A t least two undocumented immigrants recently detained by U.S. immigration agents have killed themselves before their deportations were complete, underscoring the latest worrisome aspect of the growing humanitarian crisis caused by America’s immigration policies. And while the popular narrative has been that only Latinos have been punished for trying to enter the U.S. illegally, an increasing number of Black and brown migrants have also been on the receiving end of the country’s harsh immigration policies. In the most recent instance of this troubling trend, an Eritrean man seeking asylum in the U.S. out of “fear of returning to his country” had his request denied before he killed himself in transit back to his native country, the Associated Press reported . Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion hanged himself in a detention area at Cairo International Airport while waiting for a connecting flight to, Eritrea which has been fighting a civil war with neighboring country Ethiopia for nearly two decades. The deadly violence at the border and children being snatched from their families is an all-out humanitarian crisis. Here's what it means for Black immigrants. https://t.co/WVnEilZK6E #Immigrants #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/jUUtwJilTi — NewsOne (@newsone) May 26, 2018 America’s latest immigration policy that separates migrant families at the border by isolating their children has also had a deadly effect, according to reports. A Honduran national who was told his family would be separated once they were detained at the border for illegally trying to cross into the U.S. killed himself last month, NBC News reported this weekend. Marco Antonio Muñoz hanged himself in a jail cell in Texas on May 13 while awaiting his deportation, law enforcement officials said. He managed to kill himself despite surveillance cameras being trained on the cell he was being held in. Only Trump's @realDonaldTrump blind supporters believe his denial of making racist remarks about Black immigrants. https://t.co/UyJpTf85QT pic.twitter.com/YvzuC9PZym — NewsOne (@newsone) December 24, 2017 With the reports of dozens of Somalians detained in a Florida jail , advocates for Black immigrants cited an “inhumane” immigration legacy for America and decried the divide-and-conquer tactic being employed at the border by the federal government. “It is tempting to label this policy ‘un-American,’ but the truth is, family separation is a devastating tradition in the U.S. From the nearly 250 years of slavery in U.S. to the harsh conditions in Japanese internment camps of the 1940s, U.S. policy has torn families apart, causing deep intergenerational trauma and betraying any sense of humanity,” Opal Tometi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, said in a statement released late last month. “While we expect nothing more from a man who insulted Black and Brown countries in the Caribbean and Africa, we should expect that our society would rise above this continued hateful rhetoric and dangerous immigration policy and call for our leaders to defy our the darkest days of our history and present by enacting laws that provide a just and humane approach to immigration.” Of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, just about 600,000 of them were Black, according to the most recent statistics by the Migration Policy Institute . That was a close second to the nearly 800,000 undocumented Latino immigrants in the U.S. SEE ALSO: Trump Ending DACA Affects Black Undocumented Immigrants, Too What The Diversity Visa That Brought NYC Terrorist To U.S. Means For Black Immigrants How One Black Undocumented Immigrant Copes With Changed DACA Status [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3785430″ overlay=”true”]
Tyrese Petitions For Full Custody Of His Daughter Remember when Tyrese “just wanted his baby” during court proceedings, yet skipped out on multiple scheduled visits with her to jetset overseas with his new wife? Well, the dust settled on that situation, Tyrese got his formal visitation schedule back on track . But the actor has decided that’s simply not enough for him. According to TMZ , Tyrese now claims that his ex wife Norma is marginalizing his time with their 10 year old daughter Shayla and wants to take custody of her full time — moving her away from her mother and across the country from LA to ATL. Tyrese says his 23,000 square foot home in an “affluent and safe” neighborhood will be a better environment for Shayla . He says she’ll be away from the paparazzi, enrolled in a top-notch private school, and already has established friendships with other kids in the neighborhood. Ty’s decision was allegedly prompted by his perception that he’s being cut out of his daughter’s life, despite having 50/50 custody. He says on two occasions in the past year his daughter was sick, and Norma only called him for insurance information, not to update him on her status or diagnosis. We’re not sure that that warrants taking the child AWAY from her mother altogether, but we suppose that’s for a judge to decide. Do YOU think Tyrese should take full custody of his little girl? WENN
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@EvilJeanyis @DragonflyJonez this guy pic.twitter.com/blJcR3Ghxf — D G H (@TheDop3) December 6, 2013 “Like Che Guevara with bling on, I’m complex.” Jay Z, “P.S.A” If I ever got the chance to ask JAY-Z for a jewel of wisdom (not on one of those $50,000 lunch dates Twitter likes to debate) I would ask about his definition of winning. Would you guys rather have lunch with Jay Z or take $50K?!? pic.twitter.com/cqknGBFpBJ — School Daze Podcast (@theschooldaze) January 30, 2018 In a magazine interview from a little after the beef with Nas was buried, Hov said something to the effect of: “It’s better to love to win than to hate to lose,” (this was right before all content was SEO-ready, and I can’t remember what magazine published it, so let’s pretend for a second that the person on the other side of your screen can be trusted). JAY’s reasoning was that those driven by the negative feeling of losing would stoop to any level to avoid its pain; But on the other hand, he believed those driven by the positive feeling of legitimate success would rise to unimaginable heights to achieve a fair victory; One they could feel proud of. The logic is clear: If you have to cheat to win, are you really the best? Only the person who loves to win would even care to ask. I found it funny that, around the same time, Nas said, “ It’s cool to love to win, but it’s better to hate to lose/There’s only one Nas, ‘bout a hundred thousand yous ,” on Rich Boy ’s “Ghetto Rich (Remix).” But I have no proof that he read JAY’s interview and felt the need to contradict it out of spite and pettiness, so you can do what you want with that info and draw your own conclusions. It’s still up for debate if JAY or Nas won their proverbial war of words. And most opinions will have more to do with random elements of time and space than anything objective or factual. But still, with much larger battles on the horizon, do Hov and God’s Son’s polar philosophies reveal any realistic paths to hedging America’s crooked odds? Sorry To Bother You Director Boots Riley recently expressed reasonable doubts about that possibility to The New York Times. Riley challenges the natural desire to celebrate Black success at all costs, asking if the individual’s success is a trigger or barrier to true revolution: “JAY-Z is saying: “You can do this, I’m trying to give you game,” Riley said, “And it ends up explaining poverty as a system of bad choices .” He argues that the illusion of happiness JAY gets from this excessive success keeps everyone else playing the lottery in hopes of becoming the next him. Boots Riley on Jay-Z. https://t.co/IhDyrWuMB8 pic.twitter.com/lbqNA0n6f7 — willy (@willystaley) May 25, 2018 The same polarity that makes Nas and JAY essentials of their era exists in the political and philosophical differences between Barack Obama and Donald Trump ‘s administrations. But if we’re looking for culture warriors capable of defeating The Donald while the O’s collect Netflix checks, don’t JAY-Z and Beyoncé have as good a track record as anyone of out-witting corporate America without compromising their identities? ”I’m the ghetto’s answer to Trump, I’m cancer to the Hamptons. $40 million a wop, ransacking mansions,” a younger Hov bragged on his third volume, Life And Times of S. Carter . With recent power moves like the investment and development of Tidal, the production of social justice-themed documentaries and the signing of Van Jones to Roc Nation’s newly-created “social activism” division, JAY and Bey appear to be planting the seeds to harness the world’s most powerful current force: media. And their track records and tracks show that they won’t fumble the bag like Trump did in the 90’s. After publicly offing his ego on 4:44 and showing up to see it buried at the Grammys, JAY-Z’s shots at 45 on “Top Off” foreshadow the final act of that corporate takeover he always talks about. The Carters clearly have the tools to coup the current administration and secure a rare win for the lost tribe. But do our Bonnie’s & Clyde’s, Martin’s & Malcolm’s and Hov’s & Bey’s have to die martyrs to avoid becoming Killmongers in the process? JAY, Future and Bey’s “Top Off” is more than just your annual DJ Khaled radio bait; when you lean in and listen close, what initially seems like a codeine-cutter anthem for foreign cars and clubs transforms into a declaration of war: The only casualty? America’s Commander in Cheeto. “All our shit real, too,” chuckles JAY before the beat drops, and him and the only FLOTUS we acknowledge post-Michelle commence to bodying. And they slay, faithfully, like the cold-blooded serial bar killers they’ve always been; Vaguely motivated by a higher cause than the industry-standard advance or royalty check. Tucked between Future and Khaled’s high and low vibranium bursts, Hov and Bey spend a cool 1:55 in their collective pocket, checking down their every intent to Bonnie and Clyde the house White Supremacy built and put agent orange out with the trash; all with enough time to provide juice boxes, emotional nourishment and psychological protection for their babies. This picture belongs on the cover of Parenting magazine. Bey brought the snacks and Jay is eating some too with Blue lol pic.twitter.com/76826DxwyD — Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) January 29, 2018 The Carter’s bid for the washdedest throne isn’t based on emotional appeals or fake ads — but they can thank the U.S. Government for unknowingly co-signing the bricks that founded their billion-dollar partnership; effectively laundering JAY’s lifetime of guilt, pain and rage into a legitimate hustle that neither they or his peers could knock. Since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, coincidentally the year of Jay’s corporate debut, the government has allowed media monopolies to form across the country, creating behemoths like Time Warner, iHeartRadio and Disney. The passing of the Telecom Act invited America’s most ruthless entrepreneurs to try cornering the fast-emerging digital market as the dot-com-boom of the late 90’s promised infinite possibilities in the millennium ahead. So, it’s really no coincidence that the self-taught entrepreneurs who managed to survive New York’s Rockefeller drug laws and see the mid-90’s thrived in this ruthlessly exploitative media game. And, it’s also no surprise that someone of JAY’s rare pedigree, who could cash straight bets off of both street and lyrical credibility, became unstoppable in an era of MC Gusto’s and clueless executives. With the new millennium approaching, America was poised to commodify music videos, singles, and cultural merchandise that would crank out profits faster than any artistic or industrial period before it. As someone who’d once made a living stretching pure cocaine into crack, it wasn’t hard for JAY to figure out how to capitalize on the bull market. It just took a little longer for America to accept him as a capitalist hero than it’s taken some to realize Donald Trump won’t even be able to sell a cold glass of water in hell. ”We hustle out of a sense of hopelessness/Sort of a desperation/Through that desperation, we become addicted/Sort of like the fiends we accustomed to servin’/But we feel we have nothin’ to lose/So, we offer you, well, we offer our lives, right?/What do you bring to the table?” “Can I Live” After a turbulent decade spent flowing aimlessly between the streets and beats, JAY survived Reaganimocs to incorporate his life and times into a now 22-year-old opus — A declaration to individual independence that both endorsed and contradicted the American Dream. From “Can’t Knock The Hustle,” to “Can I Live,” to “Regrets,” Reasonable Doubt gave voice to a genius conscious deferred — one that many thought went up in smoke when Big and Pac were murdered. And, as JAY would whine on his first commercial smash, “Hard Knock Life,” his cleverly disguised conscious wasn’t fully appreciated until years later. But those who knew rap knew, the guy could flow for days. And his wordplay had a way of coming back to hit you days later, sometimes with multiple layers. And those who’d silently survived the 80’s with him, studying 120-degree lessons and faithfully betting on Black when all they saw was red, could tell he was moving for more than just the green. There was knowledge of self and society that made him move more calmly than Pac. His calculation made people nervous, but like a machine, he delivered results like clockwork. Eight straight summers, a feat similar to LeBron current postseason dominance. Computing flows for Dr. Dre, Foxy Brown and many more as a ghostwriter, his money talked volumes that made his high-pitched East Coast drawl ring as deep as B.I.G.’s baritone. Meanwhile, his surviving peers on the mic (Nas, Prodigy, DMX) weren’t prepared to thrive in a game that made them the product. But JAY’s delayed entry gave him a different perspective; And a partnership with two like-minded entrpreneurs from Harlem (Damon Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke) gave him a kind of leverage no artist or executive could box in. An angle Jigga is still playing to this day. Beyond the music, Reasonable Doubt made JAY’s life a piece of performance art that is still more compelling than most of the publicity stunts his peers can dream up. There’s no need for deliberate acrobatics or abstract symbolism. His daily existence is the stunt: In spite of 25-year-life projections and dilapidated housing, he’s the one in a million that rose to the top. When you view his status as the elusive tip of a corporate pyramid scheme, his illustrious recording career is as shameful as his former profession. Unless you see the honor in the fact that he’s is still going. Not because he loves fame or it’s trappings, but because he feels he can’t abandon the generation of gullible fish he led to America’s corporate shark tank. That’s why his refusal to (permanently) quit a game designed to kill him decades ago symbolizes more than any simile, metaphor or entendre can convey via airwaves. Like the Obamas, the Carters are the exception that proves rules can be overcome. But do the hopes and dreams that these heroes inspire ever trickle down to their loyal subjects and followers? Queen Bey’s infamous Black Panther-themed Super Bowl performance was a clear sign that the Carters had formulated a new creative/corporate balance where doing good could be profitable. Still, both will always be harshly criticized in the social justice space for profiting off of revolutionary ideas that always seem to lead back to their lucrative endeavors. From Jay’s collaborations with Dead Prez and Mos Def to Bey’s proudly declared preference for Jackson 5 nostrils, they’ve gotten just as many side-eyes as salutes for their insistence on keeping it real while getting rich. Everyone from thenawful 45th president to the great Harry Belafonte has questioned their sincerity as well as the ultimate impact of their pro-Black and anti-establishment media messaging — mainly because the couple’s own deep roots in corporate capitalism is what makes their resistance possible. But is it time everyone stops believing that activism and profitability have to be mutually exclusive? People were busy with #OccupyWallStreet protests, Jay Z was making $22 from selling every Occupy All Streets T-shirt pic.twitter.com/ZxwduCoQC3 — Mal. Abdul (@Abdul5762) January 31, 2017 I’ve long believed The Carters’ talent for entrepreneurship and retail activism should be studied as a blueprint for the next generation of artists and activists, both of whom must maximize impact with minimal resources. If the nightmare at DONDA’s House foundation is any indication, media alone does not have the power to save souls. Like a bible without a pastor, the codes and values that blessed JAY and cursed his generation are easily misread out of context. Was the ice he always bragged about a trinket of coonery, or a revolutionary investment? Would Che Guevara see the complex genius in wearing a war chest across your chest, instead of keeping it in traditional financial institutions? Society will always try to force artists to make a choice between being rich and being real. And JAY-Z and Beyoncé will always be hailed as pop culture deities because of their rare abilities to defy that unfair false-binary. Their unapologetic independence made each of them extremely successful in their individual realms before they joined forces; But together, they upgraded each other with each passing year, until now, as they sit cooly on schedule to be Hip Hop’s first billionaire couple. There’s no telling how they’ll use those B’s to change things (or keep them the same), but ever since the independent woman and shameless dope man made it official in 2003, they’ve exceeded expectations and understanding in every challenge they’ve taken on. I cant help the poor if im one of them. So i got rich and gave back. To me, thats the win-win. ~~Jay Z~~ — B. Nasty ΦBΣ (@B_Nasty1013) December 7, 2016 Both members of pop culture’s first billion-dollar couple have always been as unapologetically real as their mainstream ambitions would allow. A young JAY rapped cockily about rocking a du-rag to the MTV awards as a testament to his authenticity. And from “Bootylicious” to Lemonade , Bey has done everything short of releasing a luxury bonnet line to project a royal image of Black American femininity on the mainstream media stage. But many question how much their woke symbolism matters as people are being shot dead in the streets and a geriatric reality star works daily to push America back to the 1950s. “And I come with du-rags to your so-called awards… like fuck y’all all.” Jay Z, “Hova Song” Today in 1999 Jay-Z drops Vol 3 “She said Jiggaman you rich, take the doo-rag off” So Ghetto pic.twitter.com/nGOkek6Nd8 — Steven James (@TheLaunchMag) December 28, 2015 Looking to celebrities like The Carter-Knowles Clan as potential leaders in the resistance may be expecting too much — they don’t owe the world anything more than the dreams they sell — but they may be the few among us with the tools necessary to significantly impact the globe’s most pressing threat: A leader no human should feel proud about taking an alien race to meet. “My presence is charity,” said Jay Z, responding to criticism about his social responsibility. http://t.co/FabQQQUjKG — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 4, 2013 The idea of the starving artist or embattled revolutionary is romantic to most. Many see money as a corruptive force and project their insecurities on those who are skilled with it. That explains why Illuminati speculation and residual distrust from the indistry’s history of artistic exploitation have cast lingering doubt on the couple’s true ambitions and allegiances. Most understand that it takes assets to challenge social systems. But is it possible for anyone to maintain their revolutionary integrity while securing the essential resources of a revolution? “When in doubt, take that trip She ain't living for the moment homie, shake that bitch He that cool, he can't take you nowhere? Leave that fool Be that rude if he that cool Save for what? Ball til your days is up This place is fucked, all type of AIDS and such.” — jeedorahgkingiii (@jeedorahgking3) May 27, 2018 ^^^ 98-99 vs 17-18 > > > “I bought every V12 engine… wish could take it back to the beginning.” — jeedorahgkingiii (@jeedorahgking3) May 27, 2018 If the struggle for social justice is a literal war, the resistance won’t win without warriors capable of countering Donald Trump’s Adolf-Crow poli-tricks. We probably shouldn’t be looking to pop culture idols to save our world in the first place, but I’d still ask JAY how many billions him and Bey would need to win the revolution. Not that I have it to invest; I just know the smart money’s been on the Carters since the days I was stealing their music from Limewire. And the pirate in me has been holding out hope that they’re compulsively hoarding dead presidents because they’re planning their greatest heist to date; Bigger than topping the Forbes list off drug money and or hacking the Super Bowl with soul music. But then I have to remind myself that they could just as well be narcissists of the same ilk as President Trump, selling a dream to the resistance while privately sipping champagne with the top one percent of the One Percent. It’s possible that studying their legacies for anything more than marketing genius is fruitless. But who wants to believe that? @CoupCoup40Cal
Vh1 Young Bae Welcomes A Baby Congratulations are in order for Young Bae , Black Ink Crew’s Asian American tattoo artist. Bae had revealed she was pregnant during the show this past season and now she’s revealing she gave birth. Doesn’t her precious baby boy look just like her??? Here’s another angle from her boo’s page and he wrote the new mommy a SWEET message. Dear Young Bae, Being born as a Citizen of the United States I’ve taken for granted all of the opportunities that come along with citizenship. In the time we’ve shared together I’ve seen how hard you work at building your brand and business all while dealing with the pressures of reality stardom and all within 11 years of being in this country. Through all of that you still found time and energy to invest in us and our family. I respect and salute you babe. You are the smartest and most hardworking person I’ve ever met and it’s my honor that you are the mother of our child and my soon to be wife. This child is a gift from God and I promise to be your rock as we raise him to be just as strong as we are. I love you my Queen and will walk with you along this blessed path God has set for our family
Go ahead and say whatever you want about Tristan Thompson. The guy most certainly deserves it. But he also deserves credit for doing at least one thing right: he has created an extremely cute little girl with Khloe Kardashian. After doing so, Thompson cheated on Khloe all over the country, of course. But the long-time reality star has celebrated her daughter's one-month birthday by sharing the first legitimate and clear picture of baby True… … and she is such a cutie pie. Don't just take our word for it, however. Meet Khloe's baby girl below! 1. This is True No, literally. This is True Thompson. Her mom shared a video of her child, from which we took this screen shot, in mid-May of 2018 and wrote as a caption: “Happy One Month True.” 2. Haven’t We Seen True Before? Kind of. Sort of. Barely. Khloe did share this selfie, which included a close-up of her face and the tiniest glimpse of her daughter’s arm. 3. The Reactions It’s safe to say we aren’t the only ones who think True is a cutie patootie, huh? The positive responses to this reveal continue to pour in. 4. True This “Baby True is going to be a month old!” Khloe wrote on her app a little while ago, giving fans the following update: “So far, she’s so incredibly sweet and patient – really not fussy at all. I can tell she’s going to be super athletic and incredibly strong! She’s very calm, peaceful and loves to cuddle with her parents.” 5. The Announcement True was born on April 11, 2018. She weighed 6 pounds and 13 ounce and her parents were described as “proud,” despite the tension that existed between them at the time. 6. The Statement Despite questions over their status, Tristan and Khloe released a joint statement shortly after becoming parent. It read: “Our little girl, True Thompson, has completely stolen our hearts and we are overwhelmed with LOVE. Such a blessing to welcome this angel into the family! Mommy and Daddy loooooove you True!” View Slideshow
Source: TONY KARUMBA / Getty Fake superheroes are all the rage these days — but what about the real life warriors changing people’s lives on a daily basis. 4-year old Alabama kid, Austin Perine , discovered that his superpower was feeding the homeless. So once a week, Austin rocks a red cape and transforms into “President Austin,” delivering meals to the less fortunate. I better f*cking see this kid on Ellen because this is the best thing I’ve seen in a while wow, his parents are raising a young king pic.twitter.com/2a7oGDMbOy — Queen Mel (@BLVCKMATTERS) May 6, 2018 Since starting his mission earlier this year, the young hero has raised more than $26,000 and counting toward his mission. Austin isn’t even five years old yet and he already has big plans for the country: The young King adds a whole new meaning to the saying, “Listen to the kids, bro”. It usually takes young, brilliant minds like his to teach the world what love and kindness really is. Look out for superhero Austin Perine in the Avengers movie coming out in 2044. Ha!
T he removal of several Confederate statues across the country has forced many Americans into a reckoning with race. This national examination has led to the idea of statues honoring Black women, who are underrepresented. For many activists, monuments celebrating African-American women are long overdue. These stories of certain African Americans should be put on full display through public fixtures, pro-Black monument advocates have said. A” reclaiming my time” moment has swept the nation into more rallies for change. Here are recent developments that are bringing hope that there will be more statues of Black women: Coretta Scott-King Bust Unveiled In Boston The New England Conservatory debuted a tribute to Scott-King Tuesday (April 24) in time for the civil rights icon’s birthday on Friday (April 27). Artist MacLean Tiffany designed the “Continuation Of A Dream” bust as a way to honor the activist’s human rights and social justice work at the school, which is King’s alma mater, Boston Magazine reported. New England Conservatory unveiled a new bust of civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, who graduated from the school in 1954 https://t.co/IdethhhXJO pic.twitter.com/1Xubvw4Zg9 — Boston Magazine (@BostonMagazine) April 26, 2018 “What she stands for—the values and beliefs that she had—very much resonate with who we are as an institution and with our student body,” Tom Novak , the interim president of NEC, said. “All this aligned to bring this statute, this bust, to us, as a way of honoring that and keeping it in our consciousness.” Pittsburgh To Honor A Black Woman Pittsburgh took down a racist statue of Stephen Foster , a conversational songwriter known for minstrel tunes in the 1800s, on Thursday. It had been a fixture at a city park for 118 years. The statue featured a Black slave sitting at Foster’s feet with a banjo. “It’s the single most offensive display of public art in Pittsburgh, hands down,” Paradise Gray , a hip-hop activist, musician and writer, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in August. “It permanently depicts the Black man at the White man’s feet.” The city is looking to erect a Black women’s statue to replace Foster and is taking nominations. Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and many others would fit the bill. Memphis Takes Down Racist Confederate Monuments The city removed two racist statues under the cover of night after a heated debate last December. The removal of the statutes — one for Confederacy president Jefferson Davis and slave trader as well as KKK member Nathan Bedford Forrest — was the culmination of months of protest work that pushed elected officials into action. Last year, Memphis TN, the city where MLK was killed, removed a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a KKK leader and slaveowner. State lawmakers are now punishing the city by stripping away $250,000 in funding. #ConfederateMonuments This is America in 2018 https://t.co/Z99z0vvwlw — Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) April 19, 2018 Events in Memphis, Pittsburgh and Boston will likely lead to more proposals for empowering statues. SEE ALSO: Melanin Under Attack: Study Shows How Toxic Hair Products Are To Black Women Guilty On All Charges: Bill Cosby’s Prison Sentence Could End Up Being A Life Sentence [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3793345″ overlay=”true”]
Image via Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Meek Mill Is Free Meek Mill ‘s judge was a drawin’, but the devil is a lie and Genece Brinkley ain’t nothin’ but his minion. According to TMZ Meek is set to be released “in hours”, but sources within our iOne family confirm that Meek is already back on the streets! The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania overruled that 2-4 year prison sentence BS that janky azz Brinkley tried to kick late last year. Meek has already released a statement: “I’d like to thank God, my family, my friends, my attorneys, my team at Roc Nation including JAY-Z, Desiree Perez, my good friend Michael Rubin, my fans, The Pennsylvania Supreme Court and all my public advocates for their love, support and encouragement during this difficult time.” “While the past five months have been a nightmare, the prayers, visits, calls, letters and rallies have helped me stay positive.” “To the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office, I’m grateful for your commitment to justice – not only for my case, but for others that have been wrongfully jailed due to police misconduct. Although I’m blessed to have the resources to fight this unjust situation, I understand that many people of color across the country don’t have that luxury and I plan to use my platform to shine a light on those issues. In the meantime, I plan to work closely with my legal team to overturn this unwarranted conviction and look forward to reuniting with my family and resuming my music career.” The Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin went to pick up Meek personally Wonder if we’ll see him at the game tonight? Welcome home, bol! It goes without saying that there are a LOT of people happy for Meek. Flip the page to peep the reactions.
Image via Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Meek Mill Is Free Meek Mill ‘s judge was a drawin’, but the devil is a lie and Genece Brinkley ain’t nothin’ but his minion. According to TMZ Meek is set to be released “in hours”, but sources within our iOne family confirm that Meek is already back on the streets! The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania overruled that 2-4 year prison sentence BS that janky azz Brinkley tried to kick late last year. Meek has already released a statement: “I’d like to thank God, my family, my friends, my attorneys, my team at Roc Nation including JAY-Z, Desiree Perez, my good friend Michael Rubin, my fans, The Pennsylvania Supreme Court and all my public advocates for their love, support and encouragement during this difficult time.” “While the past five months have been a nightmare, the prayers, visits, calls, letters and rallies have helped me stay positive.” “To the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office, I’m grateful for your commitment to justice – not only for my case, but for others that have been wrongfully jailed due to police misconduct. Although I’m blessed to have the resources to fight this unjust situation, I understand that many people of color across the country don’t have that luxury and I plan to use my platform to shine a light on those issues. In the meantime, I plan to work closely with my legal team to overturn this unwarranted conviction and look forward to reuniting with my family and resuming my music career.” The Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin went to pick up Meek personally Wonder if we’ll see him at the game tonight? Welcome home, bol! It goes without saying that there are a LOT of people happy for Meek. Flip the page to peep the reactions.
