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.

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.

Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, an apparently fake clemency petition arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker.