US accuses Fugees rapper of illegal lobbying with Malaysian financier Jho Low
- thewilliamsmith
- Mar 31, 2023
- 1 min read

A US prosecutor has accused Grammy Award-winning rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel of The Fugees hip hop group of illegally taking tens of millions of dollars to lobby the US government on behalf of a Malaysian financier and the Chinese government.
The accusations were made at the start of a trial that prosecutor Nicole Lockhart said will link Michel to financier Jho Low, who is suspected of embezzling $US4.5 billion (almost $6.7 billion) from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, and a Chinese government influence campaign aimed at repatriating dissident Guo Wengui.
Michel's trial comes as Malaysia's top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal, ending Najib's judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict.
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