Troy Ave Released From Prison For 2016 Shooting, Gifted New Lamborghini

Troy Ave Opens About Testifying Against Tax Stone in Upcoming Trial

Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave has been released from prison after serving a little under a year for his role in the 2016 Irving Plaza shooting in which the rapper’s friend and bodyguard, Ronald “Banga” McPhatter, ended up dead.

Troy Ave, whose real name is Roland Collins, posted a picture of himself walking out of Riker’s Island yesterday(August 26) gripping a bag of money in front of a red Lambo with the caption, “Ya boi home!”

Another clip showed Troy being give the Lamborghini and cash when he hit the bricks, with Ave saying the first place he wanted to head to was the airport.

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Collins was sent behind bars after he and podcaster Daryl “Taxstone” Campbell got into a scuffle backstage at Irving Plaza during a T.I. concert, resulting in Ave’s friend and bodyguard getting shot and killed.

“When the shot goes off I see the light from the spark and I hear the shot,” Troy testified in court last March. “This is all happening fast. I get up and start fighting Taxstone, trying to take him, grab the gun, and another shot goes off. I put my leg up to kind of block the shot from hitting me in the face or chest.”

Taxstone, who is alleged to have been the gunman, was sentenced to 35 years in prison while Troy Ave was handed a reduced one-year stint in prison.

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[WATCH] Maino Says Taxstone Caught Bad Break In Manslaughter Conviction

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Maino is adamant about Troy Ave twisting his version of the 2016 shooting at Irving Plaza that left one man dead and two others injured, even going as far as defending Taxstone, saying that Troy Ave thought he was going to get a Worldstar moment at the podcaster’s expense.

The Brooklyn rapper made his return to Angela Yee’s new “Way Up With Angela Yee” show and being an eyewitness, he contends that Troy Ave and his crew were the true aggressors.

The “All Of The Above” rapper said that he was with Uncle Murda, who were both scheduled to perform, before the melee broke out. Maino says that Taxstone was just enjoying the T.I, show when he trouble approached him. This was totally contrary to Troy Ave’s side of the story.

The shooting took the life of Troy Ave’s friend and bodyguard, Ronald “Banga” McPhatter.

Check out what maino had to say below.

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