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#FreeMeekMill: The Rapper Is Out of Jail but Still Trapped in a Corrupt Criminal-Justice System
Free Meek Mill. Although Robert Rihmeek Williams is “free” to go to championship basketball games, kick it with friends and stunt on Instagram, he is still not free of the case that put him in the position he’s in in the first place. Larry Krasner, Philly’s new district attorney, is a criminal-justice-reform advocate. On Tuesday his…
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Meek Mill Cancels Appearance at White House Prison-Reform Summit
Update: May 18, 2018 11:41 AM EST. Meek Mill’s publicist has confirmed that the rapper made the decision on his own not to attend the summit, not because of Jay-Z. Earlier: Meek Mill is heavily into prison reform since being released from jail, and he was scheduled to make a visit to the White House…
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Meek Mill Discusses His Opioid Addiction, Says Jay-Z Quietly Paid His Legal Fees
Two weeks after he was released from a Pennsylvania prison, Meek Mill joined Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club for a wide-ranging interview that included discussion of his addiction to opioids, his friendship with Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin and much more. Mill discussed his addiction to Percocet, which he says he was reintroduced to by…
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Meek Mill on Prison Reform: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Martin Luther King; I’m Still Meek Mill’
This week I received an email from our deputy managing editor, Yesha Callahan, asking who wanted to attend a live Tidal interview between Meek Mill and Angie Martinez in New York City. When I saw the email, I basically fought my keyboard so I could be the first to respond and secure my spot. As…
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Meek Mill Discusses His High-Profile Battle With Justice System: ‘This Happens to Minorities on a Daily Basis’
In an interview with CBS This Morning, rapper Meek Mill acknowledged that without the high-profile support and endorsements he received, he’d likely still be in prison. Back in November 2017, Judge Genece Brinkley ordered Meek to serve up to four years in prison for violating his probation on a 2008 conviction on drug and weapons…
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Lester Holt Says Meek Mill Is a ‘Mature, Thoughtful Young Man’
Veteran newsman and NBC’s Nightly News anchor Lester Holt has seen a lot in over 30 years of journalism. He moderated the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and then-candidate Donald Trump, and his MSNBC colleague Lawrence O’Donnell called Holt’s May 2017 interview of Trump as president “possibly the most important televised presidential interview ever…
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Meek Mill Documentary Heading to Amazon
A new documentary chronicling Meek Mill’s battle for exoneration and post-prison life is now heading to Amazon.com and will be produced by Roc Nation. The rapper, who was released from prison last week after serving five months for a probation violation, thanked Amazon for giving him the opportunity to speak about the injustice system. “I’m…
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Meek Mill Celebrates Release From Prison With 76ers Playoff Game
So far it seems that Meek Mill is enjoying his newfound freedom. Just two hours after being officially released from prison as he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions, the rapper attended Game 5 of the 76ers playoff series against the Miami Heat with his son. The rapper, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams,…
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Meek Mill Is Free!
Meek Mill has won his battle to be freed from prison on bail. Fox 29 Philly tweeted Tuesday afternoon that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the lower court must immediately issue an order releasing the rapper, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, on an unsecured bail with conditions for that bail being…
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Watch: Philly District Attorney Wants to Grant Meek Mill a New Trial but Judge Keeps Him in Jail
This week, news broke that the district attorney of Philadelphia wants to grant Meek Mill, née Robert Rihmeek Williams, a new trial, but Judge Genece E. Brinkley put his status on ice until the next hearing in June. One of Mill’s attorneys, Joe Tacopina, spoke out on The Breakfast Club to discuss the unfair treatment…