Jadakiss Visits Rikers Island Inmates: ‘This Is From The Heart’

Jadakiss has visited New York City’s Rikers Island — which often comes under scrutiny due to living conditions at the facility — to offer support to prison inmates incarcerated there. Speaking from the prison, which once held Lil Wayne, Jadakiss explained his reasons for the visit in a post on Instagram. AD LOADING… “We broke bread with the brothers, we ordered a plethora of cuts and slices, pies for the inmates to enjoy themselves and have some exotic pizzas. We played ball with em, had a mind building session with em. Ya’ll dudes talk about it, we here man. We come in, we didn’t get paid, this ain’t from the White House, this is from the heart. We came in and did it real.” The prison island in New York is one of America’s most notorious jail facilities and is one of the largest in the world, maintaining a staff of over 9000 people as well as a inmate population of over 10,000. A number of notable figures from Hip Hop have been held in Rikers Island including Wayne, 2Pac, Ol Dirty Bastard, DMX and Foxy Brown. RZA and Cappadonna recently recalled visiting ODB while he was held at the...