Former No Limit rapper Mac Phipps joined Blavity News' Facebook Live to discuss new music, the ills of incarceration and reentering society after a 21-year prison sentence. "It's like a new normal on steroids," Phipps told Blavity of adjusting to reentry during the COVID-19 pandemic. "When I first got out, my first couple of days, I felt like I was in the twilight zone. As the days have progressed, it has gotten easier." While New Orleans looks markedly different than it did in 2000 when Phipps began serving time, he said he's been enjoying the city because it feels the same to him, saying there are many things he still loves about it. But the thing he really adores right now is being free. "I love freedom, let me first say that, I love freedom," he said. "Freedom is the most important thing right now." But he's also been loving and struggling with all the technology the country has amassed in the past two decades, like his new smartphone and other communication capabilities....
