The final legal door has slammed shut for Corey “C-Murder” Miller, and the brother who fought for his freedom for over two decades has publicly declared the battle over, alleging a profound betrayal from inside the prison walls. In a stunning video statement, Percy “Master P” Miller, the No Limit Records mogul, revealed he is severing all financial and legal support, accusing his incarcerated brother of ingratitude and of spreading falsehoods about their family.
This dramatic fracture follows a crushing, unanimous decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court. On February 3, 2026, seven judges voted 7-0 to deny C-Murder’s latest appeal, boarding up his last state-level avenue for freedom. The ruling solidifies a life sentence for a 2002 murder conviction built solely on eyewitness testimony, testimony both witnesses later recanted, claiming coercion by Jefferson Parish authorities.
“This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” Master P began, his demeanor weary and resolved. He directly addressed content from books published under C-Murder’s name from inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The material, he said, claimed their parents “didn’t do nothing for him.”
“Which is a lie,” Master P stated flatly, his words heavy with two decades of exhaustion. He contrasted the silence toward family with C-Murder’s public appreciation for celebrity supporters like Kim Kardashian. “I never heard him talk about [our grandmother] like that. But I know Kim Kardashian put out one tweet, and she is an angel.”
The core of his anguish, however, targeted C-Murder’s inner circle from the streets. “His friends have him incarcerated,” Master P asserted, shifting blame from the justice system to those he implied knew the truth but remained silent. “I changed my life, and I left those same friends behind because they didn’t want to do right.”
Master P framed his own success as a conscious departure from the environment that ultimately ensnared his younger brother. “Being a square meant being free,” he said, referencing the street term for someone who plays by the rules. “It meant not sitting at 55 years old in a former plantation prison.”
The emotional severance is the devastating coda to a legal saga that has haunted the Miller family since January 2002. Sixteen-year-old Steve Thomas, a No Limit fan, was shot and killed during a brawl at the Platinum Club in Harvey, Louisiana. No gun, DNA, or forensic evidence ever linked Corey Miller to the crime.
His conviction rested on the accounts of two men: a bouncer and a patron. Both later filed affidavits saying they lied under oath, claiming detectives threatened them. These recantations were dismissed by courts as unreliable. C-Murder was convicted in a 2009 retrial by a 10-2 jury verdict, a now-unconstitutional non-unanimous rule.
For 23 years, from a cell on a former slave plantation, C-Murder has maintained his absolute innocence. “I’m going to get out of here, and I’m going to free myself,” he told investigators in a recent documentary. Meanwhile, Master P mobilized every resource—funding legal teams, organizing rallies, and making personal visits to Angola.
Now that mobilization has ceased. “The ATM I’m pulling the plug off,” Master P declared, describing years of being financially drained by an unappreciative cause. “I’m an ATM, and now I’m a square.” He issued a final, direct plea to his brother: “So, bro, wake up. If you get a second chance, man, be thankful.”
The Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision appears to leave federal appeals as the sole, narrow path forward. With Master P’s withdrawal, the financial engine for that fight is gone. The case that once captivated the hip-hop world now concludes not with a legal verdict, but with a familial fracture, leaving a 55-year-old man in prison for life and the brother who built an empire to protect him finally walking away.