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Carter is consistent with the views of many jurists - including Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett - that prosecuting a nonviolent citizen for merely possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment to the U.S. Howard Srebnick, a lawyer who represented Lil Wayne in the criminal case last year, said in a statement on Wednesday: вЂњA pardon for Mr. CohenвЂ™s Desiree Perez, the chief executive of Jay-ZвЂ™s Roc Nation and Michael Harris, known as Harry-O, a founder of Death Row Records who has been in prison for 30 years. He joined three other figures from the hip-hop universe, including the Florida rapper Kodak Black, another client of Mr. Early Wednesday, Lil Wayne found himself among the 143 pardons and commutations announced by former President Trump during his final hours in office. At a sentencing originally scheduled for later this month, he faced up to 10 years in prison.

Less than a month later, Lil Wayne was charged with felony gun possession, and he soon pleaded guilty. The support from a largely apolitical artist was met with backlash from some fans. TrumpвЂ™s re-election campaign was working to improve his standing with Black voters, though he had often vilified Black people and frequently sought to divide the country along racial lines. The encounter culminated in a smiley, thumbs-up photo-op that the rapper then posted on Twitter - an endorsement that came as Mr.

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