Kodak Black is a free man after former President Donald Trump commuted his 46-month sentence to time served on Jan. 20.
Rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black were granted pardons by Trump on his last day in office.
Black, government name Bill Kapri, received a commutation of his 46-month sentence for falsifying information on federal forms to buy firearms in 2019.
Black made headlines last year when he tweeted that he would donate $1 million to charity if Trump released him from prison early.
“If The President Them Free Me, I’m Gonna Spend 1 million on Charity within The First Year I’m Out. That’s on Everything,” he tweeted on Nov. 27, 2020.
Apparently, “everything” meant nothing to Kodak. He quietly deleted the tweet within hours of his release from an Illinois prison on Jan. 20.
When social media users called Kodak out for deleting the tweet, his lawyer, Bradford Cohen, said told TMZ the tweet wasn’t a good idea to begin with.
“A statement promising something for something in exchange is not appropriate and although Kodak has always given to charity his whole career and will continue to [give to] charity, not in exchange for anything. Some think this is a story. It isn’t.”
He called out writers who criticized Kodak for going back on his promise: “Instead of harping on a young black man and how much charity he does, why don’t we take a look at the amount of charity the writers of these articles do?”
Cohen also noted that Kodak donated $150,000 to charity in the the 5 days since he’s been out of prison.
“Last week, Kodak pledged $100k to setting up a scholarship fund in the name of Meadow Pollack. The week before he donated $50k to barstool fund to help small businesses. That’s $150k and he’s been out 5 days.”
