‘Unjust and heavy-handed’: Jay-Z slams Meek Mill prison sentence for probation violation

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A judge sentenced rapper Meek Mill to two to four years in prison for a probation violation Monday, drawing outcry from fellow entertainers and the hip-hop world.
“The sentence handed down by the Judge — against the recommendation of the Assistant District Attorney and Probation Officer — is unjust and heavy handed,” Jay-Z wrote Monday on Facebook. “We will always stand by and support Meek Mill, both as he attempts to right this wrongful sentence and then in returning to his musical career.”
Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation manages Mill, has been a vocal supporter of criminal justice reform. He produced the docu-series “Time: The Kalief Browder Story” and collaborated with the New York Times for a video op-ed about the war on drugs.
Mill’s probation violations stem from a 2008 drug and gun conviction, for which he served eight months. The Philadelphia rapper, born Robert Williams, has since been in and out of Common Pleas Court Judge Genece E. Brinkley’s court for violating probation rules.
He was arrested twice in 2017, including for a March fight in a St. Louis airport(the charges were later dropped in exchange for community service). The rapper was also charged with reckless driving after video of him doing dirt-bike stunts on Manhattan streets was posted online.

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