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Big Meech, Convicted Gang Leader & Former Label Executive, Released from Prison

Big Meech was released from prison and sent to a halfway house. Sexyy Red and LeBron James were among those to react on social media.

Demetrius “ Big Meech ” Flenory, the convicted drug trafficker and money-laundering kingpin who was involved in the early careers of rappers Jeezy and T.I. Flenory, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2008 after being convicted on several counts of criminal conspiracy and money laundering for his involvement in the Black Mafia Family crime ring, was released from a Florida prison on Oct. 15 but must serve the remainder of his sentence (which was reduced from 360 to 292 months over the course of his imprisonment) in a halfway house. In court documents, Flenory was described as “a leader of a vast, multi-state drug-trafficking operation with an extensive criminal history, including prior convictions for drug, weapons, and assault offenses.”

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