Fugees rapper Pras Michel convicted in US political conspiracy trial.

Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel of The Fugees has been convicted on criminal charges of conspiring with Malaysian financier Jho Low to orchestrate a series of foreign lobbying campaigns aimed at influencing the US government under two presidents. Michel was charged with 10 counts of crimes including conspiracy, acting as an agent of a foreign government, witness tampering, and falsifying campaign finance records. Low, who also faces separate federal charges in New York that he embezzled $4.5 billion from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, remains at large.