BMF's Big Meech Could Be Coming Home Soon: Report

BYAron A.Updated on September 26, 20225.5K Views

A prisoner's hands inside a punishment cell wing at Angola prison. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South" and "The Farm" is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is named Angola after the former plantation that occupied this territory, which was named for the African country that was the origin of many enslaved Africans brought to Louisiana in slavery times. This is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States[with 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff, including corrections officers, janitors, maintenance, and wardens. It is located on an 18,000-acre (7,300 ha) property that was previously known as the Angola Plantations and bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Big Meech attempts to follow Southside T's steps in the release from prison.

The rap game has been calling for Big Meech and Southside T's freedom for years but the pandemic could lead to their release from prison. According to The Detroit News, Big Meech is pushing for his release from prison after Terry "Southside T" Fletcher was granted an early release in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Southside T was released from a federal prison in Kentucky on Tuesday to home confinement, citing the coronavirus pandemic as reasoning for an early release. Big Meech has also filed for an early release on the same grounds since, according federal prison data, coronavirus has killed 40 inmates and at least 2300 prisoners.

"During his time in prison, Flenory continues to promote himself, and, through others his legacy as a highly successful professional drug dealer," Assistant U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison wrote in a Friday court filing. "Nothing in that promotion remotely suggests that Flenory has changed."

Over the years, Big Meech and Southside T have received public support from the hip-hop community including artists like 50 Cent and LL Cool J. 50 Cent recently announced that he's producing a drama called Black Mafia Family based on the rise and fall of BMF. Though he called both Southside T and Big Meech legends, he put on the Fofty hat once he found out that Southside T was being released from prison.

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