50 Cent greets Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as he is released from prison

Rapper 50 CENT was on hand to greet his friend FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. as the boxer was released from prison in Las Vegas on Friday (03Aug12).

The sportsman served two months of a three-month sentence on a misdemeanour domestic battery charge and he walked free from Clark County Detention Center in the early hours of Friday morning.

Mayweather, Jr. was met outside the facility by a group of around 20 friends and family, including his pal 50 Cent, who got into the boxer's car and drove away with him.

The hip-hop star recently announced he will be arranging Mayweather, Jr.'s upcoming fights as part of a new promotional venture.