Pusha T has announced a new project, the Third Strike Coming Home campaign, which is aimed at helping free those who are serving life in prison under the three-strikes drug law, which was passed in 1994 by then-President Bill Clinton. 

The law requires that anyone with a violent felony and any two other convictions receives a minimum sentence of 25 years to life in many states. 


“In this project you will hear people sentenced to life in prison for marijuana. You will read about drug runners who got life. You will see people who had never spent a single day in prison before their life sentence,” reads the campaign's website. “You will also read about the judges who — powerless from the bench — disagreed with the law. We hope these stories will help you decide whether the 3 Strikes Drug Law is fair.”

According to The Fader, Pusha T teamed up with lawyers Brittany K. Barnett and MiAngel Cody and donated $25,000 to jumpstart the program, following the release of his new song “Coming Home” featuring Lauryn Hill.


"This is way more than a song, it’s a movement!" Pusha T tweeted after "Coming Home" dropped. "We are doing everything in our power to bring home men and women trapped behind the wall due to an outdated 3 strikes drug law."

While marijuana legalization has swept the nation, with 11 states including New York, California and Illinois joining in, many have argued that previous convictions around the drug should be expunged, and those behind bars should be allowed to go free.

The website discusses how a main goal of the campaign is to be non-partisan, and that goal was partially achieved by gaining funding from groups backed by both philanthropist George Soros and political donor Charles Koch. 

According to the BBC, President Clinton admitted to regretting the implementation of the law in 2015 because it contributed to the overpopulation of jails and prisons.

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