Bobby Shmurda's crimes: After weapon charges and murder conspiracy, will he be released from jail on August 4?

Ackquille Jean Pollard aka Bobby Shmurda is back in the news. To refresh your memory, the American rapper and songwriter signed a deal with Epic Records after his song 'Hot -----' was placed at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014. His debut EP 'Shmurda She Wrote' was released on November 10, 2014. However, on December 2014, the musician was arrested during a raid at Quad Studios in Manhattan.

According to XXL Mag, the raid uncovered 21 guns, crack cocaine and marijuana. In 2016, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison, which was eventually reduced to five years.

Now, Twitter is speculating that he might be released soon. According to Capital Xtra, previous reports suggested that the rapper may be released in December 2020. A Twitter handle @OnnThinIce posted: "Bobby Shmurda’s website has updated with a countdown that ends on August 4th at 8:00 PM EST. Could we be seeing Bobby home in the next couple weeks?” The speculations just kept growing there on.

One excited fan wrote, "Bobby Shmurda’s comeback music video will break the internet. It will be a cultural reset. There’s no way around this."