{"id":1043615,"date":"2021-11-22T10:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043615"},"modified":"2021-11-22T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:28:50","slug":"kanye-west-teaming-with-drake-for-concert-to-free-jailed-chicago-gang-leader-larry-hoover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kanye-west-teaming-with-drake-for-concert-to-free-jailed-chicago-gang-leader-larry-hoover\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Teaming with Drake for Concert to Free Jailed Chicago Gang Leader Larry Hoover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkanye-west-teaming-with-drake-for-concert-to-free-jailed-chicago-gang-leader-larry-hoover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kanyewestdrake1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pop stars Kanye West and Drake will put their long-standing rivalry to rest for one night at least by teaming up for a &nbsp;concert for jailed Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover.<\/p>\n<p>Kanye West announced the \u201cFree Larry Hoover\u201d concert event in an Instagram post, calling the December 9 event at the Los Angeles Coliseum \u201cGod\u2019s Plan.\u201d&nbsp;The rap star mogul previously attempted to persuade then-President Donald Trump to grant clemency to Hoover, who is serving six life sentences for murder, extortion, and other gang-related charges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWgclvlJsgL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.35\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The concert announcement comes after West pleaded with Drake in a video message earlier this month to bury the hatchet and work together on Hoover\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m making this video to address the ongoing back and forth between myself and Drake,\u201d West said. \u201cBoth me and Drake have taken shots at each other and it\u2019s time to put it to rest. I\u2019m asking Drake, on December 7, to join me on stage as a special guest to share the two biggest albums of the year, live in Los Angeles, with the ultimate purpose being to free Larry Hoover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added:&nbsp;\u201cI believe this event will not only bring awareness to our cause but prove to people everywhere how much more we can accomplish when we lay our pride aside and come together.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0377358490566\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I met with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kanyewest<\/a> night in Htown at the Rothko Chapel. It wasn\u2019t in my plans to meet him there but I must say I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t allow a worship place for God to detour our meeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GM9FIN80Uj\">pic.twitter.com\/GM9FIN80Uj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J Prince (@jprincerespect) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jprincerespect\/status\/1457853454769082375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Larry Hoover\u2019s son praised the pop stars, as well as recording executive J Prince, for organizing the concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Ye, Drake and J Prince united to advocate for my father\u2019s release, we can take our plea for redemption worldwide and show that we are truly stronger together on behalf of any and everyone with a love one wrong or unjustly incarcerated,\u201d said Larry Hoover Jr. in a statement sent to multiple news outlets. \u201cFree my father!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. 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Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop stars Kanye West and Drake will put their long-standing rivalry to rest for one night at least by teaming up for a \u00a0concert for jailed Chicago gang leader Larry &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}