Moroccan rapper El Mahdi Lyoubi (Photo: free.el.mahdi Instagram)
The 34-year-old artist, whose real name is El Mahdi Lyoubi, is well known in artistic circles for his lyrics criticising Moroccan society and its inequalities.
In a video sent to AFP by Sara Soujar, one of his attorneys in Morocco, Lyoubi is seen smiling as he walks out of prison and embraces the lawyer.
Lyoubi was stopped at the airport on July 10 just before boarding a flight to France, where he lives, and was told he was forbidden from leaving the country.
He was summoned by judicial police three days later in Casablanca and had been detained ever since under a provision of the Moroccan penal code that punishes "defamation, insult or offense against the person of the king".
On Friday, a judge ruled in favour of Lyoubi's request for provisional release, said Soujar.
He was released from custody in the afternoon.
Soujar said they had so far not been informed of any measures barring Lyoubi from leaving the country.
The next hearing in his trial is scheduled for October 2.
Several dozen people had gathered outside the court in Casablanca on Friday to call for his release, with some holding signs reading "Free Mehdi", according to images shared by his support committee.
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