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In the early 1980s, when hip-hop was cementing itself in the Black community, so was a devastating new drug and a police force that didn't know what to do with either.
The rapper Meek Mill is among hundreds of people who have been granted pardons by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf before he leaves office.
“No one should have to spend the holidays in jail simply because they can’t afford bail, and no child should be without their parents during this time," he said.
"There’s a better way to show your admiration for my husband," she wrote in a post on Instagram.
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Let the man rest in peace a "little longer," tweets Washington Post sports reporter Michael Lee.
A representative for JPMorgan declined to comment on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's appearance, where they were reportedly speakers.
DJ Khaled, Roddy Ricch, YG and Kirk Franklin joined the stage to honor the late rapper at this year’s award ceremony.
An appeals court threw out the rapper's 2007 conviction last month, saying new evidence undermined the credibility of the officer who testified against him.
Prosecutors may choose to drop the case against the rapper altogether.
The Philly rapper called The Cosmopolitan "racist as hell" after his encounter with security staff of the establishment on May 25.