Troy Ave has been released from New York City’s Rikers Island after being inside since February.
He commemorated the occasion with an Instagram post on Monday (Aug. 26), sharing a picture of himself in front of a Rikers Island sign holding a bag of cash, a red Lamborghini Urus next to him. He captioned the post,”Ya boi home!”
In a video clip shared by DJ Akademiks, the rapper is heard saying, “We out. I wanna go straight to the airport.”
Earlier this year, the Brooklyn rapper turned himself in to begin his prison sentence for his part in the 2016 NYC shooting that left his bodyguard Ronald “Banga” McPhatter dead. Troy, who was set to open up for T.I. that night, got into an altercation with rival Daryl “Taxstone” Campbell in the green room before he got a chance to perform. Campbell — who shot and killed McPhatter, and also shot shot three others — was convicted on the charges of manslaughter in the first degree, two counts of first-degree assault, one count of second-degree assault, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. He was sentenced to 35 years behind bars.
The day Troy turned himself in, he shared a video message on Instagram. “About to run up in the court, you might not see me for a while but just know the streets is a myth,” he said. “Somebody shot at me. Instead of laying down and dying, I’d have been a hero, a martyr. I take the gun and bust back.”
He added, “There you have it, here go the consequences. We don’t cry over spilt milk. You take the lemons and you make lemonade. Y’all keep supporting and keep running it. And send prayers; prayers count more than anything … I’m up out of here.”
Initially charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon, Troy and his legal team negotiated a one-year sentence in exchange for his testimony against Campbell.
