Ja Rule leaves prison but takenback into custody

Ja Rule still has to serve some of
a 28-month sentence he was
carrying out at the same time
for not paying his taxes.
He had been in protective
custody because of his celebrity
status.
According to his lawyer, Stacey
Richman, the musician wants to
get back to work as soon as
possible to start making the
£1.1m he has been ordered to
pay back in taxes.
"Many people are looking
forward to experiencing his
talent again," added Richman.
She described him as a "devoted
father" who was looking
forward to his daughter's
graduation.
'Choked up'
Ja Rule, whose real name is
Jeffrey Atkins, had a Grammy
nomination for his 2002 album
Pain is Love and has also starred
in films including The Fast and
the Furious and Scary Movie 3.
He went to prison in June 2011
and was given the earliest
release date possible, said state
correction spokeswoman Linda
Foglia.
Ja Rule had been serving time in
a New York prison for gun
possession
In the gun case, New York City
police said they had found a
loaded .40-calibre
semiautomatic gun in a rear
door of Ja Rule's $250,000
(£163,000) luxury car after it
was stopped for speeding.
He pleaded guilty to that offence
in 2010.
In March 2011 Ja Rule admitted
that he had failed to pay taxes
on more than $3m (£1.9m) he
earned between 2004 and
2006.
"I in no way attempted to
deceive the government or do
anything illegal," he told the
judge at the time.
"I was a young man who made
a lot of money. I didn't know
how to deal with these finances
and I didn't have people to
guide me, so I made mistakes." SOURCE http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21544826