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Ja Rule (* 29. February 1976 in New York City , New York ; bourgeois Jeffrey Atkins ) is an American rapper . Ja Rule is J effrey A tkins R epresents U nconditional L ove E xists.

Career

Atkins, who grew up in Hollis, Queens borough, began early on with rap; at the age of 16 he wrote his first texts. He made his first experiences in the rap business in 1994 at TVT Records (the later label of Lil Jon, among others ) with Chris Black (later Jodie Mack) and Nemesis (later O-1) in a formation called Cash Money Click . Although numerous songs have been recorded, one album (which should be called "Est. Since '93") was never released. At the beginning of 1996 they finally separated due to the non-publication. At the beginning of his career he worked with producer Irv Gotti , the later founder of The Inc. or Murder Inc., who put him on Lyor Cohen. He was President of Def Jam , which at that time (1996) had DMX and Jay-Z under contract.

In 1999 Ja Rule released the debut album Venni Vetti Vecci . The album was a success. With titles like Holla holla and Kill 'em all , he drew attention to himself not least because of the active support of DMX, E-Dub and Jay-Z. With his second solo album Rule 3:36 he finally made his breakthrough in the rap and music business. Ja Rule sold four million copies of this second album.

In 2001 Ja Rule played alongside Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in the Hollywood film The Fast and the Furious and provided the corresponding soundtrack on his album Rule 3:36 with the title Fuck you!

His single The Reign was a huge hit in 2003. Nevertheless, his reputation in the rap business dwindled more and more. This resulted in disputes with well-known personalities such as Eminem , 50 Cent , Dr. Dre and DMX . Particularly noteworthy is the dispute with 50 Cent, during which 50 Cent was stabbed by The Inc. rapper Black Child in New York City in March 2000 . In 2004 he released his sixth successful album RULE , which was followed by the best-of album Exodus , which was unsuccessful. In 2002 he starred alongside Steven Seagal in the film Halbtot , which was made entirely in Berlin. 2003 followed a supporting role in the strip Scary Movie 3 . He also starred as Reggie Cooper in the 2005 film Back in the Day .

In September 2007, Ja Rule was heavily criticized by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) for his homophobic remarks in an interview that "homosexuality is bad for America".

From 2011 to 2013 he had to serve a two-year prison sentence for illicit gun possession and tax evasion.

In 2017, he hit the headlines again when a luxury music festival he organized, Fyre, on a private island came to a disastrous end due to poor organization and caused $ 25 million USD in damage.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1999 Venni Vetti Vecci - - - - US3
platinum
platinum

(31 weeks)US 		R&B1 (41 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1, 1999
Sales: +2,000,000
2000 Rule 3:36 DE72 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK83
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK 		US1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(54 weeks)US 		R&B1 (56 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 10, 2000
Sales: + 4,000,000
2001 Pain Is Love DE38 (18 weeks)
DE 		- CH28 (30 weeks)
CH 		UK3
platinum
platinum

(55 weeks)UK 		US1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(53 weeks)US 		R&B1 (53 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 2, 2001
Sales: + 6,000,000
2002 The Last Temptation DE50 (8 weeks)
DE 		- CH27 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK14th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)UK 		US4th
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US 		R&B2 (29 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 19, 2002
Sales: + 1,200,000
2003 Blood in My Eye DE98 (1 week)
DE 		- CH92 (1 week)
CH 		UK51 (3 weeks)
UK 		US6 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 4th, 2003
Sales: + 400,000
2004 RULE DE44 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH50 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK33
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK 		US7th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US 		R&B3 (26 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 8, 2004
Sales: + 660,000
2012 PIL2 - - - - US197 (1 week)
US 		R&B34 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 28, 2012

Filmography

Awards

  • BET Awards
    • 2002: in the category "Best Male Hip-Hop Artist"
  • GQ Man of the Year Award
    • 2002: in the category "Musician of the Year"
  • NAACP Image Awards
    • 2002: in the category "Best Rap / Hip-Hop Artist"
  • Source Hip-Hop Music Award
    • 2001: in the category "Single of the Year" (Put It on Me)
    • 2003: in the category "R & B / Rap Collaboration of the Year" (Thug Lovin ')
    • 2004: in the category "Phat Tape Song of the Year" (Clap Back)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Homo groups criticize hate rappers" , Queer.de, September 17, 2007
  2. ↑ pasu: Gay & Lesbian Alliance responds to Ja Rule Statements , wildstylemag.com, September 17, 2007
  3. ↑ Welt, May 8, 2013
  4. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ja-rules-luxury-fyre-fest-canceled-after-disastrous-start-w479298
  5. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US US R&B albums US R&B singles
  6. ↑ a b c Sales albums from Ja Rule
  7. ↑ a b US sales Blood in My Eye and RULE

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personal data
SURNAME Yes rule
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Atkins, Jeffrey (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City ,