50 Cent's Shocking Plea for Drug Dealer: Rapper Wrote to Judge to Free Cocaine Trafficker for Tour

In a deeply troubling intervention that has left Derby detectives stunned, American rapper 50 Cent personally wrote to a judge asking for a convicted cocaine trafficker to be released on bail so he could work on the star's European tour. The case, which culminated at Derby Crown Court on Friday, raises serious questions about the moral compass of celebrity culture and the casual disregard for British justice.

Abdirahiim Hassan, 37, from Hammersmith and Fulham, was jailed for 18 and a half years after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A cocaine and possession of criminal property. He was one of ten men sentenced as part of Operation Daybreak, a major police swo<