Pras has continued to insist that he’s not an FBI informant — and he recently said that he doesn’t want to be compared to noted snitch 6ix9ine.
TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Fugee on Sunday (May 7), where he repeated his earlier claims initially echoed in court, but to no avail.
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“I can’t really talk about the verdict — I got a lot more work to get done,” he told the outlet in Los Angeles. “Look, I was never in the past, present, or future an FBI or a CIA informant. Never ever. If people want to check it out, look at the testimonies — they could see that all within the records, and all the DC courts.”
He continued: “This is not a Tekashi 6ix9ine situation, respectfully. Because he admitted he was an informant, basically. So I was never. I never said I was. I am not now and never will be an FBI or a CIA informant.”
Pras has repeated these claims of innocence from the day he was convicted.
AllHipHop reported that they spoke to a representative of the ex-Fugee on April 27, and the representatives insist that the Internet and the long arm of the law both got it wrong.
“Pras was never an FBI informant. It’s not accurate and, quite frankly, it’s dangerous,” his publicist, Erica Dumas, said to the outlet. “If he was an informant, he would not be on trial. The government does not prosecute and threaten its informants with more than two decades of jail time.”
Though artists like 50 Cent have claimed that Pras was a snitch, there has been one artist that has steadfastly stood by the embattled rapper: Chuck D of Public Enemy.
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Taking to Twitter on Thursday (April 27), the “Fight the Power” MC blasted what he called a “prop-agenda machine” that was biased against the rapper seemingly from the start.
“Pras was a valedictorian in HighSchool or in the final runnings,” he wrote. “They NEVER mention THAT. Instead USA propAgenda machine ALWAYS promotes this backwoods Jed ass Clampett tale of Hood gangstaS, which NEVER been a threat ANYWHERE other than Blackfolk. Wrong is wrong but this SMELLS.”
