8/14/2014 11:15 AM PDT TMZ STAFF
Rapper Beanie Sigel is back on the streets ... a free man after spending 2 years behind bars.
Beanie was popped in 2012 for dodging the taxman to the tune of $700,000 between 2003-05.
Beanie's worked with some of the biggest names in rap -- including Snoop and Jay Z -- but his career essentially died after his first trip to the big house in 2004 ... for drug and gun crimes.
Law enforcement sources tell us Beanie ...