{"id":672294,"date":"2025-05-29T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kanye-west-praised-for-helping-commute-larry-hoovers-sentence\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:55:21","slug":"kanye-west-praised-for-helping-commute-larry-hoovers-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-west-praised-for-helping-commute-larry-hoovers-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Praised For Helping Commute Larry Hoover&#039;s Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Kanye West has been thanked for his role in helping convicted gang leader Larry Hoover have his sentence commuted by president Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/28\/larry-hoover-jr-thanks-kanye-west-for-fathers-commuted-sentence\/\"><em>TMZ<\/em><\/a>, Hoover\u2019s son, Larry Hoover Jr. praised the controversial r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er\u2019s role in bringing the situation to Trump\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cHe had a very big part because he started it all off. He put us on the platform. He took us to the White House on his platform when he didn\u2019t have to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoover Jr. added: \u201cWe know he don\u2019t have a problem with sticking his neck out there about what he believes in, and I\u2019m glad he believed in this.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WORDS CAN\u2019T EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR OUR DEVOTED ENDURING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR FREEING LARRY HOOVER<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ye (@kanyewest) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1927831736500601290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you Drake for for helping to bring Larry Hoover home <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7GAbLy5M28\">https:\/\/t.co\/7GAbLy5M28<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ye (@kanyewest) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1927835164161249676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWest himself commented after the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> was made public, writing on X: \u201cWORDS CAN\u2019T EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR OUR DEVOTED ENDURING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR FREEING LARRY HOOVER.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThank you Drake for for helping to bring Larry Hoover home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-player\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ad-background\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/assets\/img\/DX-City_Silhouette.png\" alt=\"HipHopDX | Rap &amp; Hip Hop News | Ad Placeholder\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-indicator-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-indicator\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"border\">\n<div class=\"ad-border-top\">\n<div class=\"left-border\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-loading-text\">\n<p>AD LOADING&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right-border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-border-bottom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"vc-player\" class=\"video-player-ad\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-indicator\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The elder Hoover had spent more than 50 years in prison after being convicted in 1973 for ordering the killing of a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Hoover was handed six additional life sentences in 1997 after being found guilty of federal drug conspiracy, extortion, money laundering and continuing to engage in a criminal enterprise.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related Box Error: Post ID Or Slug Incorrect, No Post Found!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hoover, who led the Gangster Disciples, had claimed to renounce his criminal past and has repeatedly sought to get his sentence reduced.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has pardoned Hoover for federal crimes, the president is unable to issue pardons for crimes that are governed by state law and the former gang leader still faces a 200 year sentence relating to the 1973 murder.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that Hoover be transferred from the Colorado supermax facility he has spent the last 30 years in to a less harsh prison in Illinois in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2022 letter that was submitted to the court in a bid to reduce his sentence, Hoover denounced gang life.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote he is \u201cno longer the Larry Hoover people sometimes talk about, or he who is written about in the papers, or the crime figure described by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoover added: \u201cI have long since renounced my association with any and all criminal organizations and their membership. I am no longer a member, leader, or even an elder statesman of the Gangster Disciples. I want nothing to do with it now and forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Speaking to TMZ, Hoover\u2019s son, Larry Hoover Jr. praised the controversial rapper\u2019s role in bringing the situation to Trump\u2019s attention. 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