The crypto industry’s most infamous rapper, Heather Morgan – better known as Razzlekhan – released a new music video as US authorities prepare to jail her for criminally laundering portions of the crypto loot her husband was convicted of stealing from Bitfinex.
In the song ‘Razzlekhan Vs. The United States’ Morgan’s outlandish and proactively dressed musical persona rocks and scowls into the camera. Despite the legality of the song’s name, its lyrics do not attack the investigation and trial. it earned her a federal sentence of 18 months in prison.
“This ain’t no free country; it runs on money; capitalists are nice; old white men are all mad,” raps Morgan, bound in red ropes. The aggressive image contrasts sharply with the conservatively dressed defendant, who wept in a Washington courtroom as she apologized for her role in hiding and paying out portions of the stolen fortune of nearly 120,000 bitcoin.
Her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, was sentenced to five years for orchestrating the hack and theft. And the couple’s crypto crimes are the subject of a recent Netflix documentary, “Biggest Heist Ever.”
Morgan’s Razzlekhan performances are meant as direct commentary, she claims, and in the latest “misfits anthem,” released on Friday, “the lines of sex appeal and creepy memes are blurred.”
“It symbolizes many of my thoughts and actual experiences throughout our federal case,” she said in a statement about the work. “Many creatives and misfits have told me that Razzlekhan content has been really inspiring to them and makes them feel less alone.”
The federal judge who sentenced her said, despite her request to be paroled with the days she had already served behind bars, she did not have to report to prison before the end of January. Her computer use will also be restricted and monitored.
Read more: Bitfinex Hack Launderer Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan sentenced to 18 months in prison
Morgan lamented in court that her reputation had been “completely and completely” destroyed by the public’s fixation on her rapper character as a sideshow to the high-profile criminal case.
She told the judge at her sentencing that she would be haunted “for the rest of my life” but what she had done to aid the theft of what would now be worth $11 billion. Hours later, she posted a Razzlekhan video celebrating the end of her silence.
In this latest appearance less than two months later, Razzlekhan appeals not to a crypto boss, but to someone with close ties to the world of digital assets: the CEO of Tesla and social media X, who is now a political ally of the president-elect. Donald Trump.
“Old Money, Gold Dust; Save Me Elon Musky!”
