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An official with knowledge of the situation said he has left jail.
Court documents reveal that Engelmayer had reached his decision on Wednesday.
The road to his early release was winding.
The rapper, real name Daniel Hernandez, wasinitially set to get out of jail around early August.
So what changed in the course of a week?
Lazzarro had asked the Bureau of Prisons for compassionate release.
Court papers revealed that the Bureau of Prisons denied this request.
As a result, Lazzaro took the matter up with Engelmayer again.
Engelmayer said Wednesday that the Bureau of Prisons denial enabled him to step in, prompting his intervention.
Hernandezs home confinement will be enforced by GPS monitoring, Engelmayer also said in his decision.
After Hernandezs sentence is up, he still has another five years of supervised release, Lazzaro said.
This means that Hernandez has to follow the law to stay out of jail.
Were very happy with the judges decision to let him go home, Lazzaro told Vulture.
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This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
