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Ja Rule in The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Vin Diesel and Ja Rule in The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Noel Gugliemi, Ja Rule, and Paul Walker in The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Ja Rule and Ruperto Vanderpool in The Cookout (2004)

Pras Michel and Ja Rule in Turn It Up (2000)

Ethan Hawke, Maria Bello, and Ja Rule in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Maria Bello and Ja Rule in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Ja Rule and Aisha Hinds in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Steven Seagal and Ja Rule in Half Past Dead (2002)

(l to r) Michael 'Bear' Taliferro, Ja Rule, unidentified

Ja Rule, Billy McFarland, Matthew Assante, and Waka Flocka Flame

Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule at an event for 2018 MTV Video Music Awards (2018)

Ja Rule at an event for The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Ja Rule at an event for Brooklyn's Finest (2009)

Lindsay Lohan, Vanessa Lachey, and Ja Rule

Ashanti and Ja Rule at an event for 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (2002)

Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule at an event for 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (2002)

Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo, and Ja Rule in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Ja Rule in Ja Rule Feat. Ashanti: Always on Time (2001)

Jeffrey Bruce Atkins better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper and actor. Born and raised in New York City, he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its lead single "Holla Holla". During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records, formerly known as The Inc. From 1999 to 2005, Ja Rule had multiple hits that made the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and You" (featuring Christina Milian), "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and "Ain't It Funny" (both with Jennifer Lopez)-which both topped the Hot 100-the number 1 hit "Always on Time" (featuring Ashanti), "Mesmerize" (featuring Ashanti), and "Wonderful" (featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti).

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