“I wish I had my right to vote” @gucci1017 #younggetsitdone pic.twitter.com/9fKAhnmXdB
— FL Memorial Univ. (@FLMemorialUniv) November 8, 2016
On Monday night, Gucci Mane visited Florida Memorial University, South Florida's only historically black college, to perform alongside T.I., Rick Ross, and more. In between the performances, Gucci Mane delivered a speech to the students in attendance, urging them to get out and vote.
"You have an opportunity to make a big impact tomorrow. And not just any young people - young people in this room, young people of color, young people that come from neighborhoods surrounding this college," Gucci said. "We need to make a vote to stop all the police brutality. We need to make a vote to stop this mass incarceration."
The Atlanta rapper concluded by discussing his own incarceration: "I wish that I had my right to vote. I feel like after you serve your time, don't punish me for the rest of my life for something I already served my time for." Watch the speech above.
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