Fugees rapper only trying to reinvent self, no 'cloak and dagger stuff', says defence

File picture: Prakazrel "Pras" Michel (left), accompanied by defense lawyer David Kenner, arrives at federal court for his trial in an alleged campaign finance conspiracy on March 30. - Photo: AP Photo

WASHINGTON (AP): A Fugees rapper on trial in a multimillion-dollar campaign finance and foreign influence case was trying to reinvent himself as he entered the political arena, not break any laws, defence attorneys said on Monday (April 17).

Prakazrel "Pras” Michel became a best-selling, Grammy-winning artist with the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, but in the years after its breakup was looking for his next chapter, attorney David Kenner said as he began making the defence case.