Larry Hoover Jr. has thanked Ye (formerly Kanye West) for his support over the years when it comes to advocating for his father, Larry Hoover’s, freedom.. The elder Hoover had his federal life ...

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of notorious former gang leader Larry Hoover after being lobbied for years by Kanye West. Hoover, now 74, was the leader of the Chicago-based ...

Kanye West’s Connection to Trump, Hoover The 74-yer-old felon might have one man to thank for the president finally hearing his case. Chicago rapper Kanye “Ye” West began a campaign to # ...

Why has the president chosen to commute the sentence of a violent Chicago crime lord, particularly when he has consistently expressed an anathema for violent crime?

Trump commuted Larry Hoover's federal sentence after 30 years in supermax ... rappers Kanye West and Drake set aside their differences to perform at an Amazon-sponsored concert advocating for ...

CHICAGO — A day after President Donald Trump’s stunning decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, ... Kanye West’s then-wife, ...

Rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, and Drake were among the celebrities who championed Hoover’s early release. West pleaded Hoover’s case to Trump during a bizarre Oval Office meeting in 2018.

On Wednesday, Hoover’s federal sentence was commuted, though he will still be required to return to Illinois to resume serving his sentence for a murder he was convicted of in the 1970s.