Ja Rule By Steve Carrier • Sep 7th, 2008 • Category: music information - 75 views |
- In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for the illegal possession of a .40 calibre gun. The arrest came after being stopped for speeding, with officers finding the weapon in his car.
- Ja Rule grew up as an only child. He had one younger sister but she died from respiratory problems when he was 5.
- Ja Rule played Nicolas Frazier in the moive Half Past Dead (2002). He was cast along side Steven Seagal and Morris Chestnut.
- Ja Rule was cast in the movie The Fast and The Furious as Edwin. He played along side Paul Walker and Vin Diesel.
- Ja Rule is often compared to rapper DMX because they both have a gruff, gravelly voice.
- Ja Rule won an MTV Award for Best Hip-Hop Video for his song I’m real (Murder Remix ft. J.Lo.) in 2002. The same year, his video for Always On Time was nominated in the same category, giving him 2 chances out of 5 to win the award.
- In 2002, Ja Rule won the World Music Award for World’s Best Selling Rap Artist.
- Ja got nominated four times at the Grammy Award. Once for Best Rap Perfomance by a Duo or Group (“Put It On Me”), once for Best Rap Album(“Pain Is Love”) and twice for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“Livin It Up” and “Always on Time”). Unfortunatly, he never won any.
- Ja’s album Pain Is Love was certified 5x Platinum, selling over 5 million copies in the US only. The album also ranked #1 on the Billboard 200 for two weeks.
- Ja’s album Rule 3:36 was certified 3x Platinum, selling over 3 million copies in the US. The album was also ranked #1 on the Billboard 200 for one week.
- Ja’s albums Venni Vetti Vecci, The Last Temptation and R.U.L.E. were all certified Platinum, each selling over 1 million copies in the US only.
- Discography: Venni 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), Exodus Greatest Hits (2005), Love is Pain (coming up in 2006).
- Ja has three kids. One daughter named Britney (born in 1995) and two sons, Jeffrey Jr. (born in 2000) and Jordan (born in 2003).
- Ja Rule was part of the 2001 All Star Tribute on the remake of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”.
- “Ja Rule” is an acronym for “Jeffery Atkins Represents Unconditional Loves Exist.”
- Ja’s birthday is on February 29 which makes him a Leap Year baby.
- Ja is married to Aisha Murray Atkins since April 2001.
- Ja is 5′ 8″ (1.73 m) tall.
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