Fugees shared the stage for what could be the last time Saturday with a surprise set at Philadelphia’s Roots Picnic
However, behind the scenes, the group faced a much bigger issue, and one that could result in Roots Picnic being the final Fugees show for the long-foreseeable future: In April, Pras Michel was
of 10 charges against him — including money laundering, illegal lobbying, and campaign finance violations — for his role in a multimillion-dollar government influence campaign that involved both the Obama and Trump administrations., the charges against Michel were tied to his relationship with Malaysian financier Jho Low. Low is accused of stealing $4.
Michel was accused of funneling money from Low to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, as well as lobbying Donald Trump’s administration to drop an investigation into Low and extradite dissident Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
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