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hide caption Mac Phipps Dale Edwin Murray for NPR The vote was unanimous. In a remote hearing held late in February, the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole recommended clemency for New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps. In our first season, Louder Than A Riot reported on Mac's rise and fall, from breakout star on Master P's No Limit Records to convicted felon for a crime he says he didn't commit. Now, after 21 years in prison and one denied appeal after another, Mac has been granted a new hearing that could mean early — almost immediate — release. But what does justi...

Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden are the hosts ofLouder Than A Riot, from NPR Music that investigates the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration in America. On Feb. 22, former No Limit Records artist McKinley "Mac" Phipps appeared before the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole. It was a chance he'd been waiting on for two decades. In 2001, Mac was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 30 years hard labor in connection to a shooting at Club Mercedes in Slidell, La. — a crime he and many others say he didn't commit. The path to this clemency hearing star...

Rapper Mac Phipps recommended clemency after serving 20 years in prison Family speaks to WDSU about the process moving forward, calling for criminal justice reform Share Updated: 9:18 AM CST Mar 4, 2021 Family speaks to WDSU about the process moving forward, calling for criminal justice reform Share Updated: 9:18 AM CST Mar 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript SHAY: -- SHERMAN: IT IS SOMETHING MCKINLEY PHIPPS HAS BEEN WAITING FOR OVER 20 YEARS TO HEAR. THE PAROLE BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED CLEMENCY, MEANING HE HAS A CHANCE TO COME HOME EARLY AFTER SERVING NEARLY...

In 2001, a rising No Limit Records artist was sentenced to 30 years for a crime he maintains he didn't commit. The hosts of Louder Than A Riot explain how a new development could spell early release.

hide caption Mac Phipps. Dale Edwin Murray for NPR The performance at Club Mercedes was supposed to be just another gig for Mac Phipps, the No Limit rapper whose star was rising in Southern hip-hop around the turn of the new millennium. But it would be the last club date he'd perform for at least two decades. When we last heard from Mac in the previous episode, he was being interrogated by St. Tammany Sheriff's officers for a fatal shooting that occurred on the Club Mercedes dance floor. Now, as the artist stands trial for the murder of Barron Victor Jr., prosecutors manipulate h...