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"&lt;img alt=\"0226_petey_pablo_getty_EX\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/02/26/0226-petey-pablo-getty-ex-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bad News&lt;/strong&gt;: Rapper&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Petey Pablo&lt;/strong&gt; kicked off his 2012 by reporting to prison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good News&lt;/strong&gt;: At least he's going to get an education out of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The former platinum selling rapper -- who &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/11/petey-pablo-arrested-concealed-weapon-possession-firearm-north-carolina/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;was arrested&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;for trying to smuggle a gun through an airport ... on SEPTEMBER 11 of all days -- finally began his three-year prison term on January 4 by turning himself in to a medium security federal correction institution in West Virginia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to court docs obtained by TMZ, the court recommended Pablo receive \"intensive substance abuse treatment, vocational training and educational opportunities\" while locked up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is scheduled be released on July 17, 2014.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the saying goes ... when God closes a prison door, he opens a window.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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