Meek Mill was all set to be done with the 90 day term of his house arrest on Wednesday (June 1), when he was informed by the court that he had actually fallen short of satisfy his required community service hours and would need to serve an additional 8 days to bring them to completion. The news was received with confusion as Meek had indeed put in the time necessary to meet the requisite conditions of his release, only he hadn't been performing the kind of community service specified by the judge, officials say. Representatives for the Philly rapper claim they had no knowledge of having been delegated to any specific community service organizations.
Over the course of the three months Meek has been under H.A., due to a probation breach, he has visited schools, given motivational speeches, and assisted with relief efforts in the aftermath of the water crisis in Flint Michigan. According to court documents though, his sentence was to be served out by him committing to assisting Habitat for Humanity, a homeless program, senior citizens and veterans. The Philadelphia D.A.'s office has stated that it will reevaluate his status once he has put the coming 8 days behind him.
The time Meek continues to serve is time that has followed him since a 2008 gun charge that resulted in him serving 5 months in jail for violating probation the first time. He would again flunk probation in December of 2015, which led to his 90 day sentence in February. It didn't look good for the rapper from the get, as the judge initially ruled that he would be prohibited from recording or performing music as a stipulation of his house arrest. But he won an appeal which granted him the ability to continue in his music pursuits in order to "protect his brand."
His case will be reviewed again on June 9.
Source: hiphopwired.com
