Ja Rule

Ja Rule, the stage name of Jeffrey Atkins, is a rapper, singer and actor from Queens, New York City who broke through by mixing gangsta rap with pop and R&B. He signed to Irv Gotti's Murder Inc, a Def Jam imprint, and in 1999 released his debut album Venni Vetti Vecci, which produced the hit Holla Holla. Rule 3:36 (2000) and Pain Is Love (2001) both reached number one on the Billboard 200 and earned triple platinum certification, while The Last Temptation (2002), Blood in My Eye (2003) and R.U.L.E. (2004) followed. He has picked up nominations for four Grammy Awards and two American Music Awards. In the early 2000s he also moved into acting, appearing in Turn It Up (2000), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Half Past Dead (2002), The Cookout (2004), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Wrong Side of Town (2010) and I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013).