The FBI's Most Wanted Rapper
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- From working with the Fugees and winning Grammys to getting involved with Jho Low and a $4.5 billion scam, this is how Pras Michel became the FBI's Most Wanted Rapper!
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Timestamps:
00:00 The FBI's Most Wanted Rapper
00:26 Meeting The Billion Dollar Whale
03:26 Jho Low & 1MDB
06:41 Pras Michel's Involvement
12:24 The Aftermath
Sources:
docs.google.com/document/d/1l...
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pras michel, najib razak, jho low, 1mdb, 1 malaysia development berhad, sun lijun, trump, obama, donald trump, barack obama, the fugees, malaysia, leonardo dicaprio, the wolf of wallstreet, wyclef jean, lauren hill, ghetto supastar, ghetto superstar, the score, blunted on reality, 1mdb scam, pras michel arrested, the fbis most wanted rapper
Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed!
#prasmichel #jholow #1mdb - Zábava
if you guys know any more crazy story like this please let me know cus this was a blast to cover!
Since this one was about someone like pras and the government out to get him. It brought back memories of a story I read about an American Indian Movement (AIM) activist named Leonard Peltier. How the government framed him, wrongly convicted him and despite all the factual evidence, lies, cover ups and death bed confessions, the government refuses to grant him a retrial or release him.
do that one rapper that cut his penis off
yeah but on more relevant unknown topics. this one is old and covered heavily by the news media and yt content creators.
@@busted1396 if you're not feeling it there's a lot more shit to watch on YT. Keep it pushing 💪
this video was amazing to watch we appreciate the effort and time we know it took to make great work matty although your content for now is underrated and under viewed in my opinion it is not under appreciated and i can’t wait to see you continue to grow and get this channel as big as it deserves to be
its actually insane that one mans actions caused an entire country to be billions of dollars in debt
It's even worse in the United States
i saw lauryn hill live about a month ago now, and she brought out wyclef as a guest. it was pretty crazy wondering where pras was only to find out what he'd done after the fugees broke up
This is the best example of 'Lying on your resume and getting the job', on both ends. Pras and Low
This was a great watch. I was somewhat familiar with this topic and Pras' involvement, but I had no idea the rabbit hole went this deep. This whole saga is ripe for a documentary, a mini series, and a feature length film.
I think there's a Netflix documentary on the Jo guy.
I’m embarrassed to say that I had no idea about the story! I have never heard this brought up once anywhere! I feel like it should be more widely known and discussed! Thank you for putting this together!
As a Malaysian I grew up watching Ghetto Superstar on tv. Then 10 plus years later, suddenly hearing his name associated with the 1mdb collapse was astounding. Got dealt a really bad card.
How? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
it wasn't bad cards just some dickhead wasting it
@@calvinward844not funny man
Hearing about the insane amounts of money changing hands in this story makes me feel so slimy. I can’t imagine rationalizing bankrupting an entire country just so I could pay Leonardo DiCaprio to stand next to me at a party. It’s pathetic. This was a fantastic video!
💛 exactly 🍀🥀
But, that's what they all do. ...
Every single random celebrity billionaire you see 1:52 the media hype about is doing something similar. But, the govt doesn't want you/the public to know that.
I wonder if Malaysia was just humble enough to admit it; or something else forced the disclosure. Because this is happening in the US and they've known for sometime but have been mostly silent about it. (It's connected to the Epstein scandal)
i’ve been binging your videos all week !!! they are so good and interesting
i actually kinda liked the deep dive into economics, politics, and finance. you covered some pretty complicated in a very understandable way. keep it up matty :) more like this please
Pras got screwed so bad. Everyone else involved (besides this one girl) either got off the hook or fled to another country and they can't get them so it all fell on him BUT he should have took the plea deal I heard they gave him. He would have gotten no time. It seems like he didn't know what he was doing was wrong and how severe it was because it goes into international law.
His first mistake was talking to the FBI. Biggest mistake
@@keejay12 His first mistake was hanging out with Lo and actively scamming the s.hit out of everybody. He knew very well that putting 88 mil in his pocket wasn’t kosher. The FBI was just a logic consequence.
@@keejay12”i will talk to you if you guarantee me immunity from prosecution”
@@TheBenchPressMan I'd just plead the 5th. Can't trust these pigs
Pras got what exactly what he deserved. He thought he was in with them "folk" and he got a reality check. I have no sympathy for that tether🤷🏾♂️
I could see in some instances Pras claiming the angle of "plausible deniability"---but just pocketing 70M--hells nah 😂
I think this entire case against Pras was a joke. We all know Low is the guy that was guilty of these massive financial crimes.
Yes and no. Pras DID do all what he did. He did steal 88m for him. He did try to manipulate in favor of administrations and to get his buddy out of trouble. Instead it got him in serious trouble. After all, he didn‘t accept the millions bc he is a nice guy, but bc he is a greedy criminal. Do i think the other should have been charged too: Yes. Does it mean it‘s not correct to charge him with 20? No. Without him, all of this wouldn‘t have taken place.
Pras made a lot of money from it as well and CHOSE to ignore common sense the whole time.
Goldman Sachs will break the law as long as the punishment does not exceed the profit. They are no different than Deutsche Bank and credit Swiss. They knew Joe low was a criminal. And Pras knew Joe Low was a criminal.
Pras played his part but he may not have known how serious it was or may not have thought it was wrongdoing. His biggest mistake was talking to the FBI.
It is an strategy to destroy reputation. Similar to Lauryn Hill
I love how this is like a part two to your original lo video great video matty brining eyes to this (maybe someone else did that video but you’ve made some really good videos without rap involved)
fire video as always bro 🔥
No one asked you, stay silent and humble
You're my favorite to watch! Great job as always!
As a Malaysian, I remember the night of 2018's general elections results where Najib Razak losing his parliament majority, Jho Low quickly sold out Najib for being arrested and prosecute for 1MDB on himself meanwhile he, the mastermind of the scheme escaping the country and being most wanted fugitive to this day. So far, Malaysian authorities get hold on 1MDB's lawyer also Jho Low's closest worker for info about him and the remain assets.
matty and pat upload on the same day, love to see it
MattyMassiveDanglingBallz > Pat CCuck
@@trash_bender420they’re not super important creators chill your britches
@@trash_bender420you're a clown.
@@i_fuze_hostages6bet your fun at party’s
Pat 😞
Ngl I’m surprised I’ve never heard this story it’s insane great video bro
I can still beat Pras at Mario Kart though…
you still play that shit
😂
What y’all know that I dont
@@sheesh4488i know Pras wild
I don’t get it
Love how you are branching out with your content. A good story to cover is BFM black mafia family.
How sad must someone's life be to have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the already ultra-rich just to hang out with them? That's pathetic.
you can do a 2 hour documentary about Jho Low
The story is WILD! I didnt know Pras' involvement well, just about all the stuff Joe did
great video as always !
I would enjoy more of these videos that are more branched off from the music industry then about the music industry itself
Great video Matty!
Incredible job with your research and content 💪🏾
Those early morning uploads are nice. Something cool to wake up to 🎉
I respect you for having that kids poster in the background bro a lot of young guys your age don’t know shit about the classics👌💯
This was a really great doc…right 16 min 🙌🏼
this is a really good video 💪
Love how you get straight into it bro
I’ll get straight into you Bryan
@@codymcginnis7837 im already inside you
Really great video
Matty, it's been so inspiring to see your massive come up and success just in the past couple years man it feels like yesterday I subscribed to you when you had 2,000 subscribers. I'm so happy to see you doing your thing. Keep up the crazy good work man! Nothing but love. Road to 1mill!
thanks dude i really appreciate it! thanks for sticking around!
bout time you been holding onto this for months
Love your vids bro frfr
Wow! Great video.
Need me a friend like jho
We love you mattyballz
Just started watching imma subscribe ❤
Yeah, I remember this case from way back, tho I only remembered Joe low's bullshit instead of pras.
Really does seem like he decided to take a piece of the pie, without realizing that said pie was too much for him.
Yeah, interesting video Mathias ballz, thanks for the vid.
51 seconds is crazy 💀
Great video
He didn’t wanna give back the money and went to jail. The end.
Thanks for the content mr balls
If he didn’t speak with the FBI they would have never been able to charge him with ANY of the charges they did. He literally talked himself into prison like most people do. When the government wants information always STFU.
That's beyond stupid to even say lmao, there was all the evidence they needed to charge him dude litterally stole 700m from the 1bn fund lmfao he was fucked either way
I think they still would have gotten him with the money trail. Would have been less charges though.
I grew up in Malaysia, I never thought I'd ever hear Matty Ballz talking about the 1MDB scandal hahahah
How was it
@@abaddon5420 1MDB or growing up in malaysia?
@@VDL1 Both
@@VDL1 lmfao😂
Dude got all that money, just for me to smoke him in Rust 1v1.
i don’t get the video game comments what do they mean
@@mattyballzmatty, we all saw the rust 1v1 with praz and randomdudewholikesmusic1640... praz got smoked like an opp pack. You never saw it?
“Dance around the border like I’m Cassius Clay” 💀
Wow great video
He pulled his phone out n called Xi Xin Ping...at that point i lost it lmao
I saw the Fugees at Barrowlands Glasgow Scotland glad I did they were really good
ballz🥶
That's crazy he really just got caught up in the middle of things.
This is the stuff dreams are made of! I applaud...
All this did was prove my point that nobody is rich or famous by doing anything legal or legit. All of them are criminals.
Andrew Tate even said it himself "you must break the rules to make money"
this vid right here is one of them ones
I keep on thinking your name is 'meaty ballz' and man
Only In Hollywood can you make a movie about a scam artist financed by a scam artist
This is going to be a great movie
crazy research
we love mattyballz
Matty Ballz are you related to Glenny Ballz?
Feel like this could be an episode in Atlanta
*I seen Jho Low's story on American Greed*
4:57 is that a penguin wearing a tie on his shirt
Interesting video
I thought it was wyclef Jean ft mya wooooooooooooow that’s crazy !
Of course Jordon knew he was up to fishy things; takes a scammer to know one. They can see things morally straight people cant
If this isn't secondarily a lesson on the importance of networking...
I'm from Malaysia let's goooo
The camera clicking on every transition and constant sound effects is just too much.
sorry bryce toning it down going forward
@@mattyballz all g brother, still a good video, thanks for replying.
Dayumnn ,Pras.......what u done did!?!?!
Yeah, I have issues figuring out breakfast in the morning
How much time did the wolf of Wall Street get ?Just curious.
kind of reminds me of the bling ring
The clues were hidden in pras's ghetto superstar video. He was up to something the whole time 🤣
who would have guessed that PRAS would turn out to be the richest FUGEE
Side quest. Look into David Kenner his lawyer.
IN BALLZ WE TRUST🔥🔥🔥🦧🦧
I don’t know if someone mentioned this already but I heard some odd things in the story that I want to highlight that actually is a d*mning part of this entire debacle and that is Pras knew *exactly* what was going on and that he was not just some innocent man who destroyed his own life to help a friend who didn’t bother to have the same loyalty.
What did Pras do to make me believe, beyond a shadow of a doubt , that he is straight up lying about was going on?
He did the exact same thing that Joe and the others did. The moment Pras had collected the money for him, he pocketed a large amount of the money and put some of it in a shell company. Remember that this is
not something someone does who is innocent.
And that’s not the only thing I found odd. Pras had not only helped the FBI and cooperated with identifying some of those men, he did not take the plea deal that was offered to him.
Let’s break this down for a moment. Pras met Joe and was invited to hang out. Once they got there Joe began to flex on everyone who was there.
He then witnessed this same man just throwing money at other celebrities, buying not just a round for the nightclub, he bought every customer there their own bottle of alcohol as well as another nightclub near by. He then paid actors and musicians to just hang out with him. Now if Joe had done one thing possibly two, then that’s fine but the first two things. The third one should have been some red flags.
I feel like I should remind you now that Pras is a celebrity/musician who had left a very popular music group. He *is* famous. You know what that means? Pras has been around rich and wealthy people before. He would know when something doesn’t feel right.
Pras then tried to help Joe a number of times. When he donated money to the Obama administration I could see that. He had met and spoken to the then president and liked his politics. It is possible that he was unaware that donating the way he did was highly illegal.
But this was not what should have been the tip off that things were not on the up and up. Joe had tried to get closer to the Obama administration and that didn’t work.
However, why would Pras then try to do the same thing with the Trump administration? If Pras was more inline with Obama’s political views, he would not have tried to donate to Trump’s campaign since the former president’s views were entirely different.
And unlike the Obama administration, the Trump administration has accepted the money then proceeded to do the exact same thing that Joe did. Pocket a large portion of the donated funds then sent the rest to a shell company.
Now here’s the kicker, remember I mentioned that Pras himself had pocketed a large amount of the money and followed that up by sending the money to a shell company. *If* he didn’t know any better as his defense attorneys have said, why copy what everyone else did? He would have sent the entire amount to whatever he was invested in.
The reason I said all of this, regurgitated the same things over and over again, was because I wanted you to remember when I drop this bomb on you.
Pras helped the FBI and not took the deal isn’t because he wanted to actually help. I believe he did it because he thought that if he cooperated with them, the State would take that into consideration and give him a reduced sentence. I know they offered him no jail time, however, he *knew* they were going to find out what he did during their investigation and discovery. The way the story seemed to flow was that the FBI asked Pras if he had been approached by any Chinese men to take some money.
In fact, that is usually the main reason co-conspirators help in the investigation that willingly and quickly. Less jail time.
And although it seems that Pras was left holding the bag while the others except for that one woman got off scotfree, he reality Pras was the only one out of that group who was the closest to Joe. Why go after a few small fries when they had what appears to be the main culprits?
Something else I would like to point out, everyone bailed including Joe and Pras was the only one who was seemingly flipped. By the way everything played out, the others could have cooperated and pointed all the blame on Pras and Joe. That plea deal would have also been offered to the other players.
I think I rambled on enough and hopefully it wasn’t too much of a mess.
I knew Jho Low when he was just Jenny from the block.
I wonder how many all you can eat buffet Chris Christie went to with all that Jho Low money..?
great video ....
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Wtf
Pras is a classic Patsy. Not too bright, Down til the end.
That's fucn insane!
Damn Pras😮
I'm not gon' lie, I'm not surprised to hear The Fugees is FBI. - $ilkmoney on Nonames song Gospel?
To be fair, he should be in prison. If everything went well and he never got caught, then he wouldn't have cared, and would have pocketed his take of the money. It's just unfair that the others involved got little to no time
You for got to say they were the nappie roots
The real life "catch me if you can"
Pras what? Couldnt say what that last name is for the life of me and noone has written it in the comments
Wyclef playboy!
1:03 *matt n potatoes
See how he the only one the left for dead everyone else basically got off the hook
Whats good yall?
Yo
This dude was giving celebrities money. Who already have millions of dollars...pras is an idiot for not even catching on 🤦♂️
Pras, the fall guy. 😢
Mans celebrated new years twice😂 ultimate flex