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Ja Rule

March 05, 2023

"Jeffrey Atkins" redirects here. Not to be confused with Jeffery Atkins.

Jeffrey Bruce Atkins[7] (born February 29, 1976),[2] better known by his stage name Ja Rule (/dʒɑː/), is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, record producer and actor. Born and raised in New York City, he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its lead single "Holla Holla". During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records, formerly known as The Inc. From 1999 to 2005, Ja Rule had multiple hits that made the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and You" (featuring Christina Milian), "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and "Ain't It Funny" (both with Jennifer Lopez)—which both topped the Hot 100—the number 1 hit "Always on Time" (featuring Ashanti), "Mesmerize" (featuring Ashanti), and "Wonderful" (featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti).

Ja Rule
Ja Rule in November 2016
Background information
Birth nameJeffrey Bruce Atkins
Also known asJah
Born (1976-02-29) February 29, 1976 (age 47)
New York City, U.S.[1]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • singer
  • record producer
  • actor
Years active1994 (1994)–present[6]
Labels
Formerly ofMurder Inc.
Protégé of
Children3

Rule has been nominated for two American Music Awards and four Grammy Awards with respective collaborators Lil' Mo, Vita, Ashanti and Case. Following the release of his platinum-selling debut Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), he released his respective second and third albums Rule 3:36 (2000) and Pain Is Love (2001). Both albums topped the US Billboard 200 album chart, launching him into the mainstream, selling over a combined 15 million units to a wide audience, and attaining triple platinum status from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming his best-selling albums to date. Rule followed up with his respective fourth, fifth and sixth albums The Last Temptation (2002), Blood in My Eye (2003), and R.U.L.E. (2004), with The Last Temptation attaining platinum status and R.U.L.E. reaching gold status. As of 2018, Rule has sold 14.4 million units in the US and has sold over 30 million records worldwide. In 2019, he joined the main cast of WeTV's Growing Up Hip Hop: New York.

Outside of music, Ja Rule attracted notable scrutiny for his involvement in the fraudulent Fyre Festival, which he co-founded with con artist Billy McFarland. In November 2019, he was cleared of any legal wrongdoing from his role in the festival.[8][9]

Early life

Ja Rule was born Jeffrey Bruce Atkins on February 29, 1976, to Debra and Will in Hollis, a section of the Queens borough of New York City. Jeffrey's father left the family when he was very young.[2] Atkins was raised as an only child, as his younger sister, Kristen, died in the womb when Atkins was 5.[10] His mother, Debra, was a healthcare worker, and due to the amount of time she spent working, Atkins was largely raised by his grandparents as a Jehovah's Witness.[11] Atkins' mother left the Jehovah's Witness religion when he was 12.[12] Soon after, Atkins began selling drugs in Hollis.[13]

Career

Cash Money Click (1994–95)

Atkins began his rap career in 1994 with the hip hop group Cash Money Click alongside members Chris Black and O-1. He took the stage name "Ja Rule", telling MTV News that the name came from a friend who addressed him by that name; other friends simply called him "Ja".[6] Together they worked with producer DJ Irv to produce a number of songs, releasing their debut single "Get Tha Fortune" independently in 1994. After the group signed with TVT Records, the song was re-released through the label later that year as the B-side to their second single, "4 My Click". "4 My Click" featured Mic Geronimo and became popular on pirate radio, eventually receiving airplay on Yo! MTV Raps. Plans for the release of the group's eponymous debut studio album were brought to a halt in 1995 after Chris Black was sentenced to five years in prison and the group was dropped from TVT, which led to their third single "She Swallowed It" never officially being released, however it was later bootlegged. With no label, the group disbanded shortly after being dropped.[14]

Solo career and Venni Vetti Vecci (1995–1999)

After being dropped from TVT, Ja Rule maintained a close relationship with DJ Irv, who was working as an executive producer for Def Jam at the time. DJ Irv, now known as Irv Gotti, was hired as an A&R for the label and was able to get Ja Rule a contract with Def Jam.[15] In 1995, he made his first solo appearance on Mic Geronimo's "Time to Build" alongside Jay-Z and DMX, who were also in their early stages of their careers. He later appeared on the song "Usual Suspects" from Mic Geronimo's second album Vendetta in 1997, alongside The Lox, DMX and Tragedy Khadafi. He also had a brief cameo in the video for "Walk In New York" by Queens hardcore rap group Onyx. Later in 1997, Irv Gotti was granted his own imprint from Def Jam, known as Murder Inc. Records. Ja Rule was promoted as the label's flagship artist, and he continued to make guest appearances on songs by other artists, including Method Man, Redman, Nas, DMX, LL Cool J and Dru Hill. He later appeared on Jay-Z's 1998 hit single "Can I Get A...", for which he wrote the hook. It was originally planned to be Ja Rule's debut single until Jay-Z heard the track and requested it for himself. During this time, he rapped under the slightly modified stage name Jah.[16]

Returning to the Ja Rule name, his debut single Holla Holla was released in March 1999 and became a hit, peaking at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100.[17] Fueled by the success of Holla Holla, Ja Rule's debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci, was released in 1999, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 184,000 copies sold in its first week. It eventually reached platinum status in the US due to the popularity of "Holla Holla".[18] A remix of "Holla Holla" was later released, featuring Jay-Z, Vita, Cadillac Tah, Black Child, Memphis Bleek and Busta Rhymes.

Rule 3:36, Pain Is Love and The Last Temptation (2000–2002)

 
Ja Rule and Vita in 2001

Ja Rule's second single, "Between Me and You", featuring Christina Milian, was released in June 2000 as the first single from his second studio album and became his first major crossover hit, earning Top 40 airplay and reaching #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's next single, "Put It on Me", featuring Vita and Lil' Mo, was released in December 2000 and became one of the biggest hits of 2001, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the first top 10 hit for both Ja Rule and Vita.[17][19] The video for "Put It on Me" also topped the MTV Video Countdown for a week, and became the first music video to be retired on BET's 106 & Park after spending more than 60 days on the countdown. The video also ranked #1 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2001.[20]

Ja Rule's second album, Rule 3:36, was released on October 10, 2000, and went in a much different stylistic direction from Venni Vetti Vecci, changing his almost trademark hardcore hip-hop sound to mainstream-oriented pop-rap, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 276,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Ja Rule's first number one album. The album later went on to be certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[18]

The success of Rule 3:36 promoted Ja Rule to international status, and made Murder Inc. one of the biggest labels in the United States. The same success followed with his third album, which spawned three top 10 singles, two of them reaching #1. The first, "Livin' It Up", featuring Case, was released in July 2001 and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.[21] It also achieved success in the United Kingdom, reaching #5 on the UK Singles Chart.[22] The second single, "Always on Time", was released in October 2001 and marked the first major guest appearance for Murder Inc's youngest artist Ashanti, and became both Ja Rule and Ashanti's first song to top the Billboard Hot 100.[17][23] The remix of Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule was included on the album and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks, beginning September 8, 2001, and also topped the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song was a staple of R&B/hip hop and pop radio during the summer and fall of 2001, spending fifteen weeks total in the top five of the Hot 100. In 2009 the single was named the 30th most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.[24] The album's fourth single, "Down Ass Bitch" featuring Charli Baltimore was also successful, reaching #21 on the Hot 100.[25]

Ja Rule released his third studio album, Pain Is Love, on October 2, 2001. Like its predecessor, Pain Is Love topped the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 361,000 copies and is certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[18] The album also received a Grammy nomination in 2002 for Best Rap Album. By 2007, 3.6 million copies of Pain Is Love had been sold.[26]

The Last Temptation, Ja Rule's fourth album, was released on November 19, 2002. It spawned two hit singles, "Thug Lovin'", featuring Bobby Brown, which peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Mesmerize", a duet with Ashanti that peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.[17] The Last Temptation debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 237,000 copies and was certified platinum by the RIAA in December 2002.[18][27]

50 Cent feud, Blood in My Eye and R.U.L.E. (2003–2004)

 
Ja Rule (left) in 2000 with Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a notorious Queens gangster closely affiliated with Irv Gotti and Murder Inc. Records

Shortly after the release of his fourth studio album, Ja Rule's ongoing beef with fellow Queens rapper 50 Cent reached its peak, with both artists taking to radio stations almost daily to trade insults and diss tracks.[28][29][30][31][32] On January 3, 2003, the Murder Inc. offices were raided by FBI agents and NYPD officers due to accusations of money laundering and drug trades toward Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, who was associated with Irv Gotti.[33] Due to the federal investigation, Ja Rule had a late response in his beef with 50 Cent.[34] By association, 50 Cent's labelmates Eminem, Obie Trice, D12, and Ja Rule's former friends and associates DMX and Busta Rhymes were brought into the feud too. Ja Rule released the diss track "Loose Change" in April 2003, where he attacks 50 Cent, as well as Eminem, Busta Rhymes and Dr. Dre.[35] 50 Cent eventually responded with "Hail Mary", which used the beat from 2Pac's song of the same name and featured Eminem and Busta Rhymes.[36] The beef continued to be highly publicised throughout 2003, and eventually led to Ja Rule meeting with Minister Louis Farrakhan in October, who wanted to intervene and prevent escalating violence in the feud.[37]

Ja Rule's fifth studio album, Blood in My Eye, was released on November 4, 2003, under the Murder Inc. label, which renamed itself "The Inc." several days after the album release. The material was intended simply as a mixtape, but was released as an album to fulfill Ja Rule's contractual commitment to Murder Inc. to release one annually. The album was described as a "hate" album directed at various rappers, including 50 Cent, G-Unit, Eminem, Proof, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others, and marked a return to the hardcore style Ja Rule had used in his earlier career. It spawned one hit single, "Clap Back", which reached #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Source Award for "Fat Tape" song of the year. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 200, selling 139,000 copies in its first week of release, and had sold over 468,000 copies in the U.S. by 2008.[27]

Ja Rule's sixth studio album, R.U.L.E., was released in November 2004, debuting at #7 and selling 166,000 copies in its first week of release. Its lead single, "Wonderful", featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti, peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was followed by the street anthem "New York", featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss, which charted at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The third single was the love song "Caught Up", featuring Lloyd, which had failed to make an impact on the Billboard Hot 100. The RIAA certified R.U.L.E. Gold on January 14, 2005,[18] and by October 2007 the album had sold 658,000 copies.[26]

Hiatus, departure from Def Jam, decline of The Inc. Records (2005–09)

 
Ja Rule performing in Fort Hood, Texas, May 13, 2005

On December 6, 2005, The Inc. released Exodus, a greatest hits album whose only new tracks were the song "Me" and intro and outro tracks. Exodus was the last album on Ja Rule's contract with The Inc. After its release, Ja Rule took a hiatus from recording music.[2] Meanwhile, The Inc. Records was still under investigation because of alleged drug trades with Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff.[33][38] This led to Def Jam Recordings refusing to renew The Inc.'s contract. From 2005 to 2006, Gotti searched for other labels, finally reaching a deal with Universal Records (part of the same company as Def Jam). A few years later The Inc. left Universal Records due to business issues and failure to secure funds for projects.[39] In 2007, Ja Rule founded record label Mpire Music Group.[citation needed]

Pain Is Love 2, prison, and release (2011–2013)

In February 2011, it was announced that Ja Rule had started working on a new album, Pain Is Love 2, to be produced by the producers of the original Pain Is Love album to "recreate magic". Most of the production was to be done by 7 Aurelius (who co-produced "Down Ass Bitch"), while Irv Gotti was to be executive producer. Ja Rule had planned on releasing it on June 7, 2011, but decided to delay the release in order to allow more time to perfect the "level and quality of the records" and to avoid "doing an injustice to [his] fans".[40][41][42] A revised release date of October 11, 2011, was also pushed back.[43] During the delay, Ja Rule released a new track, "Falling to Pieces", produced by 7 Aurelius, which samples The Script's "Breakeven".[44][45] On October 2, 2011, another track, "Spun a Web", was released, also produced by 7 Aurelius and sampling Coldplay's "Trouble". The following day a teaser video premiered on YouTube, and the official video was released on October 11.[46] Pain Is Love 2 was finally released on February 28, 2012, by which time Ja Rule was serving a two-year sentence in prison for gun possession and tax evasion.

Ja Rule was released from prison on May 7, 2013.[47] Alongside Lil Wayne and Birdman, he appeared on the remix of the track "She Tried", which appeared on the N.O.R.E album Student of the Game. On September 18, 2013, Ja Rule released a track titled "Fresh Out Da Pen". The track had first premiered on Hot 97.[48][49] A few days later he released "Everything". Both tracks were produced by Visionary producers Reefa and Myles William. On September 27, 2013, both tracks were released on iTunes for digital download.[50][51] In September 2013, it was confirmed that Ja Rule and Gotti had relaunched Murder Inc Records.[52]

Memoir, reality show and future projects (2014-present)

In 2014, Ja Rule released a memoir, Unruly: The Highs and Lows of Becoming a Man, in which he reflected on his past struggles with a difficult adolescence in New York City and everything that followed, from breakout success and destructive rivalries to fatherhood and a two-year prison sentence.[53] In July 2014, Ja Rule announced his eighth studio album, which was eventually pushed back to a 2016 release.[54][55][56] Also in 2014, MTV announced that Ja Rule and his family would star in the upcoming reality show Follow the Rules which was co-produced by Queen Latifah. A sneak peek trailer of the show surfaced on the internet in September 2014 and the show premiered on October 26, 2015.[57][58] In October 2015, Rule announced that he and Gotti had partnered with Paramount Pictures on a TV drama series based on the history of Murder Inc., set to premiere in 2016.[59][60][61] In February 2016, Ja Rule announced that his upcoming eighth studio album would be titled Coup De Grâce[62][63] and would be his last album.[64] In December 2016, he appeared on The Hamilton Mixtape, rapping Hamilton's verse in Ashanti's performance of "Helpless", referencing Lin-Manuel Miranda's impression of him in the last line of that verse. On June 26, 2018, Ashanti confirmed that she and Ja Rule are working on a collaborative album.[65][66]

On October 15, 2021, in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the release of his third studio album, Pain is Love, Ja Rule released the single, "Sincerely, Jeffrey"[67] for all streaming platforms.[68][69]

Acting

Aside from rapping, Ja Rule has established a career as an actor. His first film was a buddy movie with Pras, Turn It Up; he appeared in a minor role in The Fast and the Furious. He appeared in several movies including Back in the Day with Ving Rhames and Pam Grier and Half Past Dead as Steven Seagal's co-star. He also starred in the movies The Cookout with Queen Latifah and Assault on Precinct 13. In 2013, he starred in I'm in Love with a Church Girl.

Other ventures

In 2004, Ja Rule and Gotti launched an urban clothing line called ErvinGeoffrey.[70] In 2006, Ja Rule launched a liquor company, The Mojito.[71][72]

In May 2015, Ja Rule partnered with Billy McFarland, the CEO of the credit card service company Magnises, to become its creative head and spokesman.[73] In August 2015, Ja Rule collaborated with footwear businessman Steve Madden on a new line of men's sneakers called Maven x Madden,[74] which were released for sale by fall 2015.[75]

In 2016, Ja Rule co-founded Fyre Media, Inc.,[76][77] a talent booking agency, with Billy McFarland. In April 2017, the venture touted its Fyre Festival in Hamilton, Bahamas, as a luxury event, but it was fraudulent,[78] disappointing hundreds of ticket-buyers.[79] Rule and McFarland faced a $100 million class action suit.[80]

In 2021, Ja Rule partnered with a team of software engineers to launch Flipkick, a platform focusing on selling physical works of art as non-fungible tokens. Flipkick claims to be "the first company to offer cryptographic authentication of physical works of art sold as and linked to NFTs." To inaugurate the platform, Ja Rule listed for auction a painting he commissioned in 2012 by artist Tripp Derrick Barnes depicting the Fyre Media Inc logo. The painting was listed with an estimate of $600,000.[81][82]

Personal life

Atkins earned his GED while in prison in February 2012.[83] In February 2021, Atkins completed an online course at Harvard Business School and shared a photo of his certificate of completion on Twitter.[84]

Family

In April 2001, Ja Rule married Aisha Murray.[85][86][87] The couple have three children: Brittney Asja Atkins (born 1995), Jeffrey Jr. (born 2000), and Jordan (born 2005).[88][89]

Religion

Raised as a Jehovah's Witness for most of his childhood, Ja Rule identifies as a Christian. He "reconnected with God" in 2013 while promoting the movie I'm in Love with a Church Girl. He was baptized, along with his wife, in 2013.[90]

Legal issues

In 2003, he allegedly punched a man in Toronto, who later sued. He received a $1,200 fine after pleading guilty to assault.[91]

In 2004, police investigated whether a feud involving Murder Inc. led to a fatal shooting outside a nightclub party hosted by Ja Rule and Leon Richardson.[92][93]

On July 1, 2004, Ja Rule was arrested for driving with a suspended license and possessing marijuana.[94]

In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges along with Lil Wayne, and Don Rhys who served eight months in prison during 2010 for attempted possession of a weapon stemming from the arrest.[95][96][97] The court rejected Ja Rule's argument that the gun was illegally obtained evidence.[98][99]

On December 13, 2010, Ja Rule received a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attempted possession of a weapon after the aforementioned 2007 arrest. On March 8, 2011, Ja Rule's surrender date for his two-year prison sentence was set for June 8.[100] He was first sent to Rikers Island, then later to a state facility in Upstate New York.[101]

In July 2011, Ja Rule received an additional 28-month prison sentence for tax evasion, to run concurrently with his state term, failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in earnings between 2004 and 2006.[102] He was released from state prison on February 21, 2013, but was immediately taken into federal custody for the tax case, for which he had less than six months remaining on his sentence.[103] Ja Rule was held in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center and was set to be released on July 28, 2013. Ja Rule was released from prison early on May 7, 2013.[47][104]

By July 1, 2017, Ja Rule faced more than a dozen lawsuits filed by ticket buyers and investors in the failed Fyre Festival and his partner in the venture, Billy McFarland, had been indicted for fraud.[105]

Feuds

50 Cent

Before signing with Interscope Records, rapper 50 Cent engaged in a well-publicized feud with Ja Rule and his label Murder Inc. Records. 50 Cent claimed that the feud began in 1999 after Ja Rule spotted him with a man who robbed him of his jewelry and also because of Ja Rule "trying to be Tupac".[28] However, Ja Rule claimed the conflict stemmed from a video shoot in Queens because 50 Cent did not like Ja Rule "getting so much love" from the neighborhood.[29] 50 Cent indirectly confirmed this in an interview with XXL Magazine, where 50 Cent states he was upset with Ja Rule for being under the aegis of Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff.[30] A confrontation occurred in Atlanta in which Ja Rule claims he struck 50 Cent with a baseball bat, later his crew stepping in to beat up 50 Cent.[31] Another confrontation occurred while in a New York studio where rapper Black Child, a Murder Inc. artist, stabbed 50 Cent, causing a wound requiring four stitches.[32]

In his book, 50 Cent details how Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff tried to resolve the conflict between him and Ja Rule. Allegedly, McGriff asked 50 Cent to leave them alone because of the money involved. 50 Cent insinuated the conflict had something to do with the shooting where he was ambushed and shot.

Since then, Black Child and other Murder Inc. rappers such as Cadillac Tah publicly insulted 50 Cent with "There's a Snitch in the Club" by Cadillac Tah, and "The Real Wanksta" by Black Child. In both songs, Black Child details violent actions directed toward 50 Cent.[32] The exchange of insult tracks released from both parties culminated in Ja Rule's Blood in My Eye, which was an album that returned additional insults to 50 Cent. Because of the ongoing feud between the two, 50 Cent's labelmates Eminem, Dr. Dre, Obie Trice, D12, DMX, Busta Rhymes, and the rest of the members of G-Unit, also became involved and released tracks which insulted Ja Rule.[32]

Ja Rule later released R.U.L.E. which included the successful single "New York", featuring Jadakiss and Fat Joe, in which Ja Rule obliquely attacked 50 Cent. This single prompted 50 Cent to enter a feud with the two featured artists, reflected in his response, "Piggy Bank".

Although it seemed that the feud was over, Ja Rule returned with a track titled "21 Gunz".[106] In response, Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent released the track "Return of Ja Fool" on Lloyd Banks' mixtape Mo Money in the Bank Pt. 4, Gang Green Season Starts Now.[106]

In an interview with MTV, Ja Rule stated, in reference to his album, The Mirror:

There was a lot of things I wanted to say, and I didn't want there to be any bitter records on the album. Because I'm not bitter about anything that happened [in the past few years].[107]

In May 2011, it was confirmed that both Ja Rule and 50 Cent had ended the feud. Ja Rule said, "I'm cool. We ain't beefing no more. We'll never collaborate. That's just what it is. You don't have to be at war with somebody, but it's also kind of like U.S. and another country that they may not get along with. We don't gotta go to war, but we're not friends either. But we can coincide inside of a world. He's doing him, and he's not thinking about me, and I'm doing me and I'm not thinking about him."

In September 2013, in an interview with Angie Martinez on The Angie Martinez show on HOT 97, both Rule and Irv Gotti acknowledged 50 Cent not only took a toll on Ja Rule's prominence, but along with the federal indictment, damaged Murder, Inc., as a music label. They told Martinez their immediate reaction on hearing 50 Cent's single, "In Da Club", on the radio was that it was "so dope" and that they had a problem with it. They also disclosed that they had been blackballed from various award shows where 50 Cent was to perform due to their feud. Notwithstanding seeing 50 Cent as a hustler, they liked his entrepreneurial mentality, 10 years on, no longer had a problem with him. Ja Rule indicated he had plans to write a book surrounding the whole experience. [108]

In early 2018, after four years of taunting Ja Rule, 50 Cent reiginited the beef after he publicly dissed him on Big Boy's Neighborhood, leading to Ja Rule retaliating on Twitter the next day.[109]

Shady/Aftermath

The conflict started after 50 Cent signed to Shady Records and Aftermath in 2002. Ja Rule and Irv Gotti expressed dissatisfaction with Eminem and Dr. Dre for signing an artist with whom they were in conflict and threatened to take action against them if they released any 50 Cent tracks deprecatory of Murder Inc.[110]

The conflict escalated when Ja Rule released "Loose Change" attacking 50 Cent, Eminem and Dr. Dre. The song also includes lyrics that insulted Eminem's family (most notably his then 7-year-old daughter Hailie Jade) and acquaintances.[110] In response, Eminem, D12 and Obie Trice released the deprecatory track "Hailie's Revenge (Doe Rae Mi)" featuring vocals from Eminem's daughter.[111]

Busta Rhymes joined the conflict when he was featured on the track "Hail Mary 2003" with Eminem and 50 Cent.[112] The song, which is a remake of Tupac Shakur's song "Hail Mary", was done partially as a response to Ja Rule's remake of Tupac's song, "Pain" (re-titled "So Much Pain"). The rappers felt Ja Rule could not compare to Tupac, and so they made the track, mocking him for trying to "imitate" the deceased rap icon.[113] Eminem prevented Ja Rule from appearing on any of the "new" Tupac songs he produced, including those on Loyal to the Game.[114]

DMX

After Murder Inc. broke up in 1999 due to animosity between DMX and Jay-Z, DMX accused Ja Rule of copying his signature "gruff style", and the two subsequently fell out. On the single "Where the Hood At?", DMX disses Ja Rule by replicating lyrics from other Ja Rule songs, referring to Ja Rule's controversy of being labelled as homophobic in the lyrics such as "I show no love to homo thugs" or "Last time I checked, you niggas having sex with the same sex".[citation needed] Ja Rule responded with several disses on his album, Blood in My Eye, including "Clap Back".[citation needed] DMX said that he wanted the dispute to end when he was released from jail in 2005: "[Irv] Gotti came to me in jail and said I want to make peace with you and him. I was like, 'All right, Gotti, let's do it man."[115] DMX and Ja Rule finally ended their feud at VH1's 2009 Hip Hop Honors.[116]

Kurupt

By his association with DMX, Ja Rule was brought into the beef between DMX and Kurupt, being dissed on Kurupt's 1999 song "Callin' Out Names". Ja Rule responded with "Still INC" featuring Black Child and Cadillac Tah, a freestyle over Dr. Dre's "Still D.R.E." beat. The two eventually squashed their beef on the set of the movie Half Past Dead in 2002.[117]

Foxy Brown

In October 2002, rapper Foxy Brown dismissed reports of recording a track with rivals Nas and Ja Rule that was "potentially" deprecatory of Jay-Z.[118] During a Thanksgiving week interview in 2002, while on Doug Banks In the Morning, Ja Rule stated that he "[couldn't] stand Foxy Brown."[119][120] Brown reportedly heard Ja Rule's comments via a radio while she was helping her mother clean her house.[120] Going against her manager's wishes, during her own interview with Doug Banks, Brown informed Banks that she was "flabbergasted" by Rule's comments.[120] Brown explained she was particularly angry at Rule's response, having never met him.[120]

The incident provoked Brown to record the unreleased, "Get Off Me".[119][121] In the record, Brown targeted Ja Rule and Eve with homophobic remarks.[119][121] In 2005, Ja Rule and his two bodyguards were initial suspects in the killing of Willie "Willie Bang Bang" Clark, whom authorities linked as a "revenge" that stemmed back to a robbery case involving Foxy Brown's brother.[122]

In September 2009, Ja Rule and Foxy Brown ended their beef at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors, where they celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their former label, Def Jam Recordings.[123] The feud was squashed after both rappers shared a photo with ex-labelmates DMX and Ludacris.[124][125]

Lil' Mo

In January 2003, while co-hosting 106 & Park: Prime, singer Lil' Mo sent a shout-out to 50 Cent, just seconds after she premiered a Ja Rule video.[126] Ja Rule and the Murda, Inc., clique were outraged.[126] In response, Ja Rule released "Loose Change", a track deprecatory of Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Chris Lighty and Lil' Mo.[119][126] Rule rechristened Mo a "bitch", and credited himself with causing her popularity.[127] In May 2003, Mo released a freestyle track attacking Ja Rule, where she interpolated the "Used to be my homie, used to be my ace, now I can't stand you, yeah I wanna slap the taste out your mouth." lyrics Dr. Dre used in his 1993 Eazy-E diss track "Fuck wit Dre Day".[128]

In April 2003, Lil' Mo sparked additional controversy, complaining of receiving neither recognition nor payment for her contributions to Rule's records "I Cry" and "Put It on Me".[129] Mo told MTV News, "Those two records ["I Cry", "Put It on Me"] ruled 2001. The whole world knows that ... If I speak the truth, I can't apologize. I helped that brother sell 3 million records, and I don't have a plaque [for Rule 3:36]."[129] By way of contrast, she highlighted Jay-Z's having given her recognition, a plaque, a thank you card and a bottle of Cristal for her work on his "Parking Lot Pimpin'".[129] In 2005, Lil' Mo filed a lawsuit against Ja Rule, Murda Inc. and Def Jam Records for over $15 million.[130] In 2010, the two reconciled.[131] Lil' Mo stated that she ended the dispute as Ja Rule's career was in decline and noted that "life is too short ... You just never know what people are going through."[131] In 2011, the two reunited and recorded a track together titled, "U & Me".[132][133]

Discography

 
Ja Rule in 2010.
Main article: Ja Rule discography
Studio albums

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Turn It Up David 'Gage' Williams
Da Hip Hop Witch Himself
2001 The Fast and the Furious Edwin
2002 Half Past Dead Nick Frazier
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself
Crime Partners Hitman
Scary Movie 3 Agent Thompson
2004 The Cookout Bling Bling
Shall We Dance Hip Hop Bar Performer
2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Smiley
Back in the Day Reggie
2007 Furnace Terrence Dufresne
2009 Just Another Day Himself
2010 Wrong Side of Town Razor Video
2011 Don't Fade Away Foster Johnson
The Cookout 2 Bling Bling TV Movie
2013 Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn Willie Davis
I'm in Love with a Church Girl Miles Montego
2016 Trolland Fenn (voice) Video
2020 Reboot Camp Himself

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001-05 Top of the Pops Himself Recurring Guest
2001 Showtime at the Apollo Himself Episode: "Ja Rule/Tony Roberts"
Saturday Night Live Himself/Musical Guest Episode: "John Goodman/Ja Rule"
Making the Video Himself Episode: "Always On Time"
2002 Showtime at the Apollo Himself Episode: "Ja Rule/Queen Aishah/Red Bone"
2002-04 MadTV Himself Recurring Guest
2005 Black in the 80s Himself Episode: "Def Jams & Color TV"
The Contender Himself Episode: "Opportunity"
Punk'd Himself Episode: "Episode #5.7"
Biography Himself Episode: "Steven Seagal"
2006 The Tyra Banks Show Himself Episode: "All Access Pass with LL Cool J"
E! True Hollywood Story Himself Episode: "Hip Hop Wives"
South Beach Donnie Fox Episode: "The S.B."
2014 Single Ladies Himself Episode: "Cat and Mouse"
2015 Follow the Rules Himself Main Cast
2016 Ridiculousness Himself Episode: "Ja Rule"
2019 Untold Stories of Hip Hop Himself Episode: "Ja Rule & Fat Joe"
Growing Up Hip Hop: New York Himself Recurring Cast
2020 Celebrity Show-Off Himself Main Cast
2022 Origins of Hip Hop Himself Episode: "Ja Rule"
Murder Inc. Documentary Himself Main Guest
Tales Justin Episode: "Put It On Me"

Documentary

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Backstage Himself
2003 Beef Himself
2006 Death Before Dishonor Himself
Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops Himself [134]
2009 Kiss and Tail: The Hollywood Jumpoff Himself [135]

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 Himself Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist Nominated
2003 Himself Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Male Artist Nominated
BET Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2001 Himself Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Nominated
2002 Himself Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Won
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 Himself Musician of the Year Won
Grammy Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 "Livin' It Up" (with Case) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominated
"Put It on Me" (with Lil' Mo and Vita) Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Nominated
Pain Is Love Best Rap Album Nominated
2003 "Always on Time" (with Ashanti) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2001 "Put It on Me" (with Lil' Mo and Vita) Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated
2002 "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (with Jennifer Lopez) Best Hip-Hop Video Won
"Always on Time" (with Ashanti) Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated
NAACP Image Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 Himself Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist Won
Soul Train Music Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 Himself Best Rap/Soul or Rap Album of the Year Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 Himself Choice Male Artist Won

See also

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Jeffrey Atkins redirects here Not to be confused with Jeffery Atkins Jeffrey Bruce Atkins 7 born February 29 1976 2 better known by his stage name Ja Rule dʒ ɑː is an American rapper songwriter singer record producer and actor Born and raised in New York City he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its lead single Holla Holla During the 2000s Ja Rule was signed to Irv Gotti s Murder Inc Records formerly known as The Inc From 1999 to 2005 Ja Rule had multiple hits that made the top 20 of the U S Billboard Hot 100 chart including Between Me and You featuring Christina Milian I m Real Murder Remix and Ain t It Funny both with Jennifer Lopez which both topped the Hot 100 the number 1 hit Always on Time featuring Ashanti Mesmerize featuring Ashanti and Wonderful featuring R Kelly and Ashanti Ja RuleJa Rule in November 2016Background informationBirth nameJeffrey Bruce AtkinsAlso known asJahBorn 1976 02 29 February 29 1976 age 47 New York City U S 1 GenresHip hop East Coast hip hop 2 gangsta rap 3 hardcore hip hop 2 political hip hop 4 pop rap 5 R amp BOccupation s Rapper songwriter singer record producer actorYears active1994 1994 present 6 LabelsM PIRE Fontana Universal Motown Def Jam Murder Inc Formerly ofMurder Inc Protege ofIrv GottiChildren3 Rule has been nominated for two American Music Awards and four Grammy Awards with respective collaborators Lil Mo Vita Ashanti and Case Following the release of his platinum selling debut Venni Vetti Vecci 1999 he released his respective second and third albums Rule 3 36 2000 and Pain Is Love 2001 Both albums topped the US Billboard 200 album chart launching him into the mainstream selling over a combined 15 million units to a wide audience and attaining triple platinum status from the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA becoming his best selling albums to date Rule followed up with his respective fourth fifth and sixth albums The Last Temptation 2002 Blood in My Eye 2003 and R U L E 2004 with The Last Temptation attaining platinum status and R U L E reaching gold status As of 2018 Rule has sold 14 4 million units in the US and has sold over 30 million records worldwide In 2019 he joined the main cast of WeTV s Growing Up Hip Hop New York Outside of music Ja Rule attracted notable scrutiny for his involvement in the fraudulent Fyre Festival which he co founded with con artist Billy McFarland In November 2019 he was cleared of any legal wrongdoing from his role in the festival 8 9 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Cash Money Click 1994 95 2 2 Solo career and Venni Vetti Vecci 1995 1999 2 3 Rule 3 36 Pain Is Love and The Last Temptation 2000 2002 2 4 50 Cent feud Blood in My Eye and R U L E 2003 2004 2 5 Hiatus departure from Def Jam decline of The Inc Records 2005 09 2 6 Pain Is Love 2 prison and release 2011 2013 2 7 Memoir reality show and future projects 2014 present 2 8 Acting 2 9 Other ventures 3 Personal life 3 1 Family 3 2 Religion 4 Legal issues 5 Feuds 5 1 50 Cent 5 1 1 Shady Aftermath 5 2 DMX 5 2 1 Kurupt 5 3 Foxy Brown 5 4 Lil Mo 6 Discography 7 Filmography 7 1 Film 7 2 Television 7 3 Documentary 8 Awards and nominations 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksEarly life EditJa Rule was born Jeffrey Bruce Atkins on February 29 1976 to Debra and Will in Hollis a section of the Queens borough of New York City Jeffrey s father left the family when he was very young 2 Atkins was raised as an only child as his younger sister Kristen died in the womb when Atkins was 5 10 His mother Debra was a healthcare worker and due to the amount of time she spent working Atkins was largely raised by his grandparents as a Jehovah s Witness 11 Atkins mother left the Jehovah s Witness religion when he was 12 12 Soon after Atkins began selling drugs in Hollis 13 Career EditCash Money Click 1994 95 Edit Atkins began his rap career in 1994 with the hip hop group Cash Money Click alongside members Chris Black and O 1 He took the stage name Ja Rule telling MTV News that the name came from a friend who addressed him by that name other friends simply called him Ja 6 Together they worked with producer DJ Irv to produce a number of songs releasing their debut single Get Tha Fortune independently in 1994 After the group signed with TVT Records the song was re released through the label later that year as the B side to their second single 4 My Click 4 My Click featured Mic Geronimo and became popular on pirate radio eventually receiving airplay on Yo MTV Raps Plans for the release of the group s eponymous debut studio album were brought to a halt in 1995 after Chris Black was sentenced to five years in prison and the group was dropped from TVT which led to their third single She Swallowed It never officially being released however it was later bootlegged With no label the group disbanded shortly after being dropped 14 Solo career and Venni Vetti Vecci 1995 1999 Edit After being dropped from TVT Ja Rule maintained a close relationship with DJ Irv who was working as an executive producer for Def Jam at the time DJ Irv now known as Irv Gotti was hired as an A amp R for the label and was able to get Ja Rule a contract with Def Jam 15 In 1995 he made his first solo appearance on Mic Geronimo s Time to Build alongside Jay Z and DMX who were also in their early stages of their careers He later appeared on the song Usual Suspects from Mic Geronimo s second album Vendetta in 1997 alongside The Lox DMX and Tragedy Khadafi He also had a brief cameo in the video for Walk In New York by Queens hardcore rap group Onyx Later in 1997 Irv Gotti was granted his own imprint from Def Jam known as Murder Inc Records Ja Rule was promoted as the label s flagship artist and he continued to make guest appearances on songs by other artists including Method Man Redman Nas DMX LL Cool J and Dru Hill He later appeared on Jay Z s 1998 hit single Can I Get A for which he wrote the hook It was originally planned to be Ja Rule s debut single until Jay Z heard the track and requested it for himself During this time he rapped under the slightly modified stage name Jah 16 Returning to the Ja Rule name his debut single Holla Holla was released in March 1999 and became a hit peaking at 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 17 Fueled by the success of Holla Holla Ja Rule s debut album Venni Vetti Vecci was released in 1999 peaking at 3 on the Billboard 200 with 184 000 copies sold in its first week It eventually reached platinum status in the US due to the popularity of Holla Holla 18 A remix of Holla Holla was later released featuring Jay Z Vita Cadillac Tah Black Child Memphis Bleek and Busta Rhymes Rule 3 36 Pain Is Love and The Last Temptation 2000 2002 Edit Ja Rule and Vita in 2001 Ja Rule s second single Between Me and You featuring Christina Milian was released in June 2000 as the first single from his second studio album and became his first major crossover hit earning Top 40 airplay and reaching 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 The album s next single Put It on Me featuring Vita and Lil Mo was released in December 2000 and became one of the biggest hits of 2001 reaching 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the first top 10 hit for both Ja Rule and Vita 17 19 The video for Put It on Me also topped the MTV Video Countdown for a week and became the first music video to be retired on BET s 106 amp Park after spending more than 60 days on the countdown The video also ranked 1 on BET s Notarized Top 100 Videos of 2001 20 Ja Rule s second album Rule 3 36 was released on October 10 2000 and went in a much different stylistic direction from Venni Vetti Vecci changing his almost trademark hardcore hip hop sound to mainstream oriented pop rap debuting at 1 on the Billboard 200 with 276 000 copies sold in its first week making it Ja Rule s first number one album The album later went on to be certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA 18 The success of Rule 3 36 promoted Ja Rule to international status and made Murder Inc one of the biggest labels in the United States The same success followed with his third album which spawned three top 10 singles two of them reaching 1 The first Livin It Up featuring Case was released in July 2001 and reached 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 21 It also achieved success in the United Kingdom reaching 5 on the UK Singles Chart 22 The second single Always on Time was released in October 2001 and marked the first major guest appearance for Murder Inc s youngest artist Ashanti and became both Ja Rule and Ashanti s first song to top the Billboard Hot 100 17 23 The remix of Jennifer Lopez s I m Real featuring Ja Rule was included on the album and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five non consecutive weeks beginning September 8 2001 and also topped the Hot 100 Airplay chart The song was a staple of R amp B hip hop and pop radio during the summer and fall of 2001 spending fifteen weeks total in the top five of the Hot 100 In 2009 the single was named the 30th most successful song of the 2000s on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade 24 The album s fourth single Down Ass Bitch featuring Charli Baltimore was also successful reaching 21 on the Hot 100 25 Ja Rule released his third studio album Pain Is Love on October 2 2001 Like its predecessor Pain Is Love topped the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 361 000 copies and is certified triple platinum by the RIAA 18 The album also received a Grammy nomination in 2002 for Best Rap Album By 2007 3 6 million copies of Pain Is Love had been sold 26 The Last Temptation Ja Rule s fourth album was released on November 19 2002 It spawned two hit singles Thug Lovin featuring Bobby Brown which peaked at 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Mesmerize a duet with Ashanti that peaked at 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 17 The Last Temptation debuted at 4 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 237 000 copies and was certified platinum by the RIAA in December 2002 18 27 50 Cent feud Blood in My Eye and R U L E 2003 2004 Edit Ja Rule left in 2000 with Kenneth Supreme McGriff a notorious Queens gangster closely affiliated with Irv Gotti and Murder Inc Records Shortly after the release of his fourth studio album Ja Rule s ongoing beef with fellow Queens rapper 50 Cent reached its peak with both artists taking to radio stations almost daily to trade insults and diss tracks 28 29 30 31 32 On January 3 2003 the Murder Inc offices were raided by FBI agents and NYPD officers due to accusations of money laundering and drug trades toward Kenneth Supreme McGriff who was associated with Irv Gotti 33 Due to the federal investigation Ja Rule had a late response in his beef with 50 Cent 34 By association 50 Cent s labelmates Eminem Obie Trice D12 and Ja Rule s former friends and associates DMX and Busta Rhymes were brought into the feud too Ja Rule released the diss track Loose Change in April 2003 where he attacks 50 Cent as well as Eminem Busta Rhymes and Dr Dre 35 50 Cent eventually responded with Hail Mary which used the beat from 2Pac s song of the same name and featured Eminem and Busta Rhymes 36 The beef continued to be highly publicised throughout 2003 and eventually led to Ja Rule meeting with Minister Louis Farrakhan in October who wanted to intervene and prevent escalating violence in the feud 37 Ja Rule s fifth studio album Blood in My Eye was released on November 4 2003 under the Murder Inc label which renamed itself The Inc several days after the album release The material was intended simply as a mixtape but was released as an album to fulfill Ja Rule s contractual commitment to Murder Inc to release one annually The album was described as a hate album directed at various rappers including 50 Cent G Unit Eminem Proof Dr Dre DMX Busta Rhymes and others and marked a return to the hardcore style Ja Rule had used in his earlier career It spawned one hit single Clap Back which reached 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Source Award for Fat Tape song of the year It peaked at 6 on the Billboard Hot 200 selling 139 000 copies in its first week of release and had sold over 468 000 copies in the U S by 2008 27 Ja Rule s sixth studio album R U L E was released in November 2004 debuting at 7 and selling 166 000 copies in its first week of release Its lead single Wonderful featuring R Kelly and Ashanti peaked at 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 The single was followed by the street anthem New York featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss which charted at 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 The third single was the love song Caught Up featuring Lloyd which had failed to make an impact on the Billboard Hot 100 The RIAA certified R U L E Gold on January 14 2005 18 and by October 2007 the album had sold 658 000 copies 26 Hiatus departure from Def Jam decline of The Inc Records 2005 09 Edit Ja Rule performing in Fort Hood Texas May 13 2005 On December 6 2005 The Inc released Exodus a greatest hits album whose only new tracks were the song Me and intro and outro tracks Exodus was the last album on Ja Rule s contract with The Inc After its release Ja Rule took a hiatus from recording music 2 Meanwhile The Inc Records was still under investigation because of alleged drug trades with Kenneth Supreme McGriff 33 38 This led to Def Jam Recordings refusing to renew The Inc s contract From 2005 to 2006 Gotti searched for other labels finally reaching a deal with Universal Records part of the same company as Def Jam A few years later The Inc left Universal Records due to business issues and failure to secure funds for projects 39 In 2007 Ja Rule founded record label Mpire Music Group citation needed Pain Is Love 2 prison and release 2011 2013 Edit In February 2011 it was announced that Ja Rule had started working on a new album Pain Is Love 2 to be produced by the producers of the original Pain Is Love album to recreate magic Most of the production was to be done by 7 Aurelius who co produced Down Ass Bitch while Irv Gotti was to be executive producer Ja Rule had planned on releasing it on June 7 2011 but decided to delay the release in order to allow more time to perfect the level and quality of the records and to avoid doing an injustice to his fans 40 41 42 A revised release date of October 11 2011 was also pushed back 43 During the delay Ja Rule released a new track Falling to Pieces produced by 7 Aurelius which samples The Script s Breakeven 44 45 On October 2 2011 another track Spun a Web was released also produced by 7 Aurelius and sampling Coldplay s Trouble The following day a teaser video premiered on YouTube and the official video was released on October 11 46 Pain Is Love 2 was finally released on February 28 2012 by which time Ja Rule was serving a two year sentence in prison for gun possession and tax evasion Ja Rule was released from prison on May 7 2013 47 Alongside Lil Wayne and Birdman he appeared on the remix of the track She Tried which appeared on the N O R E album Student of the Game On September 18 2013 Ja Rule released a track titled Fresh Out Da Pen The track had first premiered on Hot 97 48 49 A few days later he released Everything Both tracks were produced by Visionary producers Reefa and Myles William On September 27 2013 both tracks were released on iTunes for digital download 50 51 In September 2013 it was confirmed that Ja Rule and Gotti had relaunched Murder Inc Records 52 Memoir reality show and future projects 2014 present Edit In 2014 Ja Rule released a memoir Unruly The Highs and Lows of Becoming a Man in which he reflected on his past struggles with a difficult adolescence in New York City and everything that followed from breakout success and destructive rivalries to fatherhood and a two year prison sentence 53 In July 2014 Ja Rule announced his eighth studio album which was eventually pushed back to a 2016 release 54 55 56 Also in 2014 MTV announced that Ja Rule and his family would star in the upcoming reality show Follow the Rules which was co produced by Queen Latifah A sneak peek trailer of the show surfaced on the internet in September 2014 and the show premiered on October 26 2015 57 58 In October 2015 Rule announced that he and Gotti had partnered with Paramount Pictures on a TV drama series based on the history of Murder Inc set to premiere in 2016 59 60 61 In February 2016 Ja Rule announced that his upcoming eighth studio album would be titled Coup De Grace 62 63 and would be his last album 64 In December 2016 he appeared on The Hamilton Mixtape rapping Hamilton s verse in Ashanti s performance of Helpless referencing Lin Manuel Miranda s impression of him in the last line of that verse On June 26 2018 Ashanti confirmed that she and Ja Rule are working on a collaborative album 65 66 On October 15 2021 in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the release of his third studio album Pain is Love Ja Rule released the single Sincerely Jeffrey 67 for all streaming platforms 68 69 Acting Edit Aside from rapping Ja Rule has established a career as an actor His first film was a buddy movie with Pras Turn It Up he appeared in a minor role in The Fast and the Furious He appeared in several movies including Back in the Day with Ving Rhames and Pam Grier and Half Past Dead as Steven Seagal s co star He also starred in the movies The Cookout with Queen Latifah and Assault on Precinct 13 In 2013 he starred in I m in Love with a Church Girl Other ventures Edit In 2004 Ja Rule and Gotti launched an urban clothing line called ErvinGeoffrey 70 In 2006 Ja Rule launched a liquor company The Mojito 71 72 In May 2015 Ja Rule partnered with Billy McFarland the CEO of the credit card service company Magnises to become its creative head and spokesman 73 In August 2015 Ja Rule collaborated with footwear businessman Steve Madden on a new line of men s sneakers called Maven x Madden 74 which were released for sale by fall 2015 75 In 2016 Ja Rule co founded Fyre Media Inc 76 77 a talent booking agency with Billy McFarland In April 2017 the venture touted its Fyre Festival in Hamilton Bahamas as a luxury event but it was fraudulent 78 disappointing hundreds of ticket buyers 79 Rule and McFarland faced a 100 million class action suit 80 In 2021 Ja Rule partnered with a team of software engineers to launch Flipkick a platform focusing on selling physical works of art as non fungible tokens Flipkick claims to be the first company to offer cryptographic authentication of physical works of art sold as and linked to NFTs To inaugurate the platform Ja Rule listed for auction a painting he commissioned in 2012 by artist Tripp Derrick Barnes depicting the Fyre Media Inc logo The painting was listed with an estimate of 600 000 81 82 Personal life EditAtkins earned his GED while in prison in February 2012 83 In February 2021 Atkins completed an online course at Harvard Business School and shared a photo of his certificate of completion on Twitter 84 Family Edit In April 2001 Ja Rule married Aisha Murray 85 86 87 The couple have three children Brittney Asja Atkins born 1995 Jeffrey Jr born 2000 and Jordan born 2005 88 89 Religion Edit Raised as a Jehovah s Witness for most of his childhood Ja Rule identifies as a Christian He reconnected with God in 2013 while promoting the movie I m in Love with a Church Girl He was baptized along with his wife in 2013 90 Legal issues EditIn 2003 he allegedly punched a man in Toronto who later sued He received a 1 200 fine after pleading guilty to assault 91 In 2004 police investigated whether a feud involving Murder Inc led to a fatal shooting outside a nightclub party hosted by Ja Rule and Leon Richardson 92 93 On July 1 2004 Ja Rule was arrested for driving with a suspended license and possessing marijuana 94 In July 2007 Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges along with Lil Wayne and Don Rhys who served eight months in prison during 2010 for attempted possession of a weapon stemming from the arrest 95 96 97 The court rejected Ja Rule s argument that the gun was illegally obtained evidence 98 99 On December 13 2010 Ja Rule received a two year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attempted possession of a weapon after the aforementioned 2007 arrest On March 8 2011 Ja Rule s surrender date for his two year prison sentence was set for June 8 100 He was first sent to Rikers Island then later to a state facility in Upstate New York 101 In July 2011 Ja Rule received an additional 28 month prison sentence for tax evasion to run concurrently with his state term failing to pay taxes on more than 3 million in earnings between 2004 and 2006 102 He was released from state prison on February 21 2013 but was immediately taken into federal custody for the tax case for which he had less than six months remaining on his sentence 103 Ja Rule was held in Brooklyn s Metropolitan Detention Center and was set to be released on July 28 2013 Ja Rule was released from prison early on May 7 2013 47 104 By July 1 2017 Ja Rule faced more than a dozen lawsuits filed by ticket buyers and investors in the failed Fyre Festival and his partner in the venture Billy McFarland had been indicted for fraud 105 Feuds Edit50 Cent Edit Before signing with Interscope Records rapper 50 Cent engaged in a well publicized feud with Ja Rule and his label Murder Inc Records 50 Cent claimed that the feud began in 1999 after Ja Rule spotted him with a man who robbed him of his jewelry and also because of Ja Rule trying to be Tupac 28 However Ja Rule claimed the conflict stemmed from a video shoot in Queens because 50 Cent did not like Ja Rule getting so much love from the neighborhood 29 50 Cent indirectly confirmed this in an interview with XXL Magazine where 50 Cent states he was upset with Ja Rule for being under the aegis of Kenneth Supreme McGriff 30 A confrontation occurred in Atlanta in which Ja Rule claims he struck 50 Cent with a baseball bat later his crew stepping in to beat up 50 Cent 31 Another confrontation occurred while in a New York studio where rapper Black Child a Murder Inc artist stabbed 50 Cent causing a wound requiring four stitches 32 In his book 50 Cent details how Kenneth Supreme McGriff tried to resolve the conflict between him and Ja Rule Allegedly McGriff asked 50 Cent to leave them alone because of the money involved 50 Cent insinuated the conflict had something to do with the shooting where he was ambushed and shot Since then Black Child and other Murder Inc rappers such as Cadillac Tah publicly insulted 50 Cent with There s a Snitch in the Club by Cadillac Tah and The Real Wanksta by Black Child In both songs Black Child details violent actions directed toward 50 Cent 32 The exchange of insult tracks released from both parties culminated in Ja Rule s Blood in My Eye which was an album that returned additional insults to 50 Cent Because of the ongoing feud between the two 50 Cent s labelmates Eminem Dr Dre Obie Trice D12 DMX Busta Rhymes and the rest of the members of G Unit also became involved and released tracks which insulted Ja Rule 32 Ja Rule later released R U L E which included the successful single New York featuring Jadakiss and Fat Joe in which Ja Rule obliquely attacked 50 Cent This single prompted 50 Cent to enter a feud with the two featured artists reflected in his response Piggy Bank Although it seemed that the feud was over Ja Rule returned with a track titled 21 Gunz 106 In response Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent released the track Return of Ja Fool on Lloyd Banks mixtape Mo Money in the Bank Pt 4 Gang Green Season Starts Now 106 In an interview with MTV Ja Rule stated in reference to his album The Mirror There was a lot of things I wanted to say and I didn t want there to be any bitter records on the album Because I m not bitter about anything that happened in the past few years 107 In May 2011 it was confirmed that both Ja Rule and 50 Cent had ended the feud Ja Rule said I m cool We ain t beefing no more We ll never collaborate That s just what it is You don t have to be at war with somebody but it s also kind of like U S and another country that they may not get along with We don t gotta go to war but we re not friends either But we can coincide inside of a world He s doing him and he s not thinking about me and I m doing me and I m not thinking about him In September 2013 in an interview with Angie Martinez on The Angie Martinez show on HOT 97 both Rule and Irv Gotti acknowledged 50 Cent not only took a toll on Ja Rule s prominence but along with the federal indictment damaged Murder Inc as a music label They told Martinez their immediate reaction on hearing 50 Cent s single In Da Club on the radio was that it was so dope and that they had a problem with it They also disclosed that they had been blackballed from various award shows where 50 Cent was to perform due to their feud Notwithstanding seeing 50 Cent as a hustler they liked his entrepreneurial mentality 10 years on no longer had a problem with him Ja Rule indicated he had plans to write a book surrounding the whole experience 108 In early 2018 after four years of taunting Ja Rule 50 Cent reiginited the beef after he publicly dissed him on Big Boy s Neighborhood leading to Ja Rule retaliating on Twitter the next day 109 Shady Aftermath Edit The conflict started after 50 Cent signed to Shady Records and Aftermath in 2002 Ja Rule and Irv Gotti expressed dissatisfaction with Eminem and Dr Dre for signing an artist with whom they were in conflict and threatened to take action against them if they released any 50 Cent tracks deprecatory of Murder Inc 110 The conflict escalated when Ja Rule released Loose Change attacking 50 Cent Eminem and Dr Dre The song also includes lyrics that insulted Eminem s family most notably his then 7 year old daughter Hailie Jade and acquaintances 110 In response Eminem D12 and Obie Trice released the deprecatory track Hailie s Revenge Doe Rae Mi featuring vocals from Eminem s daughter 111 Busta Rhymes joined the conflict when he was featured on the track Hail Mary 2003 with Eminem and 50 Cent 112 The song which is a remake of Tupac Shakur s song Hail Mary was done partially as a response to Ja Rule s remake of Tupac s song Pain re titled So Much Pain The rappers felt Ja Rule could not compare to Tupac and so they made the track mocking him for trying to imitate the deceased rap icon 113 Eminem prevented Ja Rule from appearing on any of the new Tupac songs he produced including those on Loyal to the Game 114 DMX Edit After Murder Inc broke up in 1999 due to animosity between DMX and Jay Z DMX accused Ja Rule of copying his signature gruff style and the two subsequently fell out On the single Where the Hood At DMX disses Ja Rule by replicating lyrics from other Ja Rule songs referring to Ja Rule s controversy of being labelled as homophobic in the lyrics such as I show no love to homo thugs or Last time I checked you niggas having sex with the same sex citation needed Ja Rule responded with several disses on his album Blood in My Eye including Clap Back citation needed DMX said that he wanted the dispute to end when he was released from jail in 2005 Irv Gotti came to me in jail and said I want to make peace with you and him I was like All right Gotti let s do it man 115 DMX and Ja Rule finally ended their feud at VH1 s 2009 Hip Hop Honors 116 Kurupt Edit By his association with DMX Ja Rule was brought into the beef between DMX and Kurupt being dissed on Kurupt s 1999 song Callin Out Names Ja Rule responded with Still INC featuring Black Child and Cadillac Tah a freestyle over Dr Dre s Still D R E beat The two eventually squashed their beef on the set of the movie Half Past Dead in 2002 117 Foxy Brown Edit In October 2002 rapper Foxy Brown dismissed reports of recording a track with rivals Nas and Ja Rule that was potentially deprecatory of Jay Z 118 During a Thanksgiving week interview in 2002 while on Doug Banks In the Morning Ja Rule stated that he couldn t stand Foxy Brown 119 120 Brown reportedly heard Ja Rule s comments via a radio while she was helping her mother clean her house 120 Going against her manager s wishes during her own interview with Doug Banks Brown informed Banks that she was flabbergasted by Rule s comments 120 Brown explained she was particularly angry at Rule s response having never met him 120 The incident provoked Brown to record the unreleased Get Off Me 119 121 In the record Brown targeted Ja Rule and Eve with homophobic remarks 119 121 In 2005 Ja Rule and his two bodyguards were initial suspects in the killing of Willie Willie Bang Bang Clark whom authorities linked as a revenge that stemmed back to a robbery case involving Foxy Brown s brother 122 In September 2009 Ja Rule and Foxy Brown ended their beef at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors where they celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of their former label Def Jam Recordings 123 The feud was squashed after both rappers shared a photo with ex labelmates DMX and Ludacris 124 125 Lil Mo Edit In January 2003 while co hosting 106 amp Park Prime singer Lil Mo sent a shout out to 50 Cent just seconds after she premiered a Ja Rule video 126 Ja Rule and the Murda Inc clique were outraged 126 In response Ja Rule released Loose Change a track deprecatory of Eminem 50 Cent Dr Dre Chris Lighty and Lil Mo 119 126 Rule rechristened Mo a bitch and credited himself with causing her popularity 127 In May 2003 Mo released a freestyle track attacking Ja Rule where she interpolated the Used to be my homie used to be my ace now I can t stand you yeah I wanna slap the taste out your mouth lyrics Dr Dre used in his 1993 Eazy E diss track Fuck wit Dre Day 128 In April 2003 Lil Mo sparked additional controversy complaining of receiving neither recognition nor payment for her contributions to Rule s records I Cry and Put It on Me 129 Mo told MTV News Those two records I Cry Put It on Me ruled 2001 The whole world knows that If I speak the truth I can t apologize I helped that brother sell 3 million records and I don t have a plaque for Rule 3 36 129 By way of contrast she highlighted Jay Z s having given her recognition a plaque a thank you card and a bottle of Cristal for her work on his Parking Lot Pimpin 129 In 2005 Lil Mo filed a lawsuit against Ja Rule Murda Inc and Def Jam Records for over 15 million 130 In 2010 the two reconciled 131 Lil Mo stated that she ended the dispute as Ja Rule s career was in decline and noted that life is too short You just never know what people are going through 131 In 2011 the two reunited and recorded a track together titled U amp Me 132 133 Discography Edit Ja Rule in 2010 Main article Ja Rule discography Studio albumsVenni Vetti Vecci 1999 Rule 3 36 2000 Pain Is Love 2001 The Last Temptation 2002 Blood in My Eye 2003 R U L E 2004 Pain Is Love 2 2012 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes2000 Turn It Up David Gage WilliamsDa Hip Hop Witch Himself2001 The Fast and the Furious Edwin2002 Half Past Dead Nick Frazier2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead HimselfCrime Partners HitmanScary Movie 3 Agent Thompson2004 The Cookout Bling BlingShall We Dance Hip Hop Bar Performer2005 Assault on Precinct 13 SmileyBack in the Day Reggie2007 Furnace Terrence Dufresne2009 Just Another Day Himself2010 Wrong Side of Town Razor Video2011 Don t Fade Away Foster JohnsonThe Cookout 2 Bling Bling TV Movie2013 Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn Willie DavisI m in Love with a Church Girl Miles Montego2016 Trolland Fenn voice Video2020 Reboot Camp HimselfTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes2001 05 Top of the Pops Himself Recurring Guest2001 Showtime at the Apollo Himself Episode Ja Rule Tony Roberts Saturday Night Live Himself Musical Guest Episode John Goodman Ja Rule Making the Video Himself Episode Always On Time 2002 Showtime at the Apollo Himself Episode Ja Rule Queen Aishah Red Bone 2002 04 MadTV Himself Recurring Guest2005 Black in the 80s Himself Episode Def Jams amp Color TV The Contender Himself Episode Opportunity Punk d Himself Episode Episode 5 7 Biography Himself Episode Steven Seagal 2006 The Tyra Banks Show Himself Episode All Access Pass with LL Cool J E True Hollywood Story Himself Episode Hip Hop Wives South Beach Donnie Fox Episode The S B 2014 Single Ladies Himself Episode Cat and Mouse 2015 Follow the Rules Himself Main Cast2016 Ridiculousness Himself Episode Ja Rule 2019 Untold Stories of Hip Hop Himself Episode Ja Rule amp Fat Joe Growing Up Hip Hop New York Himself Recurring Cast2020 Celebrity Show Off Himself Main Cast2022 Origins of Hip Hop Himself Episode Ja Rule Murder Inc Documentary Himself Main GuestTales Justin Episode Put It On Me Documentary Edit Year Title Role Notes2000 Backstage Himself2003 Beef Himself2006 Death Before Dishonor HimselfRap Sheet Hip Hop and the Cops Himself 134 2009 Kiss and Tail The Hollywood Jumpoff Himself 135 Awards and nominations EditAmerican Music AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2002 Himself Favorite Rap Hip Hop Artist Nominated2003 Himself Favorite Hip Hop R amp B Male Artist NominatedBET AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2001 Himself Best Male Hip Hop Artist Nominated2002 Himself Best Male Hip Hop Artist WonGQ Men of the Year AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2002 Himself Musician of the Year WonGrammy AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2002 Livin It Up with Case Best Rap Sung Collaboration Nominated Put It on Me with Lil Mo and Vita Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group NominatedPain Is Love Best Rap Album Nominated2003 Always on Time with Ashanti Best Rap Sung Collaboration NominatedMTV Video Music AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2001 Put It on Me with Lil Mo and Vita Best Hip Hop Video Nominated2002 I m Real Murder Remix with Jennifer Lopez Best Hip Hop Video Won Always on Time with Ashanti Best Hip Hop Video NominatedNAACP Image AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2002 Himself Best Rap Hip Hop Artist WonSoul Train Music AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2002 Himself Best Rap Soul or Rap Album of the Year NominatedTeen Choice AwardsYear Nominee work Award Result2002 Himself Choice Male Artist WonSee also EditFyre Festival Murder Inc References Edit Ja Rule The Road To Redemption Archived May 18 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 26 2013 a b c d e Birchmeier Jason Ja Rule Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved December 13 2010 Halnon K 2013 The Consumption of Inequality Weapons of Mass Distraction Palgrave Macmillan p 51 ISBN 9781137352491 Ja Rule Set for Prison Sentencing Billboard June 8 2011 Retrieved October 17 2017 Birchmeier Jason Blood in My Eye Ja Rule AllMusic Retrieved January 30 2017 a b Waller Curtis February 17 2001 Ja Rule Rules of the Game MTV News Archived from the original on August 20 2001 Retrieved August 17 2008 Ja Rule on Twitter Twitter com Wheeler Andre November 19 2019 Ja Rule cleared of wrongdoing over Fyre festival disaster The Guardian Retrieved November 3 2022 Fyre Festival where are they now three years later ABC News April 23 2020 Retrieved November 3 2022 The Tao of Ja 10 Things We Learned From Reading Ja Rule s New Book 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