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Ja Rule to Leave New York Prison on Gun Charges, But Remain in Federal Custody
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule was set to leave an upstate prison on Thursday after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession but head straight into federal custody in a tax case.
The rapper, who had been in protective custody at the Mid-State Correctional Facility because of his celebrity, has some time remaining on a 28-month sentence for tax evasion,