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King Willem-Alexander didn’t know earlier than the four-day journey to the USA that rapper Frenna, with whom the royal couple visited a hip-hop studio in Atlanta, was convicted in 2016 for intercourse with an underage lady. The king mentioned this throughout the closing press interview on the finish of the journey. “However that mentioned: Everybody within the Netherlands who has been convicted and served their sentence deserves a second probability. That is how our authorized system works,” Willem-Alexander mentioned.
In 2016, Frenna was arrested in Suriname along with rappers KM and Priceless for having intercourse with an underage lady and sharing a video of it on-line. KM was launched earlier as a result of he was comparatively younger. Frenna was 24 years outdated on the time. He and Priceless have been sentenced to jail, however they didn’t should serve it as a result of their pre-trial detention had already exceeded the complete sentence.
Frenna and the royal couple visited a famend hip-hop studio in Atlanta on Monday, which can also be referred to as “the Mecca of hip-hop”. There the rapper spoke with Willem-Alexander and Máxima about hip-hop tradition.
“This conduct that he has proven isn’t acceptable. We should always not settle for that both,” the king mentioned about Frenna’s arrest. “However he has proven regret, he has served his sentence and he deserves a second probability.” Queen Máxima agreed along with her husband’s phrases. “He served his sentence, he realized from it,” she mentioned.
When requested whether or not Frenna “ought to be canceled”, the king mentioned firmly: “Cancel tradition, we do not try this.”
