The 40-year-old rapper and country singer has a criminal record which includes a robbery at the age of 17 and drug charges when he was 23, and now the Tennessee Board of Parole has "unanimously recommended" him for a pardon after Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall wrote to Governor Bill Lee - of whom is in charge of making the decision - to make the request The music star - whose real name is Jason Deford - now hopes he can act as an "inspiration for people" who think bad cannot be changed to good,