US rap star Lil Kim has been released from prison in Pennsylvania, after serving just under ten months of her twelve month sentence for perjury. As previously reported, she will now spend the next thirty days under house arrest, and her release will remain supervised for the next three years. As she emerged from the Philadelphia Federal Detention Center, she was greeted by fans, some of whom had camped overnight to see her.
The hip-hopper, real name Kimberly Jones, was, of course, convicted of perjury last year after lying about her friends' involvement in a shooting outside New York's Hot 97 radio station in 2001. Jones said in a recent statement: "I am thrilled to be coming home. I thank all my fans for all their letters, as well as my family and friends for all their support throughout the past 10 months."