Per The Drudge Report who was quoting The Times Online:
John Edward Forte, a Grammy Award-winning rapper, is arguably the best known of those pardoned. He was arrested at Newark International Airport in 2000 after being found with a briefcase containing $1.4m of cocaine and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Forte, who has always protested his innocence, co-wrote and produced two songs on The Score, the Fugees’ Grammy-winning 1996 album and several singers, including Carly Simon, had joined a campaign for his pardon, claiming he was not given a fair-trial.
The singer, of North Brunswick, New Jersey, will be released after serving half of a 14 year sentence.
I was a HUGE fan of the album John released right before going into the clink, I, John. Hopefully he’ll get back to making music.
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