After two years in prison, Raphy Pina is back home. However, he’s still not a free man. On May 24, the CEO of Pina Records and Natti Natasha’s fiancé announced that he was back home despite the fact he’s still serving the rest of his sentence under Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) custody. He will officially be free on Aug. 5.
“Thanks to God, my family, friends and cyber family I kept my FAITH and my desire to learn from this whole process,” he wrote online. “I feel a little disoriented because although it was two years ago, today the world is very different.”
He continued: “As we can see, the bad continues to reign and the good is not applauded. I do not want applause, I want to live taking advantage of every day in my new opportunity or new chapter and to contribute in a positive way to the culture.”
He explains that he’s in the process of opening a new foundation to help young people and families with their financial and personal needs. He will also launch a third clothing collection to garner funds to give back to others through his foundation.
“I am still under federal custody of the BOP and I am not allowed to present myself in social media networks until the sentence is finished and/or they authorize the requests,” Pina said about his current situation. “It won’t be long before I turn on that LIVE and give you the best stories and advice to the youth that is growing up and need to understand many things that they will not learn until they are in a place with no release time.”
Pina was found guilty of two charges of illegal possession of firearms in Dec. 2021. In May 2022, he was sentenced to three years in prison. On May 24, 2022, he surrendered himself to the custody of U.S. Marshalls, serving most of his prison time in North Carolina.
Last week (May 13), he revealed that he was serving the rest of his sentence in a halfway house in Miami, FL. According to his social media post, as of three days ago (May 21), he has been back home, closer to his loved ones, though still under custody.