The news of Black Mafia Family's Big Meech being released from prison to a halfway house has the hip-hop community celebrating.
Big Meech has been released from prison
On Wednesday (October 16), word began to circulate that former drug kingpin Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory was no longer listed as an inmate in the Federal Bureau of Prisons database. TMZ later confirmed with FBP that the former drug lord was released and will spend the remainder of his sentence in a halfway house in Miami. Meech's release date is listed as January 27, 2026.
Big Meech along with his brother Terry Lee “Southwest T” Flenory were the spearheads of a massive drug-trafficking organization known as the Black Mafia Family, which operated from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. preceded the group's indictment in 2005, emerging as a rap label, promoting the careers of artists like Jeezy and Bleu Davinci, and endearing themselves to the hip-hop community.
Members of the organization were arrested in a wide-ranging indictment in Atlanta in 2005. In 2008, Meech and Tee were both sentenced to 30 years in prison. T was released from federal prison in 2020. The following year, 50 Cent debuted in a television series titled BMF based on the brothers' lives and drug dealing exploits.
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Hip-Hop reacts to Big Meech's release
Many rappers reacted to the news of Meech's release.
“Where da welcome home party @ I'm trona perform for da freeski,” Sexyy Red shared on X, in response to the news.
Bun B reacted, “Guess who's back! Welcome home my brother Big Meech! Now let's see if all the YouTube stories add up!”
Read more: TI calls Big Meech a true American legend in heartfelt Instagram post
Check out the hip-hop community's reaction to Big Meech's release below.
Check out Hip-Hop Artist's Big Meech Home Welcome
Sexy Red
Boosie BadAzz
Slim Thug
Koulouri B
DJ Self
