Larry Hoover Sr wouldn’t be released from federal custody if it weren’t for rapper Ye West, formerly Kanye West, and others.
President Donald Trump commuted Hoover’s SIX life sentences on Wednesday, May 28. But the 75-year-old former gangbanger and drug kingpin is still serving a 200 year sentence on a state murder charge.
Hoover’s son, Larry Hoover Jr., appeared on Ye West’s Donda album to plead his case. Hoover Jr. gave a shout out to Ye for assisting his father.
“He had a very big part because he started it all off,” Hoover Jr. told TMZ. “He put us on the platform. He took us to the White House on his platform when he didn’t have to do that.
“He stuck his neck out there. We know he don’t have a problem with sticking his neck out there about what he believes in, and I’m glad he believed in this.”
Ye’s efforts paid off when Trump’s Pardon Czar, Alice Marie Johnson, convinced Trump to release Hoover Sr from federal custody.
Hoover is no longer on restrictive 23-hour-a-day lockdowns at the federal ADX Florence “Supermax” prison in Colorado. Hoover is expected to be transferred to an Illinois prison where he will serve out his 200-year sentence for murder.
Larry Hoover Jr Thanks Ye FkA Kanye West for all his efforts in helping free his father Larry Hoover ?
Thank You Ye pic.twitter.com/SEXhIU0xYH— Dee (@lowkydee) May 29, 2025
Record honcho (and rumored gang leader) J. Prince thanked Johnson for her efforts to free Hoover.
