Ja Rule Trivia

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Birth name: Jeffrey Atkins 

Date of birth: 29 February 1976 

Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA 

Nickname: Ja Ja Binks 

Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m) 

Spouse: Aisha Murray Atkins (April 2001 – present) 3 children 

• Daughter Britney born 1995, Son Jeff Jnr born August 2000
• 2001: Remixed and rapped on Jennifer Lopez’s songs ‘I’m Real’ and ‘Ain’t It Funny.’
• Is a Leap Year baby, since his birthday is February 29.
• Did a collaboration with rock band Metallica called ‘We Did It Again’.
• Has an on going feud with rappers 50 Cent and Eminem.
• In 1998, he was a featured guest on Jay-Z’s hit single “Can I Get A…” along with Amil.
• His debut album Venni Vetti Vecci was released in 1999. Singles included “Holla Holla” and “It’s Murda” with Jay-Z and DMX.
• Ja Rule returned quickly during the summer of 2000, with his new single “Between Me and You”, which featured Def Soul act Christina Milian. “Between Me and You” reached #11 on the Billboard Top 100 and stayed in the Top 10 for 9 weeks during June and August 2000.
• Soon after the release of Rule 3:36, Irv Gotti signed R&B singer Ashanti to the label, which led to Lil Mo ending her collaborations with the label. During the late summer of 2001, Ja Rule released “Livin’ It Up”, the lead single from his third studio album, Pain Is Love, which proved to be a very successful album.
• The Last Temptation, Ja Rule’s fourth album, was released on November 19, 2002.
• Blood In My Eye although intended to be a mixtape, was his fifth album and the last released under the “Murder Inc.” label, which renamed itself “The Inc.” several days after the album release.
• Ja Rule’s sixth studio album R.U.L.E. was released in November 2004 debuting at number 7 selling 166,000 copies in its first week of release.
• In April 2001, Ja Rule married Aisha Atkins; whom he met in junior high school. They have a daughter, Brittany (born 1995), and two sons, Jeffrey Jr. (born 2000) and Jordan (born 2004).
• 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 the release of this compilation, Ja Rule took a hiatus from recording music.
• In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges along with Lil Wayne. New York Supreme Court judge Richard Carruthers rejected Ja Rule’s argument that the gun was illegally obtained evidence.
• Ja Rule could face four years in prison for his 2007 gun charges. He also, with the help of his gang, attempted assult on 50 Cent involving knives. This lead to conflict with Eminem, Dr. Dre, D12, Jay-Z, DMX, Busta Rhymes, and many more. This conflict involved diss tracks and later assults.
• It had originally been announced that Ja Rule would release a new studio album in the summer of 2010. The album was originally going to be entitled Venni Vetti Vecci 2010, named after his 1999 platinum selling debut album, but the album is now titled The Renaissance Project.