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  • Rapper Nabs One of Bush's Prison Passes (caught with 31 pounds of cocaine)

    11/25/2008 10:39:24 AM PST · by weegee · 28 replies · 2,047+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | POSTED: 06:41 PM ET, 11/24/2008 | Derek Kravitz
    A Grammy Award-winning rapper and music producer originally sentenced to 14 years in prison for smuggling cocaine is one of 16 people receiving pardons or reduced sentences from President Bush. John Edward Forte of North Brunswick, N.J., a graduate of the elite Phillips Exeter Academy prep school who later became a producer for the rap group The Fugees and released two albums on his own, was caught in 2000 at Newark International Airport with two briefcases filled with $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine, according to court documents. Forte, 33, a first-time offender, was convicted of possessing the 31 pounds...