I dont mean semi relevant, relevant to a niche, "only relevant to you", nor relevant for things outside of music (s/o Boosie), i mean relevant industry & genre wide as a music career.

Off the top of my head:

2Pac - 8 months
Lil Wayne - 8 months
T.I. - 11 months
Remy Ma - 6 years

Thats the only ones i can think of that came out of jail as big or even bigger than they went in jail on a culture wide size.

Remy Ma being the only one who was in jail for over a year. She was in jail for like 8 years but served 6 iirc, then came out with the Fat Joe collab album & the smash song All the Way Up.

Who else genuinely came back as strong or stronger in music. Bonus points if they were in jail for 2+ years, cuz i have a theory if you in jail for 2 to 3 years plus its basically a wrap in rap for the most part & only Remy is my outlier.

• They had to have been in jail for at least 2 months tho, i dont wanna see no over night stay in jail bullshit from the big brains

• Kodak got lucky serving half of his 3 years thanks to Trump and i'd say he is/was still relevant.

Gucci

Akon !!!!

I don’t like the guy but Tekashi did go number 1 after his jail time

Bundles

Boosie's still in the public eye, I'd say he's more relevant than Remy Ma despite it usually being for the worst reasons

Gucci

he was relevant for maybe a month? then his trash album came out & people were done with him

first time i heard of X was because he was in jail

bet a lot of people too

doesn't really count though, its not like he was big before going in. he literally blew up behind bars, X was on the jail phone saying it himself

all of them

its a classic promo tactic

Drake destroyed Meek Mill but going to jail was the best thing to happen for Meek. He capitalized on that and became rap Colin Kaepernick

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Earl

yeah cause nickis deranged stans went crazy buying the single lol

bobby shmu-nvm

Hmm, i have to look into it, but didnt YG go to jail for burglary right when he was blowin up?

meet the flockers

crazy how "woman is the n-word of the world" is still on spotify, but meet the flockers aint

Gucci had a nice lil run after jail

I forgot they took that song off streaming platforms