Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a rapper and founding member of the 1990s hip-hop group Fugees, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Nov. 20 for conspiring to help a foreign national launder millions of dollars in illegitimate campaign contributions into the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
Michel, 53, was sentenced in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on Thursday, after being convicted in April 2023 on 10 counts related to an illegal lobbying and money laundering scheme that was part of a wider foreign influence conspiracy involving Malaysian financier Jho Low.
