character after Wepner and met with him during filming. He was also the subject of the 2019 film The Brawler. In popular culture Boxing High-profile professional boxers who were incarcerated in East Jersey State Prison: Dwight Muhammad Qawi, who became a two-time world champion after his release from East Jersey State Prison. James Scott, a title contender, who had many bouts inside the prison itself, including a fight against Dwight Muhammad Qawi in 1981. Music The Escorts, a R&B group, was discovered by record producer George Kerr during an inmate variety show that Kerr attended with Linda Jones. Kerr relentlessly and successfully petitioned the federal government to record an album with the group of inmates incarcerated at Rahway in 1972. A mobile recording unit was brought to the prison where the group recorded their first hit album, All We Need Is Another Chance, in just nine hours. The album would go on to reach #41 on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles after its release in 1973. The group recorded a second album, 3 Down 4 to Go, later in the same year. A documentary film, titled All We Need Is Another Chance was released in 2017. The 1975 Bob Dylan song, "Hurricane" was inspired by inmate and former middleweight contender Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Lifers Group, a hip hop group, grew out of the Lifers Group Juvenile Awareness Program portrayed in Scared Straight!. In 1991, the group released an album and an EP, titled "#66064", featuring songs, "The Real Deal" and "Belly of the Beast". A 30-minute documentary, directed by Penelope Spheeris, focusing on the group's songs and depicting life in East Jersey State, was released in 1992, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video "Rahway Prison" is mentioned in the lyrics of the Traveling Wilburys 1988 song "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" "Rahway State" is mentioned in the lyrics of the East River Pipe song "Where Does All The Money Go?" Max B, the American rapper, was convicted in 2009 for multiple offenses, including conspiracy to murder. His 75-year sentence has since been reduced to 12 years and he is set to be released in 2022. Television In 1999, in the HBO series,The Sopranos, East Jersey State Prison is mentioned by the character, Sean Gismonte. (Season 2, Episode 8) On May 8, 2000, an exposé of the history of EJSU first aired on an episode