I need you all to read and stay with me!! Cause I have something to share with you after you read this post and the one before and after this one!! While celebrities like T.I. and Lil Wayne had accomplished or burgeoning careers before and after they went to prison, other big name individuals, rappers and Hollywood stars were like many people who coming out of prison: they were wondering and worried about what their next move would be. And while some people struggle to find jobs or to get their foot in the door after doing time, the seven individuals in Black Enterprises‘ gallery turned their lives around and used their talents to start successful careers and to give back. From Charles S. Dutton to Judge Greg Mathis, their stories are admirable and inspiring. I will only mention 3... DEWEY BOZELLA In 1983 amateur boxer Dewey Bozella. took 26 years in New York’s notorious Sing Sing prison before his name could be cleared. October 14 and went against 30-year-old fighter, Larry Hopkins, at Los Angeles’ Staples Center and won. CHARLES S. DUTTON Best known for his TV role as Roc Emerson in the 1990s sitcom Roc, Dutton has established himself as a credible actor. But before the performer became a regular face on primetime television, he spent more than seven years behind bars for assault with a deadly weapon when a 17-year-old Dutton stabbed a young man to death in the street. Initially sentenced to three years in prison, the rowdy youth assaulted an officer, which earned him additional time. Dutton put the extra time to good use as he refocused his energy on more positive things. Upon his release, he enrolled in the Yale School of Drama, which gave him the skills to embark on a successful acting career. DON KING Years before King became affiliated with boxing greats like Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, he was the leader of a Cleveland gambling ring. His life of white-collar crime became murderous in 1954. During the robbery of one of his gambling houses, King shot and killed Hillary Brown. Since the incident was deemed a case of justifiable homicide under the laws of self defense there was no conviction. The same didn’t hold true for another deadly incident in 1967, where King was convicted of second degree murder after stomping former employee, Sam Garrett to death outside a bar over $600. Released in 1971 after the charges were reduced to manslaughter, the ex-con decided to gamble legally by becoming a boxing promoter. King wound up orchestrating some of the sport’s most famous bouts including Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s “The Rumble in the Jungle” (1974) and Ali’s third fight against Joe Frazier, “The Thrilla in Manila” (1975).
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