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Bobby Shmurdawas released from prison today, New York prison officials said.
The Brooklyn rapper, legal name Ackquille Pollard, was conditionally released from Clinton Correctional Facility.
This mornings development means that Pollard is leaving prison about ten months early.
The path to Pollards early release was a bit winding, however.
Prison officialsdeniedhim parole in September.
In January, however, prison officialsconfirmedreports that Pollard might get an early release.
They explained that Pollard had previously become ineligible for conditional release because of disciplinary issues.
Although Pollard left prison, he still has to serve the rest of his term under parole supervision.
Pollards release came about two months after his associate Chad Marshall, known asRowdy Rebel, wasfreedfrom state prison.
Prosecutors had said that these men were part ofGS9, an East Flatbush gang.
Twenty-one people were charged in this indictment.
Some of Pollards post-prison plans were revealed during a meeting with parole officials.
In atranscriptof this meeting first obtained by Vulture, Pollard said he wanted to get his high-school equivalency diploma.
You feel like you cant be nothing and jail is it, thats it, he said.
Nobody want to spend their life in jail and I feel like they can do so much more.
