It’s been 16 months since GS9 rapper Bobby Shmurda was put behind bars for drugs and weapons charges. His much publicized trial has been pushed back more than once, to a supposed May 11 date.
In a recent interview with VIBE, Shmurda discussed why he’s declined the offers to bail him out and how he’s not paying any attention to Martin Shkreli‘s offer, despite Shkreli throwing out the offer more than once.
“Well I know this [Shkreli] situation. He can’t even bail me out because of his situation. I ain’t even get to talk to him, but he can’t bail me out anyways because of his situation,” Shmurda said in the interview. “They’re going to say he got locked up for fraud. He’s not even legit enough to bail me out. But besides that, a lot of people came and tried to bail me out but they all trying to offer me shady deals like power of attorney, publishing deals…The only thing I’d give up is management.”
Shmurda also discussed his claim against the NYPD officers, who according to a motion filed by his attorney in January, conducted themselves in an unjust manner during some of his arrests.
“I told everybody the cops that locked me up — they’re dirty,” Shmurda continued. “I’ve known the cops since I was 11, 12 years old. They’ve been dirty for forever. They were trying to tax me for money. They tried to put guns on me. They tried to do a whole bunch of stuff.”
Although unpleasant, Shmurda revealed he’s spent most of his jail time reading as much as he can and that his situation has given him a new found passion for social activism.
“After being in jail this long, I talk to people. I started learning about people’s cases. I’m seeing people get locked up for murder they ain’t even do,” Shmurda explained. “Last time I was in court, I was with somebody who was taken away for eight years. They gave him time served because they gave him 25-life. They just took eight years away from somebody’s life for something he ain’t even do. They’re doing this to hundreds of people with no voice. I want to start being the people’s voice. They took this dude away from his family for eight years. I felt so sorry for him. He said he had two little girls outside, and they took him away from his family for eight years. I know how that feels, growing up without my father. That’s crazy.”
Check out the interview in its entirety here.
