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\n\tPras<\/a> Mich\u00e9l\u2019s life story, from Fugees rapper to his convictio<\/a>n on federal conspiracy charges, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary<\/a> produced by Mark Wahlberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe musician will participate in the film, the news of which comes just weeks after Mich\u00e9l\u2019s latest sentencing hearing was delayed for a third time; Mich\u00e9l faces up to 22 years in prison after he was found guilty in 2023 of money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and campaign finance violations for his\u00a0role in a multimillion-dollar government influence campaign<\/a>\u00a0that involved the Obama and Trump administrations.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cEveryone is fascinated by all the twists and turns, like it\u2019s some kind of thriller,\u201d Mich\u00e9l told Variety<\/em><\/a> of the documentary. \u201cBut for me, this is just my life \u2014 the real, messy, complicated truth of what I\u2019ve been living through.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe conspiracy case against Michel stemmed from the musician\u2019s relationship with Malaysian financier\u00a0Jho Low<\/a>, who\u2019s accused of embezzling at least $4.5 billion from the 1MDB Malaysian development fund. Michel was accused of helping Low run foreign-influence campaigns against the U.S., such as funneling money from Low to Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 reelection campaign, as well as lobbying Donald Trump\u2019s administration to drop an investigation into Low and extradite the dissident Chinese billionaire.\u00a0Low remains an at-large fugitive.<\/p>\n \n\tMich\u00e9l has continually maintained his innocence,\u00a0telling Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, \u201cWhat benefit would I get trying to break laws? It\u2019s not worth it to me. I\u2019m like a pariah now. I\u2019ve got friends who won\u2019t talk to me because they think there\u2019s a satellite in orbit listening to them.\u201d<\/p>\n