Bizarre descent of 90s Fugees superstar Pras Michel

Fugees star Pras Michel faces 20 years in prison after he turned from Grammy-winning rapper to a secret lobbyist for China in a bewildering plot whose cast includes Leonardo , and .

Michel was the unlikely agent of flamboyant Malaysian businessman and fugitive Low Taek Jho, who paid the rapper to wield influence from the corridors of Washington D.C. to the mansions of Hollywood.

Michel, who netted $88 million through the scheme, , including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. He was paid with money Low allegedly embezzled from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund.

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