Ja Rule Biography

As the flagship artist for producer Irv Gotti's Def Jam-affiliated Murder Inc. label Ja Rule became one of the rap industry's most commercially successful artists during the early 2000s working closely with the hitmaking producer and his stable of talent. Born Jeffrey Atkins on February 29 1976 in Queens New York Ja Rule established himself with Venni Vetti Vecci a hardcore debut album similar in style to the rugged thug rap then popularized by DMX and the Ruff Ryder collective. On his second album Rule 3:36 he began collaborating with female R&B singers and a string of radio-friendly hits resulted (Between Me and You Put It on Me I Cry). Pain Is Love followed the same template serving up a few rap-R&B hybrids for the singles (I'm Real Livin' It Up Always on Time Down Ass Chick) and filling out the album with hardcore rap.
Throughout the summer of 2002 Ja Rule was at his most popular featured on not only his own hits but also as a featured guest on Fat Joe's What's Luv? and Mary J. Blige's Rainy Dayz. Near the end of the year he released his fourth album The Last Temptation which again paired him with R&B vocalists for its singles this time with Bobby Brown (Thug Lovin') and Ashanti (Mesmerize). Ja Rule began to be mocked by 50 Cent around this time and beefs ensued between the two rappers' camps; for instance over the beat of 2Pac's Hail Mary 50 Cent teamed up with his associates Eminem and Busta Rhymes for a stinging mixtape freestyle dissing Ja Rule and Irv Gotti. Increasingly susceptible to the criticism as his music fell out of public favor Ja Rule returned with as much vengeance as he could muster for and . Though the latter spawned a Top Five hit single Wonderful a rap-R&B hybrid featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti both albums were met with general indifference becoming the first of Ja Rule's albums to fall short of platinum certification.

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