Meek Mill spoke to NBC News' Lester Holt from prison recently, and in reflecting on his past and present, said he believes his current trials are a message from God. 

Mill, who has had quite the roster of interesting visitors lately, is currently in prison serving a two to four year sentence for probation violation. 

“Across the board, African Americans are ending up with worse sentences over and over than white people, even if you control for the type of offense,” said Mill.

His return to jail spurred significant conversation surrounding the criminal justice system and its treatment of black men. Several celebrities have weighed in on the matter of criminal justice reform. Mill believes he was chosen as a vessel for that larger conversation, and cites the Alpha and Omega Himself, for giving him that heavy responsibility. 

“I think God delivered me a job to help people, helping minorities that come from these situations like myself. I say don’t show me no pity, because this is my life," Mill said. "This is what I’ve been going through, and I think God put me in this position to be able to do a show with Lester Holt and open up eyes for other young black men.”

Mill also said he always feared something simple would land him back in prison.

“It was always a thought in the back of my mind that 10 years of probation would bring me back to prison, because a technical violation is police contact," Mill noted. "Like, police contact, you don’t have to be charged with a crime. You don’t have to be found guilty of a crime; you can be sentenced to what you were sentenced for like, what I was facing.”

Check out the complete interview interview below: