After serving 6 long years, Rowdy Rebel is finally home.
Rowdy had been incarcerated since 2016. The rest of his sentence will be carried out under community supervision.
Footage has surfaced on social media showing Rowdy’s release and his loved ones’ celebrating outside with him:
Rowdy, Bobby Shmurda, and their fellow GS9 affiliates were arrested in 2014 for a number of charges, including conspiracy, murder, drugs, and weapons possession. In September of 2016, Rowdy and Bobby decided to take take a plea deal, pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess weapons and possession of a weapon charges. With a sentence of seven years and two years served, both of them were eligible to be released this year.
Unfortunately, Bobby hasn’t been as lucky as Rowdy. In September he was denied parole and will have to remain in prison until Dec. 11, 2021. It seems as if the parole board didn’t believe he was completely rehabilitated due to his behavior. Bobby reportedly racked up over 10 violations for alleged drug possession, fighting, having a weapon, and other offenses. This could have prevented the rapper from being released since good behavior is heavily weighed by the parole board. Bobby is now serving his maximum seven-year sentence.
While in prison Rowdy made a guest appearance on Pop Smoke’s song “Make It Rain” via collect call. The track appeared on the late Pop’s posthumous platinum album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.
