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In March of 2024, Cardi B's close friend Star Brim was sentenced to time behind bars for RICO charges. She turned herself in that September to begin her sentence of one year and one day. Reportedly, her initial surrender date was July 1, but the judge approved her request to delay her surrender so she could take her son to his first day of Kindergarten.
She celebrated what would be her final night of freedom for some time alongside Cardi. She even got a pep talk about her prison stay. “This is a reset,” the femcee explained. “Cuz when she graduate from big girl school, it’s going to be a whole brand new everything.” She continued, praising her friend for how much she's evolved.
“It’s like we have grown up,” she said. “You have became such a different person, and it’s just like, I really want people to hear her story and it’s so inspirational…” Cardi became emotional at this point, telling Star to turn the camera off. Unfortunately, it looks like Star Brim's stay hasn't been all that easy, at least according to Cardi. Recently, she took to her Instagram Story to accuse the Hazelton Correctional Facility of mistreating Star Brim.
She called for an investigation into the facility, alleging that it's keeping inmates in freezing temperatures and that her friend hasn't been receiving her mail. "They been playing with my friend star mail, which right there is a federal offense she hasn’t gotten mail since nov which makes no sense,” she alleged. "They don’t be having heat in the rooms for the inmates, and it’s below 0 degrees." Cardi continued, alleging that Star Brim has also been ignored despite repeatedly reaching out to administrators about both her misplaced mail and living conditions.
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Quando Rondo has officially turned himself in to begin serving his 33-month sentence after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy charges, earlier this year. The Express Tribune reports that he'll mostly likely spend his time behind bars at either FCI Jesup or FCI Estil. With his plea deal, he also was ordered to pay a $40,000 fine and will undergo three years of supervised release. That will include mandatory mental health counseling and routine drug testing.
Rondo originally pled guilty in August, telling Rolling Stone outside of the courthouse: “I really want to give an apology to the city of Savannah. And I want to give an apology to my family and friends, loved ones, and most of all my daughters for taking all my family and all my loved ones through this stressful point.”
As news of Rondo starting his sentence hit social media, fans shared plenty of supportive messages. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), one user wrote: "Street life caught up. Hope he uses this time to flip the script and come back stronger. Redemption ain't a straight line, it's a maze." Another added: "It’s sad to see but I pray he finds his way in life!"
Ahead of his decision to turn himself in, Rondo revealed on social media that he was considering a retirement from music as his sentence loomed. "I just caught 33 months, the whole world know it," he wrote on his Instagram Story. "And mf still got they hand out don't worry bout it tho. If promised anybody something. There [sic] going to get it, my word is my word. But on everything I love, once I do this lul time, I promise you I'm disappearing and never talking to people again!" Assuming Rondo follows through on the terms of his release, he could be a free man again by October 2027.
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