Maino recently showed off his acting skills playing a soft nerd in ItsTheReal‘s latest video “Beef Wit Us.” Now, the Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn rapper has another new gig on the stage as he will play the lead roll in Freedom, a Hip Hop musical about unjust incarceration.
The musical is said to address what the playwrights believe is the issue of false imprisonment. According to the press release, “Jurors go into trials thinking that if a defendant was seen committing a crime, and they confessed to doing the crime, they are guilty. However, statistics show that in 25% of the cases where the defendant was exonerated because of DNA, they had made incriminating statements, confessed, or plead guilty. Mistaken identifications account for a third of wrongful convictions. Statistics reveal innocent people get convicted every day.”
The play is based around the real life false arrest and conviction of David Ranta in 1991. Ranta was arrested and convicted of murdering rabbi Chaskel Werzberger. On March 21, 2013 after serving over 20 years in prison, Ranta was released from prison and became a free man.
Maino will be joined on stage by actress Felecia Gorham and lyricist/composer Chi-Ill.
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Ja Rule would make the perfect lead role..
Ja Rule Knows All About The Streets, He Would Do Good In This Role
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That’s a great look for Maino.
I celebrate real niggas who lived the gangster life and are now doing positive things. Dude done 10 years himself.
“25% of the cases where the defendant was exonerated because of DNA”
If somebody didn’t do something then don’t confess cause a jury doesn’t care about you. They just want to go home.
Doing positive things? lol He’s a rapper not a guidance counselor.
nigga please. this bum was locked up justly and, while there are innocent or framed dudes in the can, there are VAST #s of street assholes who never see justice except from other thugs.
picking Maino as the poster boy of anything how even retards can make unlistenable crap music is laughable.