Ja Rule

2004- R.U.L.E. Gold (as of 01/04/05).
. 2003- Blood In My Eye Gold. Solo:. 2002- Last Temptation- Platinum. With Rufus:. 2001- Pain Is Love- 3X Platinum.
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2000- Rule 3:36- 3X Platinum. On December 3, 2004, she received an honorary doctorate degree from Berklee College of Music. 1999- Venni Vetti Vecci- Platinum. In September 2004 her 25 year old son Damien Patrick Holland was arrested on charges of murder in the first degree. Ja Rule has co-starred in a number of action movies such as Half Past Dead, The Fast and the Furious, Scary Movie 3, and Assault on Precinct 13. Her legacy as a soul icon is indisputable. and Tupac Shakur, though most in the rap community, including Lil' Mo and several others of the aforementioned victims of Ja Rule's bashing, have expressed hope that all rappers could learn a lesson from what happened to Biggie and Tupac and stop serious feuds before someone ends up hurt. Khan's career has been gratifying in terms of record sales, but she continues to record and expand musically.

It remains to be seen whether this 'dispute' will elevate to the level of Notorious B.I.G. A few years later, Khan released her hip-hop based hit, I Feel for You, written by Prince, which launched her recording career back into full gear. Dre and Eminem were gay lovers; suggested Dre's newest female protege, Truth Hurts, might be a transsexual; and even claimed that Eminem's young daughter would end up a prostitute. In 1978, launched her smash hit: I'm Every Woman. He referred to Lil' Mo as an ungrateful bitch who had never had a hit single without his help; alluded that Dr. Throughout the 1970's and early 1980's, the band had a number of R&B hits including Ain't Nobody, Do You Love What You Feel?, and Everlasting Love. Dre, Lil' Mo, Truth Hurts, and Eminem's 6-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade, along with 50 Cent on a single track. Khan first came to the attention of the music world as the singer of the funk band Rufus in the mid-1970s and with the help of Stevie Wonder, broke into both the pop and R&B charts in 1974 with the hit Tell Me Something Good.

The feud eventually escalated to such a level that Ja Rule mocked Eminem, Dr. Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is the stage name of American singer Yvette Marie Stevens. Initiated by 50 Cent's labelling Ja Rule, among others, a "fake" gangster, or a "wanksta", because of their pop sensibilities, the two rappers exchanged insults and disses in a series of singles and underground mixtapes. 2004 ClassiKhan. In 2003, it was this very dichotomy which started a rap war between Ja Rule and fellow MC 50 Cent. 1998 Come 2 My House. "Always On Time" with Ashanti, "Put It On Me" with Lil' Mo, and "Between Me And You" with Christina Milian are just three examples of such songs, which have married his thuggish image with more sensitive, relationship-minded topics. 1996 Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan.

Despite culling a gangster image, Ja Rule's biggest hits have, to date, been hip-hop inspired ballads, all of which have contained at least one female singer on the chorus. 1992 The Woman I Am. in 2001. 1988 C.K. This led Mo to leave Murder Inc. 1986 Destiny. With Ashanti's career on the rise, Mo felt that Ja and Irv Gotti were ignoring her and focussing unfair amounts of time and money on Ashanti. 1984 I Feel for You.

Lil' Mo, Ja Rule's former friend, had a falling out with Ja shortly after they released the "I Cry" music video together, in 2001. 1982 Chaka Khan. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 1982 Echoes of an Era. It peaked at No. 1981 What Cha' Gonna Do for Me?. It debuted at #1 in the UK Singles Chart, giving him his biggest single of his career there (even though at the same time it broke the record of the lowest selling #1 debut single ever). 1980 Naughty.

Kelly and Ashanti. 1978 Chaka. The first single from this album, "Wonderful", has been released, and features R. 1983 Live: Stompin' at the Savoy. On November 9, 2004, Ja Rule released his next album entitled "R.U.L.E." The album features several guest appearances (such as Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Trick Daddy and many more). 1981 Camouflage. The song's video, which was dark and simple and featured a bulked-up Ja Rule, contrasted deeply to the colorful, happier scenes in videos such as "Always On Time" and "Mesmerize". 1979 Masterjam.

Arguably his grittiest single yet, it seemed intended to challenge 50 Cent's comments about him. 1978 Street Player. Ja Rule returned in November of 2003 with the new single "Clap Back", on the album Blood In My Eye. 1977 Ask Rufus. The female vocalist who sang the chorus of "Murder Reigns" was not credited as a "featured" artist, though she appeared in its music video. 1975 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan. The song also had received criticism for its sampling of Toto's "Africa", something that had just recently been done on another rapper's most recent album. 1974 Rufusized.

MTV and other music video channels only played the video with the censored title of "The Reign", and with the word "murder" removed from the chorus' lyrics. 1974 Rags to Rufus. The album's final single, "Murder Reigns" also failed to become a huge hit, especially at pop radio, most likely due to the controversial song title. 1973 Rufus. In late 2002 and early 2003, as Ja Rule ruled mainstream radio with "Mesmerize", another single of his, which featured Ashanti and Nas, "The Pledge", was released to radio, but failed to gain pop support. "Mesmerze" featured Ashanti on vocals and was another smash pop and urban radio hit--and an enormous MTV and VH1 video hit--for the duo.

The second single from The Last Temptation, "Mesmerize", followed the pattern used in "Always On Time", hoping to repeat its success; it worked. Thus far, Rule seems to have changed his mind. Around the time of The Last Temptation's release, Ja Rule started saying that it would likely be either his last or second-to-last album, after which he would concentrate solely on other aspects of his life, such as his acting career and the managing of Murder Inc. Brown's attempted return to mainstream music with the single did not succeed.

Despite "Thug Lovin'"'s being the first single from Ja's fourth album, The Last Temptation and Brown's "comeback" appearance on the song, it was relatively unsuccessful compared to many of Ja's previous singles. Ja then featured Brown, Murder Inc.'s newest artist, in his next single "Thug Lovin'" in the fall of 2002, as he had done previously with Baltimore, Lil' Mo, and Ashanti when they were the newcomers. did shortly sign Bobby Brown. Following all this, Murder Inc.

There was even talk that Michael Jackson had enlisted the help of Irv Gotti and Ja Rule and was in the process of signing a contract with Murder Inc. at the time. Some dismissed the claims as rumors, since it seemed that everybody in the industry wanted to be affiliated with Ja and Murder Inc. and was preparing to released a long-awaited comeback album.

Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston had cameos in the video and speculation soon arose that one or both of them had been signed to Murder Inc. The "Down 4 U" video was a hit at MTV in the summer of 2002 because of its beach setting and its party theme. The remix of "Down Ass Chick", called "Down 4 U", fared slightly better at mainstream radio, thanks once again to a chorus sung by Ashanti, in addition to raps from Baltimore, Rule, and Vita. The song heralded the return of Charli Baltimore--who was a "featured" rapper on the track--to the music industry after a five year absence.

In spring of 2002, the third single from Pain Is Love, "Down Ass Chick", was far less successful at pop radio than its two predecessors had been. "Rainy Dayz" became yet another successful song in which a female vocalist's singing complimented Rule's own unique style of rapping. Blige invited Ja Rule to record a song with her, called "Rainy Dayz", which was added to a 2002 rerelease of her most recent album, 2001's No More Drama. Looking to capitalize on the same type of strategy, Mary J.

The only exception to this was American VH1 which played the original pop versions of the music videos rather than the hip-hop versions. Both remixes featured vocals and rap verses from Ja Rule and both far outperformed the song's original versions, in mainstream radio, urban radio, and music video channels, in America and Europe alike. In early 2002, the formula was repeated with Lopez' next single, "Ain't It Funny". The "Murder Remix" of "I'm Real" contained vocals by both Lopez and Rule and went on to become one of 2001's biggest hits.

Lopez had enlisted the help of Ja Rule and Irv Gotti in the production of an urban remix for her unsuccessful, pop-sounding song "I'm Real". Ja's popularity in the hip-hop industry was cemented even further in the summer of 2001, thanks to a hugely popular duet with Jennifer Lopez. Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez, and Gaye's own daughter, Nona, among others, sang the original lyrics to Gaye's song. He, along with Nelly, Eve, and Fred Durst, added their own original rap lyrics about the disease to the song.

Ja Rule had a memorable part in the song. The song went on to become associated with the terrorist attacks and the subsequent war in Afghanistan more so than with AIDS. However, in December, the song was rereleased as planned, with several new versions/remixes of both the song and the video, in order to benefit AIDS charities as originally planned. After 9/11, however, the song was rush-released to radio and to MTV; its video having been hastily thrown together "home-movie" clips from the very recent studio recording of the song. It was to be released in December.

Just days before the tragedy of September 11th, around the same time that "Livin' It Up" was breaking big, the American supergroup lineup known as the "All Star Tribute" was recording a cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On", in order to raise international AIDS awareness as well as money to combat the disease. The song and video were also notable because they provided MTV viewers and listeners of mainstream radio the first introduction to singer Ashanti, who was the featured singer on the single's chorus. The followup single and video, "Always On Time", was released in December of that same year and was even bigger than "Livin' It Up", becoming Ja Rule's biggest pop radio hit to that point. The song, which featured guest vocals by R&B singer Case, went on to become another smash hit for the rapper thanks in part to its familiar sample of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do".

In the fall of 2001, after "I Cry" had run its course, Ja Rule released "Livin' It Up", the first single from his third album, Pain Is Love. The album's third single, "I Cry", also featured singing from Lil' Mo, but the song failed to blow up as the two prior singles had, even despite getting respectable video play on MTV2. In late 2000, Rule released his second album, Rule 3:36, which spawned the huge hits "Between Me And You", featuring young newcomer Christina Milian on vocals, and "Put It On Me", featuring his label-mates Vita and Lil' Mo. He later started his own record label, with friend Irv Gotti, called Murder Inc.

The same year, he released the "How Many Wanna" single off of a movie soundtrack. It spawned the singles "Holla Holla" and "Daddy's Little Baby", which only achieved minor success compared to his later singles. After his auspicious start on "Can I Get A...", Ja wasted little time preparing and releasing his debut album, Venni, Vetti, Vicci, in 1999. Jeffery Atkins (born February 29, 1976, Hollis, Queens, New York City), better known as Ja Rule, is a rapper who made his name on several tracks of recordings by his mentor Jay-Z, the most notable of which was the smash 1998/1999 hit "Can I Get A...".

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Fat Joe & Jadakiss) #44 US. 2004 "New York" (feat. Kelly and Ashanti) #5 US, #1 UK. R.

2004 "Wonderful" (feat. 2003 "Clap Back" #44 US, #9 UK (double A-side with Reigns in the UK). Ashanti) #2 US, #12 UK. 2002 "Mesmerize" (feat.

Bobby Brown) #42 US, #15 UK. 2002 "Thug Lovin'" (feat. Case - re-release) #5 UK. 2002 "Livin' It Up" (feat.

2002 "Down 4 U" (Irv Gotti presents The INC featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, Charli Baltimore and Vita) #6 US, #4 UK. Charli "Chuck" Baltimore) #21 US. 2002 "Down Ass Chick" (feat. Ja Rule) #12 US, #17 UK.

Blige feat. 2002 "Rainy Dayz" (Mary J. Ja Rule and Caddillac Tah) #1 US, #4 UK. 2001 "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" (Jennifer Lopez feat.

Ashanti) #1 US, #6 UK. 2001 "Always On Time" (feat. Ja Rule) #27 US, #6 UK. 2001 "What's Going On" (All Star Tribute feat.

Case) #6 US, #27 UK. 2001 "Livin' It Up" (feat. Ja Rule) #1 US, #4 UK. 2001 "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (Jennifer Lopez feat.

Lil' Mo) #40 US. 2001 "I Cry" (feat. Lil' Mo and Vita) #8 US. 2001 "Put It On Me" (feat.

Christina Milian) #30 US, #26 UK. 2001 "Between Me And You" (feat. Amil and Ja Rule) #27 US, #24 UK. 1998 "Can I Get A..." (Jay-Z feat.