Still mourning the loss of his Native Tongues brethren Phife Dawg, Busta Rhymes and his comrades Spliff Starr and DJ Scratch made an appearance at the Families Against Manatory Minimum’s 25th anniversary event last week to advocate for prison sentencing reforms. For the rapper, the issue hits close to home, as one of his closest friends, Horatio Hamilton, has already served 11 years of a 20 year prison bid on a marijuana charge.
Busta also met with White House representatives prior to the event to discuss issue the issue.
The punishment should fit the crime, but in America today, people are being sentenced to exorbitant sentences for nonviolent crimes, even minor drug offenses. Our policy shatters lives, devastates communities and robs families of their fathers and mothers, sons and daughters.