Meek Mill freed from prison in Pennsylvania
Meek Mill freed from prison in Pennsylvania
Rapper Meek Mill appears during a portrait session to promote his new album, “Wins & Losses,” in Atlanta on July 13, 2017. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Meek Mill performs in concert during the Power 99 Powerhouse in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Philadelphia native Meek Mill watches an NBA basketball game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics in Philadelphia on Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2017 where a judge sentenced him to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Meek Mill appears in an arrest photo from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in November 2017. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP)
A bus with a message of support for Meek Mill drives by City Hall in Philadelphia on Nov. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
People walk past a placard posted on a newsstand with a message of support for imprisoned rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia on Dec. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Protesters demonstrate in front of a courthouse during a hearing for rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Meek Mill’s son Papi holds a sign as protesters demonstrate in front of a courthouse during a hearing for the rapper in Philadelphia on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Rapper Meek Mill leaves the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Pa., April 24, 2018, after Pennsylvania’s highest court ordered him freed while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions. (David Swanson /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Hours after his release from prison, Meek Mill appears on the basketball court to ring a replica of the Liberty Bell replica before a game between the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Rapper Meek Mill, from left, appears with fellow Philadelphia native Kevin Hart, Philadelphia 76ers’ co-owner Michael Rubin, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Philadelphia Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie during Game 5 of a NBA basketball playoff series against the Miami Heat in Philadelphia on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Rapper Meek Mill appears during a portrait session to promote his new album, “Wins & Losses,” in Atlanta on July 13, 2017. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Rapper Meek Mill appears during a portrait session to promote his new album, “Wins & Losses,” in Atlanta on July 13, 2017. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Meek Mill performs in concert during the Power 99 Powerhouse in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Meek Mill performs in concert during the Power 99 Powerhouse in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Philadelphia native Meek Mill watches an NBA basketball game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics in Philadelphia on Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Philadelphia native Meek Mill watches an NBA basketball game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics in Philadelphia on Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2017 where a judge sentenced him to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2017 where a judge sentenced him to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Meek Mill appears in an arrest photo from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in November 2017. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP)
Meek Mill appears in an arrest photo from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in November 2017. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP)
A bus with a message of support for Meek Mill drives by City Hall in Philadelphia on Nov. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A bus with a message of support for Meek Mill drives by City Hall in Philadelphia on Nov. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
People walk past a placard posted on a newsstand with a message of support for imprisoned rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia on Dec. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
People walk past a placard posted on a newsstand with a message of support for imprisoned rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia on Dec. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Protesters demonstrate in front of a courthouse during a hearing for rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Protesters demonstrate in front of a courthouse during a hearing for rapper Meek Mill in Philadelphia on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Meek Mill’s son Papi holds a sign as protesters demonstrate in front of a courthouse during a hearing for the rapper in Philadelphia on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Meek Mill’s son Papi holds a sign as protesters demonstrate in front of a courthouse during a hearing for the rapper in Philadelphia on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Rapper Meek Mill leaves the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Pa., April 24, 2018, after Pennsylvania’s highest court ordered him freed while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions. (David Swanson /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Rapper Meek Mill leaves the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Pa., April 24, 2018, after Pennsylvania’s highest court ordered him freed while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions. (David Swanson /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Hours after his release from prison, Meek Mill appears on the basketball court to ring a replica of the Liberty Bell replica before a game between the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Hours after his release from prison, Meek Mill appears on the basketball court to ring a replica of the Liberty Bell replica before a game between the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Rapper Meek Mill, from left, appears with fellow Philadelphia native Kevin Hart, Philadelphia 76ers’ co-owner Michael Rubin, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Philadelphia Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie during Game 5 of a NBA basketball playoff series against the Miami Heat in Philadelphia on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Rapper Meek Mill, from left, appears with fellow Philadelphia native Kevin Hart, Philadelphia 76ers’ co-owner Michael Rubin, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Philadelphia Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie during Game 5 of a NBA basketball playoff series against the Miami Heat in Philadelphia on April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Rapper Meek Mill walked out of prison Tuesday after Pennsylvania’s highest court ordered him freed while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions.
Following a five-month campaign by his supporters to get him out, the state Supreme Court directed the Philadelphia judge who had jailed him to immediately issue an order releasing him on unsecured bail.