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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia judge denied rapper Meek Mill’s petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions Monday despite support for the request by the district attorney’s office. Mill’s attorneys had asked for a new trial based on credibility issues with former Philadelphia police officer Reginald Graham, who was the […]

Judge Genece E. Brinkley, who is a Black woman, is making Meek Mill's life a living hell.

Judge Genece E. Brinkley is making the rapper's life a living hell.

As you may have heard, Will Smith is a big time movie star, former rap star and a social media phenomenon, racking up 15 million followers on Instagram in a matter of months. His posts have been worth it, though – from tours of Australia and Columbia to inside stories about his career and cameos […]

Meek’s mentors and advisors convinced the Philly MC to step away from prison reform meeting at White House.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rapper Meek Mill walked out of prison Tuesday after Pennsylvania’s highest court ordered him freed while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions. Following a five-month campaign by his supporters to get him out, the state Supreme Court directed a Philadelphia judge who had jailed him to immediately issue an order releasing […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The mother of jailed rapper Meek Mill is calling on Philadelphia’s district attorney to “step in” and help her son. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the plea by Kathy Williams came during a brief news conference Tuesday before the start of a criminal justice panel at the University of Pennsylvania. Williams strongly criticized […]