Lyfe Jennings will soon begin serving a three and a half year prison sentence for a 2008 incident. The rapper will retire from the music industry after being sentenced today for several crimes which stemmed from an altercation with his girlfriend 2 years ago. Lyfe Jennings fired a weapon near a highway, and then took police on a high speed chase in his 2005 Chevy Corvette.

This is not the first time Jennings will be serving time. Back in 1992 he served 10 years in prison for arson, only to start a rather successful music career after leaving the slammer.

Jennings tweeted the following message to his followers on Twitter, saying, “To everyone who gave me a chance I am forever in your debt. I have had a fabulous career because of you. All I can say in parting is that I have been honest. I didn’t sugarcoat a word didn’t hold back a single [part] of my life from [you]. I’ve lived a hundred lives in these 6 yrs so I not only won’t, I don’t have the right to complain. I would like to think that I’ve changed lives by changing my own, tho I can’t be sure. But one thing I am sure of is God gives and takes away in measure. He is fair, just and forever.”

The 37 year old, born Chester Bamsu Jennings, has produced 4 albums in total as well as several singles. His most recent album is, “I Still Believe,” in which he will be playing in clubs throughout the country to promote prior to beginning his sentence.