  Ja Rule was born Jeff Atkins on
the leap year of February 29th in 1976. Ja
Rule begin rapping in New York as a member of
'Cash Money Click.' It was helping out Jay-Z with
his hit "Can I Get A..." that
helped Ja Rule breakout as a solo rapper.
Ja Rule signed with Def Jam
Records.
Ja Rule could be heard on the
soundtrack for Belly with "Story To
Tell."
 Ja Rule released Venni
Vetti Vecci with the hit "Holla,
Holla?"
Ja Rule topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Venni
Vetti Vecci for 3 weeks.
Venni
Vetti Vecci was certified platinum.
Ja Rule toured with the 'Family
Values' package tour.
 Ja Rule topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top New R&B
/ Hip-Hop Artist.
 # 162
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ja Rule could be heard
on Irv
Gotti Presents The Murderers.
Ja Rule released Rule
3:36.
Ja Rule topped the Billboard 200
Albums chart with Rule
3:36 - selling over 275,000 copies
in the U.S. its first week. Rule
3:36 also topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 3 weeks.
 Ja Rule hit the Top 40 with
"Between Me And You" with help from Christina Milan.
 # 59
Singles Artist of the Year
 Rule
3:36 was certified 2x platinum.
Ja Rule topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 6 weeks
with "Put It On Me" featuring Lil'
Mo & Vita.
Ja Rule topped
the MTV Video Countdown with "Put It On Me" for a week.
Ja Rule hit the Top 40 with
"Put It On Me" featuring Lil'
Mo & Vita.
 Ja Rule helped out Jennifer Lopez with a remix of her
hit "I'm Real."
Ja Rule could be seen in the
film The
Fast And The Furious as street racer,
Edwin.
Rule
3:36 was certified 3x platinum.
Ja Rule, Snoop Dogg, and Beenie
Man, were charged with indecency
accusations after performing in Jamaica - the
charges stem from indecent language used
during their performances.
Ja Rule won a Source Hip-Hop
Music Award for Single of the Year ("Put It On Me").
 Ja Rule released Pain
Is Love.
Ja Rule performed at
the MTV Video Music
Awards with Jennifer Lopez. The video for "Put It On Me" was nominated
for Best Rap Video.
Ja Rule's remix on Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Real"
topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks and
the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for a week.
Ja Rule topped the Billboard 200
Album chart for 2 weeks with Pain
Is Love after selling over 360,000
copies in its first week in the U.S. Pain
Is Love also topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 3 weeks.
 Ja Rule hit the Top 40 with
"Livin' It Up" featuring Case.
"Livin' It Up" topped the MTV
Video Countdown for a week.
Pain
Is Love was certified platinum.
Ja Rule hit the Top 10 with "Livin' It Up."
"Always On Time" topped the MTV
Video Countdown for a week.
Ja Rule topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot 100
Artist - Male.
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ja Rule topped
the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &
Tracks for 8 weeks and the R&B/Hip-Hop
Airplay chart for 9 weeks with "Always On Time."
Ja Rule was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop
Artist.
Ja Rule hit the
Top 40 with help from Ashanti with "Always On Time."
Pain
Is Love was certified 2x platinum.
Ja Rule again
helped remix a Jennifer Lopez track ("Ain't It
Funny").
Ja Rule topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 2
weeks and the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 2
weeks with "Always On Time."
Ja Rule was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Performance by
a Duo or Group ("Put It On Me"), Best Rap Album (Pain
Is Love), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Livin' It Up" featuring Case).
Ja Rule topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart with the
remix of "Ain't It Funny".
 Ja Rule hit the
Top 10 with "Always On Time."
Ja Rule won a World Music Award
for World's Best-Selling Rap Artist.
Pain
Is Love was certified 3x platinum.
Ja Rule hit the Top 40 helping
out Mary
J. Blige on "Rainy Dayz."
 Ja Rule already started talking
about retiring from music. He has stated:
"I'm going to retire after 2 more
albums."
Ja Rule won a BET Award for Best
Male Hip-Hop Artist.
Ja Rule hit the Top 40 with
"Down Ass Chick."
 Ja Rule hit the Top 10 with Mary
J. Blige with "Rainy Dayz" from Blige's
re-packaged No
More Drama LP.
Ja Rule could be heard as part
of Irv
Gotti Presents The Inc. on the tracks "Down 4 U,"
"Gangstafied," and
"Rain."
Ja Rule won a Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Award for Rap Album of the
Year.
Ja Rule hit the Top 40
with "Down 4 U" as part of Irv
Gotti Presents The Inc. featuring Ashanti, Charlie
Baltimore & Vita
from Irv
Gotti Presents The Inc.
 Ja Rule won a Teen Choice Award
for Choice Male Artist.
Ja Rule won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video for the remix of
"I'm Real" with Jennifer Lopez. He was also nominated
in the category for "Always On Time" with Ashanti. Ja Rule performed at
the ceremony.
Ja Rule was named Musician of
the Year at the GQ Men of the Year Awards.
 Ja Rule could be heard
on Irv
Gotti Presents... The Remixes with "The
Pledge" (with Ashanti, Nas, and 2Pac),
"Come-N-Go" (with Caddillac
Tah and Ashanti), "Rainy Dayz" (with Mary
J. Blige), and "No One Does It
Better" (with Caddillac Tah
and Black Child).
Ja Rule released The
Last Temptation.
Ja Rule could be seen in Half
Past Dead with Steven Seagal.
 The
Last Temptation was certified platinum.
Ja Rule had
moderate R&B hits with the tracks
"Live My Life" (with N.O.R.E.),
"Never Again," and "Thug
Lovin'" (with Bobby
Brown).
 # 57
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ja Rule hit the
Top 40 with help from Ashanti with "Mesmerize."
Ja Rule was
nominated for a American Music
Award for Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B
Male Artist and performed at the show.
Ja Rule could be heard on the
soundtrack for Biker
Boyz with "We Did It
Again" along with Metallica.
Ja Rule will be
touring with Eve kicking off at the end
of the month, throughout February and the
start of March.
Ja Rule hit the
Top 10 with help from Ashanti with "Mesmerize."
Ja Rule was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Always On Time" with Ashanti).
Ja Rule could
be heard on R. Kelly's LP, Chocolate
Factory, with the track "Been
Around The World."
 VH1: 50
Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Ja Rule at # 39.
Ja Rule took
home a Source Award for R&B/Rap
Collaboration of the Year ("Thug
Lovin'" with Bobby
Brown) and was booed when he
performed at the ceremony.
 Ja Rule
released Blood
In My Eye.
Ja Rule topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for a week with Blood
In My Eye.
 # 131
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ja Rule was arrested and charged
with marijuana possession and driving with a
suspended license. The marijuana possession
charges were dropped.
Ja Rule won a Source Award for
Fat Tape Song of the Year ("Clap
Back").
 Ja Rule topped the UK singles
chart with "Wonderful."
Ja Rule released R.U.L.E.
Ja Rule hit the
Top 40 with help from Ashanti and R.
Kelly with "Wonderful."
# 280 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 80
Singles Artist of the Year
 R.U.L.E. was certified
gold.
Ja Rule plead
guilty to assult charges from last June and
was fined.
 The single "Wonderful" was certified
gold.
Ja Rule released the hits
collection Exodus.
Ja Rule was arrested in New York
on criminal possession of a weapon charges.
Ja Rule plead guilty to weapons
possession and will be sentenced early next
year to a likely 2 year prison sentence.
 Ja Rule was sentenced to 2 years
in jail for criminal possession of a weapon.
Ja Rule
released Pil
2.
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Venni Vetti Vecci
Released: June, 1999
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "The March
Prelude" - "We Here Now" -
"World's Most Dangerous" -
"Let's Ride" - "Holla
Holla" - "Kill 'Em All" -
"Suicide Freestyle" -
"Story To Tell" - "Count
On" - "E-Dub & Ja" -
"Murda 4 Life" - "Daddy's
Little Baby" - "Race Against
Time" - "Only Begotten
Son" |
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Rule 3:36
Released: October, 2000
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (1 week)
Rolling Stone
review:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Watching
Me" - "Between Me And You" (featuring
Christina Milan) - "Put It On Me" (featuring
Lil' Mo & Vita) - "6 Feet
Underground" - "Love Me, Hate
Me" - "Die" - "F___
You" - "Grey Box" -
"Extasy" - "It's Your
Life" - "I Cry" -
"One Of Us" - "The Rule
Won't Die" |
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Pain Is Love
Released: September, 2001
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (2 weeks)
Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Dial M For
Murder" - "Livin' It Up" (featuring
Case) - "The Inc." - "Always On Time" (featuring
Ashanti) - "Down Ass Chick" -
"Never Again" - "Worldwide
Gangsta" - "I'm Real (Murder
Remix)" - "Smokin And
Riden" - "X" - "Lost
Little Girl" - "So Much
Pain" - "Pain Is Love" |
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The Last Temptation
Released: November, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Tracks: "Thug
Lovin'" (with Bobby Brown) - "Mesmerize" (with
Ashanti) - "Pop Ns" - "The
Pledge Remix" (with Ashanti, Nas
& 2Pac) - "Murder Reigns" -
"Last Temptation" (with Charli
Baltimore) - "Murder Me" (with
Caddillac Tah) - "The Warning"
- "Connected" (with Eastwood
& Crooked I) - "Emerica"
(with Young Life & Chink Santana) -
"Rock Star" -
"Destiny" |
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Blood In My Eye
Released: November, 2003
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone
review: - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks: "Murder
Intro" - "The Life" -
"Clap Back" - "The
Crown" - "Kay Dlay" (skit)
- "Things Gon' Change / 2 Punk Ass
Quarters" (skit) - "Race
Against Time II" - "Bobby
Creep" (skit) - "N****** &
B******" - "The I.N.C. Is
Back" - "Remo" (skit) -
"Blood In My Eye" - "It's
Murda" (Freestyle) - "The
Wrap" (Freestyle) |
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R.U.L.E.
Released: November, 2004
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Glory
Intro" - "Last Of The
Mohicanas" (featuring Black Child) -
"Wonderful" (featuring
R. Kelly & Ashanti) - "What's My
Name" - "New York"
(featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) -
"Stripping Game" -
"Manuel" - "Get It
Started" (featuring Ciara) -
"R.U.L.E." - "True
Story" - "Caught Up"
(featuring Lloyd) - "Gun Talk"
(featuring Black Child) -
"Erection" - "Never
Thought" (featuring Giselle) -
"Life Goes On" (featuring Trick
Daddy & Chink Santana) -
"Weed" - "Where I'm
From" (featuring Lloyd) - "Bout
My Business" - "Passion" |
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Exodus
Released: December, 2005
Tracks:
"Exodus" (Intro) -
"Me" - "Holla, Holla"
- "It's Murda" - "Put It On Me" - "I
Cry" - "Livin' It Up" - "Always On Time" -
"Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix)
- "Thug Lovin'" - "Mesmerize" - "Clap
Back" - "New York" -
"Wonderful" - "Never
Again" - "Daddy's Little
Baby" - "Love Me Hate Me"
- "Exodus" (Outro) |
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Pil 2
Released: February, 2012
Tracks: "Intro (F***
Fame)" - "Real Life
Fantasy" - "Parachute" -
"Superstar (Intro)" -
"Superstar" - "Black
Vodka" - "Drown" -
"Never Had Time" -
"Strange Days" - "To The
Top" - "Pray 4 The Day" -
"Believe" - "Spun A
Web" |
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