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\"We're the people who have to be judged by these people,\" he said. \"I think we should all use our power and (vote for) people who are normal people and people who will use power with morals.\"

Ahead of a meeting with state leaders on prison reform Thursday, President Donald Trump privately expressed openness to supporting broader sentencing reforms beyond the narrower reforms to the nation's prison system that he's previously backed, sources told ABC News.

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In May, TMZ first reported that the rapper was scheduled to visit the White House to participate in a panel about criminal justice reform, but he told Billboard at the time that he canceled the visit because \"Unfortunately, the focus turned to the president and myself which concerned me that it might take away from creating a positive result from today's discussions.\"

Asked if he would consider appealing to Trump to bring attention to Riddick's case, Mill said that this is a state case, not a federal one, but added that \"the only way I would be involved with the White House is if the White House is helping non-violent drug offenders or people who have got large amounts of time for crimes that don't match the time.\"

Legends Of The Summer on @YouTube and @youtubemusic ??????https://t.co/AOZZ6lMjMV

— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 6, 2018

Mill, whose music has always touched on social issues, said that his fight for criminal justice reform has inspired his latest releases, including songs like \"Stay Woke\" and \"Milidelphia\" from his latest EP, \"Legends of the Summer.\"

\"It's still edgy Meek Mill, energy, social forecasting where I come from, the bottom of Philadelphia, the trenches, but it's still mixed with how I'm speaking on politics of the justice system and the odds against young black and Hispanic Americans,\" he said.

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