The Fugee and the Feds

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March 2, 2023

The Fugees at Sony Records NYC in 1994. Left to right: Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Pras Michel. Source: Photo: David Corio

Read the story You might know Pras Michél as a founding member of the legendary 90s hip-hop group The Fugees. Today, he stands accused of 10 federal offenses ranging from conspiracy to acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. This is the story of how Michél got entangled in one of the century's great financial scandals (1MDB), mediated a high-stakes negotiation between global superpowers (the US and China) and was accused of major crimes because of it.  Read The Big Take.

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