Troy Ave Celebrates Rikers Release With Bag of Cash and Lamborghini: ‘Ya Boi Home!’

Crown Heights rapper Troy Ave walks free after serving six months of a one-year prison sentence at Rikers Island for his involvement in a 2016 shooting at New York’s Irving Plaza.

To celebrate the release, Troy Ave posted a new photo of himself masked up outside of Rikers Island, wearing shades, holding a bag full of two million in cash and a liquor case while leaning on a red Lamborghini.

“Ya Boi Home ‼️🙏🏾❤️” he captioned the post.

In February, Ave, legal name Roland Collins, prepared to serve his sentence due to his involvement in the aforementioned fatal shooting of Ronald “Banga” McPhatter, where Collins and Taxstone struggled over the weapon that led to McPhatter’s death. While Taxstone allegedly fired the shot and was sentenced to 35 years, Collins would also sue Live Nation and Irving Plaza.

The "All Night Long" rhymer was able to get his sentence appealed after spending two months behind bars while awaiting trial. "Under the law he must serve 8 months to satisfy that sentence," his attorney, John B. Stella, wrote in February. "Since he previously spent almost 2 months in jail before he made bail, the remaining balance of time he must serve is a little over 6 months."

In a video from that same month, Troy Ave walked into his court hearing and took accountability for his involvement in the shooting.

"Alright, y’all, they might cheat me, you might not see me for a while," he said in the clip below. "But just know the streets is a myth. All them people that was in the car with me, I end up taking the guns. Somebody shot at me, and instead of laying down and dying, I’d have been a hero, a martyr, I took the gun and bust back."

"And there you have it. Here go the consequences. But we don’t cry over spilt milk. We take the lemons and make lemonade. God is great, and the paper’s straight. Y’all keeps it cool. Y’all keep running it up. Send the prayers up. Prayers count more than anything."