The rapper was convicted of money laundering and illegal foreign lobbying in 2023.

Pras Michel, a member of the 1990's hip-hop group the Fugees, arrives at U.S. District Court on April 3, 2023 in Washington, DC. Michel is on trial for his alleged participation in a campaign finance conspiracy. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Fugees rapper Pras Michel turned himself in to authorities at the Federal Correctional Institution in Safford, Ariz. on Thursday (April 30) to begin a 14-year sentence tied to his April 2023 conviction on 10 counts , including money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., witness tampering and illegal foreign lobbying.

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In January, a judge denied Michel’s request to stay out of prison while appealing the conviction tied to the MC’s long-running case in which authorities said he participated in a failed conspiracy to help Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho (aka Jho Low) and the Chinese government gain access to U.S. officials.…