A judge appears likely to send rapper Meek Mill back behind bars early next year for a steady stream of probation violations, most involving his failure to keep the court aware of his erratic travels.
Mill offered emotional testimony on Thursday about his rudderless childhood in gritty North Philadelphia, while his girlfriend Nicki Minaj and various managers pledged to keep him on track.
But Judge Genece Brinkley, who had spared him state prison in a 2009 drug and gun case, had heard it all before.
“How many times am I supposed to give him a second chance?” she asked, concluding that probation may no longer be “appropriate.” She ordered him not to work or perform before sentencing on 5 February.
Mill served short stints in jail and home confinement following his conviction in 2008 for firearms possession and dealing drugs, when he could have been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison.
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