42 Dugg and Yo Gotti. Photo via publicist
Detroit rapper 42 Dugg has been released from prison, Complex reports and a publicist confirms to The FADER. The photograph above was taken today (October 18) upon Dugg’s release; seen with Dugg is Yo Gotti, the head of Dugg’s label, CMB, who was on hand to welcome him home.
In 2022, Dugg was sentenced to six months in prison after violating the terms of his bond in a 2019 illegal weapons possession charge. He was arrested last summer for failing to turn himself in to a West Virginia prison camp and faced up to five years in prison for the offense.
As Complex points out, Dugg shared and deleted a statement in May protesting conditions at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Yo Gotti subsequently made an offer of $2 million to any attorney who could help secure Dugg’s release.
Dugg’s most recent album, a collaboration with EST Gee called Last Ones Left, dropped in April 2022. Upon his release from prison, Complex reports that Dugg headed straight back into the studio.
