Pras Addresses Future With Fugees Amid Potential 22-Yr Jail Sentence
Pras Michel is shedding mild on his future with Fugees and his plans to attraction a possible 22-year sentence following his conviction in a federal corruption scandal.
Throughout a latest interview, the Fugees founding member recalled his associates and associates abandoning him amid his authorized troubles. Whereas he doesn’t explicitly point out Wyclef Jean or Ms. Lauryn Hill, it’s clear his feedback are directed at his former Fugees groupmates.
“I’m performed with that. They’re going to Europe [to tour]. I can’t go, so,” he informed Selection, referencing his bail situations. “It’s what it’s. You possibly can’t give those that form of vitality. So you might be annoyed, you might be disenchanted, however I actually imagine in my path and in my journey, and I imagine what’s mine, nobody’s going to have the ability to take it away from me.”
Pras mentioned the expertise proved it’s higher to maintain a decent circle of trusted confidants.
“So it’s higher that you’ve got a small group of people that actually imagine in you and imagine in what you’re doing than to have 100 individuals round you, and the minute one thing occurs — increase. Folks simply disappear.”
Pras Sues Lauryn Hill Over Canceled Fugees Tour
The Selection interview, printed earlier this week, occurred simply weeks earlier than Pras sued Hill for alleged fraud and breach of contract following their canceled reunion tour.
Pras claimed Hill “exploited” him and “took full benefit of [his] vulnerability” when arranging the tour.
“Michel was pressured to just accept onerous phrases he would have usually rejected within the years earlier than his felony conviction (as he did in 2021), together with ceding management of the Fugees tour to Hill and MLH [Touring], and agreeing to license the ‘Fugees’ trademark to MLH for dwell exhibits for years to return with or with out Michel,” his attorneys contended.
Pras additionally addressed the billion-dollar fraud scheme tied to the 1MDB scandal, an enormous worldwide fraud and embezzlement scheme.
“I don’t know if subconsciously it was a bit thrilling for me…I like spy films, however I by no means needed to be a spy. I don’t assume that’s attractive. However part of it felt like that,” he defined. “Technically, I’m a international agent.”
Pras is dealing with a possible 22 years behind bars at his upcoming sentencing listening to in January.
“I’m going to combat, and I’m going to attraction,” he added. “However there’s a risk that I’m getting in whereas I’m preventing…It’s simply the fact.”
