Former Roc-A-Fella records signee, Tru Life, was released from prison, Tuesday (April 26).  News of his return hit the net with a couple of videos welcoming him home and hinting at music in the works. The rapper, born Roberto Guzmán Rosado, Jr., had served nearly 6 years of an 8 year bid that he had already began serving time on in 2011. The sentence stemmed from the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Christopher Guerrero after a dispute at the now defunct Club Pacha in New York City. Both Tru Life and his brother Marcus Rosado plead guilty to manslaughter and gang assault, with Marcus receiving 10 years.   

Although his career dates back to 1999, Tru began to gain notoriety when a 2005 New York Times feature on Jay Z opened up by detailing the Lower East Side artist pitching himself to the [former] Def Jam President in a board room full of executives. "Yo, Jay, this has got to work! I got a bad back! I can't be packing boxes at Home Depot!" he began in a 10-minute spiel that recounted his experience having worked his way up and survived gun shots to get to that point. "Everybody can get a record deal, but you can't buy a star, you can't buy charisma, and I got that.," he finished, before Jay broke from silence to reportedly quip: "Somebody get this kid on front of a camera!"

The camera would begin to accelerate him towards fame, as on the heels of a six-figure R.O.C. deal Tru found himself tangled in several feuds, including a YouTube heavy beef with Jim Jones and the members of Dipset, and a conflict with Mobb Deep that was documented on the film Beef. The status of any recording contract or segues back into the industry from here is so far unclear. 

Source: hiphopwired.com