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<p>In a recent interview with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0VqU8AUTNU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VladTV</a>, Harlem-bred rapper <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/juelz-santana-shows-some-appreciation-for-kimbellas-curves-in-his-first-ig-video-since-being-released-from-prison/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juelz Santana</a> reflected on his most recent prison sentence and the living conditions in jail which, he says, made him a &#8220;smarter&#8221; human being.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rapper-juelz-santana-sentenced-prison-gun-newark-airport-771127/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolling Stone,</a> the rapper was sentenced to 27 months in prison for bringing a loaded gun to a Newark, New Jersey airport in 2018. Authorities arrested Santana after finding a loaded Derringer 38-caliber handgun and a &#8220;controlled dangerous substance&#8221; in the rapper&#8217;s carry-on bag.</p>
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<p>As reported by <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/juelz-santana-prison-made-smarter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HipHopDX</a>, Santana served 17 months at <a href="https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FCI Petersburg Medium</a> in Hopewell, Virgina. The prison is a medium security federal correctional institution.</p>
<blockquote><p>I hated being there, but it was a learning experience. For me I got to turn jail into Yale. I got to be smarter, I got to read a lot more and I got back to writing. Like I wrote so much in there. Like my execution plans since I been home been phenomenal right now, like I’m just all the way in getting to it.</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Santana Explained The Difference Between Holding Cells And Prison</h3>
<blockquote><p>A holding cell in a couple days is way different from being in jail it’s not dirty and pissy. A holding cell where you go to is way different from what you getting and you locked down and you ’bout to be in the cell and you got a cellmate and stuff like that. Cause for one, n***a your cellmate ain’t going to let you be in no dirty, pissy… one of y’all going to be fighting.</p>
<p>N****s keep their shit clean in jail. All that pissy, dirty shit, that’s at the bookings with motherf*****s that don’t give a f**k and there’s no order. You go to jail, there’s order n***a. There’s order, there’s politics and there’s shit going on.</p></blockquote>
<p>The Diplomats rapper explained that the &#8220;order&#8221; in prison is due to inmates being aware that they&#8217;re staying there for the long haul.</p>
<blockquote><p>For the most part, now it’s like because n****s know they’re there to live there. When you’re in a holding cell, most of them motherf*****s are like, ‘I’m going home tomorrow. My mommy bout to bail me out, this about to happen.’ They not going to be there long.</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Santana Is Preparing To Drop A New Project</h3>
<p>The &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0MnHd4JFIw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clockwork</a>&#8221; rapper&#8217;s sit down with VladTV comes ahead of the release of his next project, which will be his first since 2020, as reported by <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/599572-juelz-santana-says-he-turned-jail-into-yale" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HotNewHipHop</a>.</p>
<p>Santana delivered a sample of what fans could expect by posting a short video clip to Instagram earlier in the week. In the clip, rapper <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/ella-bands-gives-insight-on-writing-and-recording-her-feature-on-a-boogies-song/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A-Boogie&#8217;s</a> vocals can be heard.</p>
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