Ja Rule is finally a free man … TMZ has learned, the rapper
was released from prison today after serving out his sentences for attempted
illegal gun possession and tax evasion.
Mr. Rule — real name Jeffrey Atkins — was released from Ray
Brook Federal Prison in New York this morning. A source close to the rapper
tells TMZ, his wife picked him up around 10AM and drove him straight home,
where he’ll remain on home confinement until July 28th.
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.
