US President Donald Trump granted several pardons on Wednesday, just hours before he left power, including rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black.
Rapper Lil Wayne, 38, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, pleaded guilty in December in federal court to illegal possession of firearms and faces up to 10 years in prison. to be pronounced next March. On October 29, Wayne posted a photo of him on Twitter after calling it a “big meeting” with the president.
Five-time Grammy-winning Lil Wayne, whose legal name is Dwayne Carter Jr., appeared in support of Trump in the pre-election campaign, saying he approved the Republican leader’s criminal justice reform program and plan economical for African Americans.
Carter, whose 2016 single “No Problem” won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance, pleaded guilty last month to illegal possession of a loaded, gold-plated pistol when his charter plane landed in Miami in December 2019. He confronts. to a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
While Kodak Black, 23, whose real name is Bill Kahan Kapri, is serving a sentence for the illegal purchase of weapons. He pleaded guilty in August 2019 and was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison. In November last year, in a tweet he later deleted, he promised to donate $ 1 million to charities if the president forgave him.
He pleaded guilty in August 2019 and three months later was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison. He sought a compassionate release and his switch was supported by religious leaders, other rappers and athletes.