Petition update
Petition Update
May 6, 2016 — Thank you goes out to everyone who has taken the time to sign and share the petition. We ask that you please continue to share it on your social media accounts. Mac will be sharing another personal message with you next week. Meanwhile, please take this opportunity to review some of the extensive media coverage of Mac's case from the past few years. #freemac
12/22/2004 - Mac's First Interview Behind Bars: http://www.futureproducers.com/forums/music-discussions-by-genres/rap-and-hip-hop-r-and-b/mac-no-limt-first-inteview-since-being-incarcerated-murder-few-yrs-back-93571/
07/07/2009 - Benefit Concert For Former No Limit Rapper: http://nolahope.blogspot.com/2009/07/benefit-concert-for-former-no-limit.html
08/10/2011 - A Mother's Art Brings Attention to Wrongly Convicted Young Men: http://bridgethegulfproject.org/blog/2011/mothers-art-brings-attention-wrongly-convicted-young-men
03/21/2012 – Wild Wayne Interviews Mac's Mom: http://industryinfluence.blogspot.com/2012/03/wildwayne-interview-with-macs-mom.html
07/19/2012 - Louisiana: The Land Of The Cursed Rapper: http://globalgrind.com/2012/07/19/louisiana-rapper-curse-arrest-jail-time-blog/
09/5/2013 - Mac Interview From Jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5fQKsQQsTc
12/23/2014 - Years after rapper was convicted for killing, questions raised about his case: http://thelensnola.org/2014/12/23/years-after-rapper-was-convicted-for-killing-questions-raised-about-his-case/
03/18/2015 - Witnesses: DA Bullied Testimony That Put Rapper Away For 30 Years: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/18/mckinley-mac-phipps-wrongful-conviction_n_6612074.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/18/2015 - Report: D.A. Bullied Witnesses to Get New Orleans Rapper Convicted: http://www.bet.com/news/music/2015/03/18/report-d-a-bullied-witnesses-to-get-new-orleans-rapper-convicted.html
03/19/2015 - Family Of Rapper Jailed In Killing Demands Investigation Into Witness Bullying: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/19/mckinley-phipps-family-reacts_n_6896630.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/19/2015 - Jailed Rapper To Seek New Trial Based On Witness Bullying: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/19/mckinley-phipps-appeal-new-trial_n_6906904.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/19/2015 - Convicted St. Tammany rapper seeking affidavits for new trial: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/03/convicted_st_tammany_rapper_ne.html
03/19/2015 - Family wants new trial for rapper convicted of manslaughter: http://wgno.com/2015/03/19/family-wants-new-trial-for-rapper-convicted-of-manslaughter/
03/19/2015 - Mac Phipps Speaks From Prison: How I Stay Sane Serving A 30 Year Sentence: http://on.aol.com/video/mac-phipps-speaks-from-prison--how-i-stay-sane-serving-a-30-year-sentence-518717627
03/20/2015 - Was New Orleans Rapper McKinley “Mac” Phipps 30-year Prison Sentence Based On Fraudulent Witness Testimony: https://thepenhustler.com/2015/03/20/was-rapper-mckinley-mac-phipps-30-year-prison-sentence-based-on-fraudulent-testimony/
03/24/2015 - Prosecutor Used Hip-Hop As A Weapon To Convict Mac Phipps: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/24/mckinley-mac-phipps-rapper-lyrics_n_6863326.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/24/2015 - Bullied Eyewitnesses Blast Rapper's Wrongful Conviction, Join Family In Plea For New Trial: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/24/mckinley-phipps-affidavits-new-trial_n_6928582.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/26/2015 - Rapper Killer Mike Deplores Prosecution Of McKinley Phipps: 'We Must Stand With Artists Like Mac': http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/killer-mike-mckinley-phipps_n_6944404.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/31/2015 - How Police And Prosecutors Are Treating 'Rapping While Black' Like A Crime: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/rap-music-prosecutions_n_6949078.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
04/02/2015: Rapper Killer Mike Says The Criminalization Of Rap Music Is The New Jim Crow: http://audiokorner.com/2015/04/rapper-killer-mike-says-the-criminalization-of-rap-music-is-the-new-jim-crow/
04/09/2015 - The Racist Police E-Mails You Didn't Read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/09/st-tammany-parish-sheriffs-office-racist-emails_n_7027274.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
04/26/2015 - Rap lyrics are fiction — but prosecutors are treating them like admissions of guilt: www.vox.com/2015/3/26/8291871/rap-lyrics-mac-phipps
04/29/2015 - Killer Mike: Rap Lyrics Being Manipulated in Court to Land Convictions: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/killer-mike-rap-lyrics-being-manipulated-in-court-to-land-convictions-20150329
04/30/2015 - Killer Mike Just Wrote a Takedown of the Undeniably Racist Way Our Courts Treat Rap: http://mic.com/articles/114000/killer-mike-just-wrote-a-takedown-of-the-undeniably-racist-way-our-courts-treat-rap#.FaxTqbrNy
04/30/2015 - Killer Mike says rap lyrics are being treated as 'admissions of guilt' in court: http://www.nme.com/news/run-the-jewels/84036#kowbAOkKx3yTGozM.99
04/30/2015 - Killer Mike: Rap Music is Being Used as a Trap: http://ppcorn.com/us/2015/03/30/killer-mike-rap-music-is-being-used-as-a-trap/#ixzz47stnEWp9
05/25/2015 - Attorney: Sentence reduction possible for man convicted of manslaughter in 2000: http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/sttammany/12434138-172/attorney-sentence-reduction-possible-for
06/01/2016 - Local activists join families in renewed call for equal justice: http://www.louisianaweekly.com/local-activists-join-families-in-renewed-call-for-equal-justice/
06/17/2015 - Lawyers Ready Evidence That Could Free Rapper Jailed 30 Years In Nightclub Killing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/17/mckinley-mac-phipps_n_7588140.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
06/21/2015 - Former No Limit Rapper Mac May Become Free Man, New Evidence Suggests: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.34349/title.no-limit-rapper-mac-may-become-free-man-new-evidence-suggests
07/24/2015 - Lawyer: Path cleared for talks on reducing sentence for rapper Mac Phipps after witnesses say they lied at trial: http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/sttammany/12999046-172/path-cleared-for-talks-to
07/28/2015 - Son Of Imprisoned Rapper Mac Phipps Says 'It's A Good Feeling' Dad May Be Home Soon: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/28/mac-phipps-time-served-deal_n_7899398.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
07/31/2015 - Tyree C. Worthy: Thank you, McKinley, and welcome home: http://uptownmessenger.com/2015/07/tyree-c-worthy-thank-you-mckinley-and-welcome-home/
09/01/2015 - Convicted Rapper's Freedom In Hands Of Crusading Louisiana Lawyer: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/09/01/lawyer-mckinley-mac-phipps_n_8077916.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/16/2016 - This Louisiana mother waits, and paints, and strives to free her son: http://kedm.org/post/louisiana-mother-waits-and-paints-and-strives-free-her-son#stream/0
03/21/2016 - Prosecutors Accused Of Hiding Evidence That Could Free Rapper: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2016/03/21/prosecutors-rapper-mac-phipps_n_9530192.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/23/2016 - Prosecutors Accused Of Hiding Evidence To Wrongfully Convict Former No Limit Rapper: http://hiphopwired.com/2016/03/23/prosecutors-accused-of-hiding-evidence-to-wrongfully-convict-former-no-limit-rapper/
03/23/2016 - Her Son Is In Prison, And She Paints The Faces Of A Broken Justice System: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2016/03/23/incarcerated-rappers-mom-paints-on-canvas-of-injustice_n_9572136.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
03/25/2016 - No Limit Rapper Mac May Be Released From Prison After Prosecutors Are Accused of Hiding Evidence: http://www.dailyrapnews.com/2016/03/25/no-limit-rapper-mac-may-be-released-from-prison-after-prosecutors-are-accused-of-hiding-evidence/
04-20-2016 - Petitioners Seek Release Of Imprisoned Rapper: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2016/04/20/petitioners-seek-release-of-imprisoned-rapper-mckinley-mac-phipps_n_9747514.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
04-24-2016 - McKinley ‘Mac’ Phipps: Petitioners Want Clemency For Man Reportedly Wrongfully Convicted Of Manslaughter: http://www.inquisitr.com/3026429/mckinley-mac-phipps-petitioners-want-clemency-for-man-reportedly-wrongfully-convicted-of-manslaughter/
04-25-2016 - Bodyguard Confesses To Club Shooting That Sent Rapper To Prison: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2016/04/11/confession-mac-phipps-murder_n_9770944.html?utm_hp_ref=mckinley-phipps
04/25/2016 - Louisiana Rapper’s Case Speaks to Bigger Problems in the Criminal Justice System: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-l-dennis/louisiana-rappers-case-sp_b_9774504.html
04/25/2016 - Free Mac: Bodyguard Confesses To Shooting That Sent No Limit Rapper To Prison: http://www.wccg1045fm.com/index.php/2016-03-24-15-29-28/entertainment-news/item/849-free-mac-bodyguard-confesses-to-shooting-that-sent-no-limit-rapper-to-prison-video
04/26/2016 - Killer Mike, Scholars Allege Racist Prosecutorial Misconduct in Louisiana Rapper's Case: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/read-killer-mike-scholars-allege-racist-prosecutorial-misconduct-louisiana-rappers-case
04/26/2016 – Wrongfully Convicted: McKinley Phipps: https://wronglyconvictedgroup.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/mckinley-phipps/
Join the McKinley "MAC" Phipps, Jr. Facebook Page that is managed by his family: https://www.facebook.com/macphippsjr/
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