Lil' Kim, the rap superstar, was released on Monday from a Pennsylvania jail after serving 10 months of a 12-month sentence for a perjury conviction.  Lil' Kim  Lil Kim Lil' Kim

The well-known rapper, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, was convicted of perjury in 2005 for her part in a cover-up of her two friends' involvement in a shooting. Lil' Kim's hits include Lady Marmalade and Lighters Up

While she completed her jail time, she will spend a month under house arrest followed by supervised release for three years, according to prison officials.

"I am thrilled to be coming home," the 30-year-old said in a released statement. "I thank my fans for all their letters."

Upon exiting from the facility, the musician was greeted by fans outside of the Philadelphia Federal Detention Center in Pennsylvania.

"She has accepted responsibility and handled herself in an exemplary manner," her attorney said in a statement released through the rapper's publicist last week.

The perjury charge was brought against her after a gunfight erupted outside of New York City's Hot 97 radio station in 2001.

The rapper, and members of her gangsta rap group Junior Mafia, had been guests on the station.

As they left the Manhattan radio station, a shootout broke out between members of her group and their rival group Capone-N-Noreaga. One man was wounded during the exchange of gunfire.

The group had challenged their rivals about an insult aimed at Lil' Kim by another female rapper, Foxy Brown, in a song called Bang Bang.

Lil' Kim was accused of repeated lying during her 2003 court appearances when she told a grand jury her ex-manager, Damion Butler, was not at the station on that day. She also told the court that she didn't know Suif Jackson.

However, a security videotape showed Butler with the rapper, while two witnesses, said they saw her at the station with both men. Both Butler and Jackson have since pleaded guilty to gun charges.

The female gangsta rapper won a Grammy in 2001 for the remake of the Patti Labelle classic Lady Marmalade. She sings on the recording with top vocalists Christina Aguilera and Pink.