all internet nerds kill me
u fucking failed probation 4 times stfu.. open up eyes to what? how fucking dumb you are? u had chance after chance and this fucker talking about how the system holding him down. man fuck you. most people dont get to violate probation 4 times.
Y’all sound retarded- child molesters don’t get 10 years probation…I bet majority of y’all are some white boys in the suburbs posting this shit. Free meek Free innocent black men and fuck the rest…..
he wasnt given 10 years probation initially… if said child molesters violated their probation year after year they too would have their conditions extended like Meek.. he should have just did the year or two instead of taking probation if hes not capable to following their rules
Bg doin 14 and other rappers get 1 or 2 yrs for guns aint nobody sayin free bg
Their situations are totally different. B.G is in prison because of his own action and deserves the time. Meek is in prison from an unfair 10 year probation, where popping a wheel can get you 4 yrs. Not the same.
So Meeks actions didn’t get him locked up? Violating his probation every year for damn near a decade after being given numerous chances wasn’t Meeks own doing? Y’all are retarded if you think he is locked over just a wheelie.
Free the young king!!! The streets need that DC music asap… #G.o.a.t #freelilfish
Yeah ‘Open Our Eyes’ to HOW WACK YOU ARE and What a CRY BABY YOU ARE! STFU and DO YOUR TIME! You Have Committed SOOO MANY CRIMES and had 2nd-3rd-4th Chances and STILL CONTINUE To Do DUMB SH*T! You Are NO HERE or ‘Example’, just a THIRD STRING cRapper that NO ONE With a Brain is Missin’, except that Fat Fraud OFFICER RICKY, the FAKE RickRoss, whose been pimpin’ your scrawny NO TALENT azz! #FckWeakMeekness