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‘Hot Boy’ rapper Bobby Shmurda released from NY prison

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2014 file photo, Bobby Shmurda performs at Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2014 at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Brooklyn rapper will be eligible for release from prison in February 2020, the New York State Department of Corrections said on Monday, Jan. 4, 2020. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Hot Boy” rapper Bobby Shmurda has been released on parole in his drug gang case.

Authorities confirmed Tuesday that Shmurda was released from a New York prison amid speculation about whether he would attempt a music industry comeback.

Shmurda, whose birth name is Ackquille Pollard, was best known for “Hot Boy,” a gritty song with rhymes about gunplay.

Messages were left on Tuesday with Shmurda’s lawyer.

The 26-year-old performer out of Brooklyn had previously called the case a sham.

Shmurda was arrested in 2014 in New York City, The Associated Press reported.

According to The AP, investigators found a small amount of crack cocaine and two handguns in a car Shmurda was riding in.

The rapper was sentenced in 2016 to seven years after reaching a plea deal, The AP reported.

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