Rapper Jeffrey Atkins a.k.a Ja Rule
has been released from prison today following a 2-year sentence.
The rapper started his sentence in
July 2011 after he was convicted of criminal possession of a firearm and tax
evasion.
The rapper was hit with the 2-year
sentence in 2010 when he pled guilty to attempted criminal possession of a
weapon — stemming from a 2007 incident in which cops found a loaded
semi-automatic handgun in his sports car. He turned himself in to
authorities in June 2011.
In July 2011, Ja Rule was also sentenced to 28 months behind bars for
tax evasion, after failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in earnings
from 2004-2006. Ja Rule served the tax evasion sentence concurrently with his
gun possession sentence. (TMZ)
Although his sentence was meant to
run till July, Rule has been released early and will complete the rest of his
term in his home.
New York rapper N.O.R.E has already
announced Ja Rule’s arrival on Twitter, posting “Just spoke to @Ruleyork
everybody tell him welcome home!!!”
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