Crime & Safety

Philly Rapper Meek Mill Gets Drug, Gun Pardon From Gov Tom Wolf

"I'm taking things really far from being a trench baby," the rapper Tweeted after Gov. Tom Wolf announced 369 pardons.

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Rapper Meek Mill rings the bell prior to Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series between the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 131-111.
Rapper Meek Mill rings the bell prior to Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series between the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 131-111. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola))

PHILADELPHIA — Outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently granted the most pardons in the commonwealth's history, and among those pardoned is a prominent Philadelphia rapper.

Wolf granted 369 pardons this week.

Philadelphia's most famous rapper Meek Mill was one of them.

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Born Robert Rameek Williams, the 35-year-old rapper's gun and drug charges from 2008 were pardoned, Action News reports.

A pardon constitutes total forgiveness by the state for a criminal conviction, regardless of whether the sentence included time in prison, and allows for expungement of the related criminal record, according to Wolf's office.

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In total, the Wolf administration has granted 2,540 pardons, the most pardons granted by a governor in the history of Pennsylvania.

The prior record was 1,122, granted by former Gov. Ed Rendell.

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