After spending 5 years behind bars, 03 Greedo reportedly has been launched from jail this week.
In keeping with a Advanced report, revealed on Friday (Jan. 13), 03 Greedo was launched from the Thomas R. Havins Unit in Brownwood, Texas, on Thursday (Jan. 12). The Los Angeles rapper was initially sentenced to twenty years in jail in 2018, stemming from his June 2016 arrest on fees of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon and possession with intent to ship a managed substance (in his case it was 400 kilos of methamphetamine).
XXL has reached out to the Texas Division of Legal Justice for remark.
Journalist Jeff Weiss, who’s been intently reporting on Greedo’s authorized case, seems to have confirmed the information of the 35-year-old rapper’s launch on his Twitter account.
“Greedo misplaced 5 birthday’s & Christmas’ w/ his household. He could not tour, see his daughter or take pleasure in what he’d earned – all for a non-violent drug offense,” he wrote in his tweet. “In that point, LA misplaced Nipsey, Drakeo & numerous others. No homecoming may very well be extra welcomed. The residing legend returns. [grape emoji].”
XXL has reached out to 03 Greedo’s rep for remark.
Greedo, born Jason Jamal Jackson, was going through as much as 300 years in jail however accepted a plea deal for lesser time. On July 2, 2018, Greedo turned himself into authorities and commenced serving his 20-year jail sentence.
In keeping with the Texas Division of Legal Justice, Greedo’s most sentence yr was 2038. The Wolf of Grape Avenue rhymer turned eligible for parole in 2020 however was denied and was initially scheduled for launch in 2026.
Earlier than Greedo’s launch, a brand new mixtape, in collaboration with producer Mike Free titled Free 03 was launched on Friday (Jan. 13). The gathering options songs he recorded each from inside jail partitions and previous to his sentencing in 2018. The 14-track tape is 03 Greedo’s first full-length challenge since 2020’s Load It Up Vol. 01.
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