Rapper Ja Rule Out of Federal Prison After Two Years
After serving most of a two year prison sentence, rapper Ja Rule has been released. He will finish his sentence under home confinement.
The 36-year-old, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, is technically still serving a sentence until July 28th. However, he will serve the remainder of his federal prison sentence at his home, possibly with community-based supervision.
Ja Rule turned himself in in 2011, after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in 2010, due to an incident in 2007 when police found a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the rapper’s car. While in prison, Ja Rule received another 28 months for tax evasion. According to reports, he failed to pay taxes on $3 million in earnings between 2004 and 2006.
In February this year, Ja Rule completed serving his sentence for gun crimes, but was immediately transferred to federal prison to finish serving his sentence for tax evasion. He owes $1.1 million in back-taxes.
At 10 AM on Monday, Ja Rule’s wife reportedly picked him up from Ray Brook Federal Prison and took him directly home, where he will remain under confinement until July 28th. The platinum-selling rapper is reportedly eager to return to work.
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