Introducing John Forte

We've been promoting Wale & K'NAAN's show at the House of Blues in Boston tomorrow night here at F2DD. We've heard from our readers that they don't know who John Forte is and would like us to provide them with some information. So here it is: F2DD introduces John Forte --

Forte was born on January 30th, 1975. He is a rapper / producer who first made his name with the Fugees.

After the group split up Forte pursued a singles career with his debut album in 1998, Poly Sci, not getting much success. In 2000, Forté was arrested at Newark International Airport after accepting a briefcase containing $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine; he was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to distribute.^[3]He was convicted and sentenced to the mandatory minimum 14 years after being found guilty, and incarcerated at FCI Loretto, a low-security federal prison in central Pennsylvania. With the help of Senator Orrin Hatch, Forté's prison sentence was commuted by President George W. Bush on November 24, 2008. He was released from prison four weeks later December 22.

Here's a more recent joint by Forte who collaborated with Talib Kweli on a remix of Homecoming