She played a fictionalized version of herself nicknamed "Snoop" on The Wire and wrote a 2007 memoir, Grace After Midnight, detailing her troubled childhood and time in prison for second-degree murder.

Pearson said her life turned around at the age of eighteen, when Arnold Loney, a local drug dealer who looked out for her and sent her money in prison, was shot and killed.

She was released in 2000,[1] and landed a local job fabricating car bumpers, but was fired after two weeks when her employer learned she had a prison record.

"[3] Her appearance on the show kickstarted her acting career, leading to appearances in music videos for R&B singer Lil' Mo's "Dem Boyz"; rapper Rick Ross' "The Boss" and "Here I Am"; rapper Ace Hood's "Cash Flow"; A$AP Ferg's "Shabba (feat ASAP Rocky)" and Snoop Dogg's "So Many Pros.

"[7] Pearson joined the cast of the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York for its seventh and eighth seasons.

[8][9] Pearson has volunteered as a prison visitor, worked on anti-violence and literacy campaigns for youth, and supported The Stay Strong Foundation.