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Keith Murray Is A Free Man
05/15/2001 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
(5/15/01, 6 p.m. ET) -- Rapper Keith Murray was released from the Maple Street House halfway facility in Connecticut on Monday (May 14).
Murray was convicted in 1996 of hitting a man in the head with a metal barstool at a Connecticut nightclub in 1995. The rapper was sentenced to three years behind bars and eventually turned himself in in October 1998, following a failed appeal. In April 2000, a witness came forward and admitted that they lied during the trial. Murray immediately filed a lawsuit for a new trial, which he later dismissed in exchange for having his sentence reduced by three months.
Rumors have circulated that the rapper, who was once signed to Jive Records, will now sign with either Def Jam Records or Rawkus Records. In the meantime, fans can catch Murray on Redman's new album, Malpractice, which is due out on Tuesday (May 22). Murray is featured on the song, "Wrong 4 Dat."
-- Yves Salomon, New York
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