From No Limit Legend to Lifeline: OG P’s Urgent Plea to Corey Miller – Freedom Comes with a Mission to Save the Next Generation in Calliope Projects
Percy “Master P” Miller has delivered a top-secret, handwritten letter to his incarcerated brother Corey “C-Murder” Miller at Angola State Penitentiary, pleading with the No Limit legend to use any future freedom not for personal gain, but to become the savior the Calliope Projects desperately need. “The kids out there are literally dying and desperately need you,” Master P wrote in the letter, obtained exclusively by The Source. “This ain’t about a song or freedom for freedom’s sake. This is about the mission to save the next generation.” The message, smuggled through legal channels and read aloud by Miller’s attorney during a November 18 visit, has sparked a firestorm in New Orleans’ hip-hop community and renewed calls for clemency.
C-Murder, 54, has been serving a life sentence since 2009 for the 2002 murder of 16-year-old Steve Thomas at a Baton Rouge nightclub. Despite maintaining his innocence and multiple witnesses recanting under alleged police pressure, appeals have stalled. But the crisis in Calliope – the housing project where both Miller brothers grew up – has reached breaking point. In 2025 alone, 42 teenagers have been killed in gang-related violence across New Orleans’ 3rd Ward, with Calliope accounting for 18. Homicide rates among Black youth are up 68% since 2020, and the projects’ rec centers remain shuttered.
Master P, who transformed No Limit Records into a $400 million empire, has poured millions into community programs but admits the streets need more than money. “I can build gyms, but I can’t replace the OGs who walked these blocks,” he told XXL. “Corey grew up here. These kids know his name, his story. If he comes home, he can stop the bleeding.”
The letter details specific incidents: a 14-year-old killed over sneakers, a 16-year-old shot while walking his little sister home from school. “They’re dying because no one’s showing them another way,” P wrote. “You survived Angola. You survived the system. Now come survive for them.”
C-Murder’s response, relayed through counsel, was immediate: “Tell P I hear him. If God opens this door, I’m walking out for the kids, not myself.” His team has filed a new clemency petition citing the recanted testimony and community impact, with Master P pledging a $5 million youth foundation in Corey’s name upon release.
New Orleans activists, including TakeEmDownNOLA, have rallied behind the plea. “Corey Miller is a symbol,” organizer Malcolm Suber said. “His freedom could be the spark that saves a generation.”
As Governor John Bel Edwards reviews the petition before leaving office in January, one message echoes from Angola to Calliope: freedom isn’t the endgame. Survival is.
