like, base feelings, the underlying feeling is just of gratitude that he was in my life, even for a brief moment in time. that s all for this edition of dateline. i m natalie morales. thank you for watching. how do you explain why your case has become so important? this is the same thing that thousands of minorities are going through. they just don t have anybody to speak on their behalf. now they do? yeah, now they do. rap star, #symbol, meek mill inspired a movement. he s been wronged by the criminal justice system for a decade now.
evwin his first post-prison interview, he tells his powerful story. have you seen somebody with their brains blown out? i ve seen it multiple times. he has this energy about him. sentenced to prison for a probation violation. it s like mental torture. it s effecting him like my life. it affects all of us. i m still doing time for that case. he violated, he got a stuff sentence. what s wrong with that. we take you inside his emotional journey to freedom. we re there for every step. kevin hart, jay-z, owner of the patriots. i feel like god put me in the position to be the voice for the voiceless. this is way more bigger than me.
i looked that team of lawyers and said why are we here? but the judge said meek needed to be punished. she brought down the hammer and sentenced him to two to four years in prison. and-she said two to four years in state prison, i looked up at meek and he may not wanted to admit this, but his eyes turn red and i started basically tearing up and crying. i said i got you. like, i m not going to stop until we fix this together. coming up, meek mills back behind prison walls. what s your life like? i look back at the case that started it all. did the judge actually gave me can break? when dateline continues. when dateline continues. when dateline continues. maureen the merrier. food is her love language. and she really loves her grandson.