JA RULE


Full Name: Jeff Atkins
Born: Hollis, Queens, NY
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Discography:


Venni, Vetti, Vecci (1999) | Rule 3:36 (2000) | Pain Is Love (2001)

BIOGRAPHY

Formed the Ca$h Money Click with two of his friends and were signed to Blunt/TVT Records. They only had one single, ‘Get The Fortune’ [b/w ‘For My Click’], which, when released in 1995 was given heavy air-play on the New York radio station, Hot 97. Ja’s good friend and producer of ‘Get The Fortune’, Irv Gotti set Ja up with a meeting with Lyor Cohen, CEO of Def Jam (for those of you that don’t know him- where ya been?). This resulted in a job as an A&R rep for Irv Gotti and a record deal for Ja.

"I don’t want people to think that I’m piggy-backing on anyone. I want everyone to feel me for me. When my album drops, I want my fans to have a clear picture of Ja. That’s why I named my album ‘Venni Vetti Vecci’. I’m clear on where I want to go and what I want to do. The only thing that remains is for me to conquer my destiny." Ja Rule said shortly before the release of his album. His debut ‘Venni Vetti Vecci’ soon followed and the first single ‘Holla Holla’, was the summer anthem of 1999. Some see the album title as boastful, arrogant and conceited, but Ja himself saw it differently. "It’s really not a conquering of the world but more a conquering of myself."

Now Ja Rule is part of Murda Inc, the same crew as Ashanti, Vita, Irv Gotti, Cadillac Tah, Ronnie Bumps, Charli Baltimore, O1, Blackchild, and Chris Black. O1 and Chris Black were also members of the Ca$h Money Click with Ja Rule, and now they've re-united with Irv Gotti to Murda Inc is a label imprint of Def Jam Records.

Ja Rule has had phenomenal musical success on a global scale with his albums going gold in Australia and South Africa, platinum in the UK and France, and twice platinum in Canada. Ja Rule is currently on a European tour visiting Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France and the UK. The dates are as below.
March 4th-Amsterdam, Holland
March 6th-World Music Awards
March 9th-Cologn, Germany(Bravo Supershow)
March 11th-Zurich, Switzerland
March 12th-Paris, France
March 15th-London, England
March 16th-London, England

Ja's not limiting himself to just writing, producing, and peforming music, he's also got his fingers in a couple of movie pies and is establishing his reputation as an all-round entertainer. Ja Rule is also much respected bynhis peers, for example Mary J Blige recently spoke to LAUNCH about working with the artist, who co-wrote three songs in the top 10 on the R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart. "I worked with Ja Rule on this 'Rainy Dayz' video. He's like an angel. He's the savior of a lot of people. Whether he knows it or not. He's helping a lot of people. He wrote the song, you know what I mean? And he's just a positive little guy. He's good. Some people [are] just good and you just got to get to them. And he's a good person, and I'm glad I got to him. I'm glad I got a chance to share what he deals with."


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Ja Rule/ Murda Inc news

[18.03.02]
Murda Inc's second compilation album coming soon
Ja Rule's record label Murder Inc. is releasing its second artist compilation album.
It features Ashanti Douglas, who Ja Rule teamed up with on their Top 10 hit 'Always On Time', and Cadillac Tah who's on the Ja Rule remix of J-LO's 'Ain't it Funny' written by Ashanti.
Ja Rule explained the name of his new album:
"We was getting a lot of flack for the first album. We were getting flack for calling ourselves Murder Inc. and calling ourselves the Murderers. We were trying to explain to people that it's just about the music."
"Now I've came out and flourished and done these two albums and people are seeing it's just about the music, that's why we're naming it 'We Still Don't Give a F***'!"
[Source: BBC Radio One online at Urban news ]