US Wants to Take Down a 90s Rapper for His Role in 1MDB

You might know Pras Michél as a founding member of the legendary 90s hip-hop group The Fugees. Today, he stands accused of 10 federal offenses ranging from conspiracy to acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. This is the story of how Michél got entangled in one of the century’s great financial scandals (1MDB), mediated a high-stakes negotiation between global superpowers (the US and China) and was accused of major crimes because of it.