>>> Rapper meek mill arrived in
a Philadelphia court yesterday.
So here's what happened.
A judge decided to postpone
until later this month to decide
whether or not meek will be
retried for drug and weapons
charge after a Pennsylvania
court threw out his 2008
conviction.
>> Since being released from
prison last year, meek has been
on a crusade for criminal
justice reform and he has a
heavy duty ally, Jay Z.
>> To have someone like that in
your corner, someone strong,
someone actually knowing the
obstacles and different hurdles
it takes to get to this point.
We come from the same type of
environment.
It's very important.
He's a part of this documentary
today.
>> This guy got locked up at 19
and been on probation for 11
years.
>> Jay Z is firmly in meek's
corner and as an executive
producer of the Amazon prime
docuseries, free me.
Now after 11 years of the
revolving door of incarceration,
meek is seeing the light and it
stemmed from the 2008
conviction.
>> All it did was made me
stronger and take me further.
I don't believe that life is
easy.
Anything about life is easy.
I think we all have our own
struggles.
This is my struggle.
My struggle might have been to
help me change.
>> And to help change a broken
system, meek and Jay are
founders of the reform alliance.
>> Our reform foundation is
specifically attacking probation
and parole.
That's a big part of the system.
We have a lot of people in
America in and out of prison on
probation and parole.
For me, I was locked up, the
state penitentiary was filled
with killers, people who raped
and technical violators.
>> Technical violations could
include not showing up for a
scheduled visit with your parole
officer, or failing to report
travel plans, which is what got
meek into trouble with one of
his violations.
Meek hopes, though, to give
those locked in the system some
hope.
>> You know, keep your head up,
you know, you have people like
us fighting in your corner.
Never really lose hope.
Keep fighting because I never
thought I would see the day that
I would be on probation and just
living a normal life.
>> And he had some kind words
for another high-profile name
fighting for prison reform, Kim
Kardashian.
>> Kim is a friend of mine.
We always talk about everything
that's going on in the system.
She's doing a lot of good work.
Big up to her and big up to
everybody working for a better
cause, not just for reform.
>> Big ups to meek.
Jay Z isn't the only heavy
weight in his corner.
Puma picked Mika long with the
hashtag reform.
It drops Friday the same day
