Robert Kraft Visits Meek Mill in Prison
The music of Meek Mill was the unofficial soundtrack of the Philadelphia Eagles’s victory over the New England Patriots in this year’s Super Bowl, yet the losing team’s owner, Robert Kraft, showed up earlier this week at the Chester, Pennsylvania facility where Mill is currently incarcerated to visit the rapper and speak out about his condition and about the urgent need for criminal justice reform.
Born 30 years ago in South Philadelphia as Robert Williams, Mill’s life was a constant struggle. His father was killed when Mill was five years old, and his mother had to resort to shoplifting to feed Mill and his sister. One of his uncles was a DJ, and Mill grew interested in hip hop, staying up late filling notebooks with rhymes and honing his skills in local rap battles. He formed his first group in high school, burning CDs of his music and convincing friends to pass them around. He was getting a reputation as a promising artist when, 18 years old, he walked to the store one day and was stopped by the police. He was carrying an unlicensed firearm. He was sentenced to 11-to-23 months in prison, and ended up serving six.
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