Master P on Mystikal’s Prison Sentence: “He Never Got the Right Medicine He Need”
The No Limit founder opens up about his former artist’s 20 years, mental health, and the empire Mystikal helped build.
By The Superfan — CelebnMusic247
Master P is speaking publicly about Mystikal for the first time since his former No Limit artist was sentenced to 20 years in prison — and the mogul’s message was less about blame than about a man he believes never got help.
P was the latest guest on the We In Miami podcast, in an episode that aired Saturday, October 17, per KMEL. The conversation turned to Mystikal — born Michael Tyler — who was initially charged with first-degree rape and other offenses in a 2022 Louisiana case that carried an automatic life sentence. In March 2026, per KMEL, Tyler accepted a plea deal that lowered the charge to third-degree rape and capped his sentence at 20 years.
“I don’t think he ever got the right medicine he need,” Master P said on the podcast. “Drugs is killing our culture… they’re self-medicating. When you look at mental health, man, a lot of people are afraid to say they’re dealing with this.”
According to the police account reported by KMEL, the woman in the 2022 case alleged that Tyler accused her of stealing $100 from him, pulled her braids out, punched and choked her, and took her keys and wallet so she could not leave his home. She alleged that after he asked her to pray with him, he pushed her onto a bed and raped her, and that he later forced her to replace the money — allegedly sending an extra $50 to himself through her CashApp in the process. Those are the allegations behind the case Mystikal pleaded into; at his sentencing hearing, per KMEL, he reportedly told the court: “If that’s what I did, I deserve every day of this sentence. I’m sorry. I hope you heal.”
An empire he helped build
Whatever the verdict on the man, P made clear he will not erase what Mystikal meant to the label. Tyler signed to No Limit Records in 1996 and released Unpredictable (1997) and Ghetto Fabulous (1998), then joined P, Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder and Krazy in the 504 Boyz, whose debut Goodfellas arrived in 2000. P noted that his son, Jimi Nu, performs Mystikal’s records — a deliberate choice to keep that chapter of the catalog alive.
“Man, Mystikal has helped us build an empire,” P said.
It is a complicated kind of loyalty: a founder honoring the music while pointing at the addiction and untreated mental-health struggles he believes ran underneath the fall. For No Limit fans who grew up on “Shake Ya Ass” and the tank rolling through every video on BET, P’s words land as both tribute and warning — the empire got built, and the man who helped build it will spend the next two decades behind bars.
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Sources: KMEL
