After sitting in a prison cell for five years, Shyheim Franklin aka Shyheim the Rugged Child was released today from a New York State prison.
Shyheim turned himself into authorities after about a month on the run following a hit-and-run accident in which one person was killed. The 40-year-old former child prodigy was originally booked on second-degree manslaughter charges and sentenced to 14 years in prison in August 2014. The Original Gangstas co-star was also handed down a concurrent 7-year sentence for a gun charge.
Shyheim came into the came like the little shorty that ran with the Wu and even offered up his own solo album AKA The Rugged Child in 1994 at the tender age of 14. He also starred in a handful of blockbuster films on the silver screen including The Preacher’s Wife and In Too Deep with LL Cool J and Omar Epps.
