Reuters - Jun 4, 2009
Rick Ross sold hit albums rapping about selling crack cocaine but a revelation that he once worked as a prison guard threatened to end his career. For a rapper cultivating a bad-boy image, a uniform...
More »AP - Feb 28, 2008
A judge says she is troubled that rapper Ja Rule has posted thousands of dollars in bonds for two co-defendants in a gun possession case and she wants them to come up with their own bail packages. State...
More »E! Online - Feb 28, 2008
This isn't the kind of diss Ja Rule is used to. A New York judge has barred the "Put It On Me" emcee from ponying up thousands of dollars in bail on behalf of two codefendants in his weapons...
More »Reuters - Nov 7, 2007
The docket at New York State Court on Wednesday read like a who's who of the hip-hop world as four major rap artists faced separate charges, highlighting the fine line between image and reality in...
More »Reuters - Oct 7, 2007
Ja Rule is back on the promotional trail, three years after he released his last album to disappointing sales. The Queens, N.Y.-bred rapper's new album The Mirror, due November 13, is the follow...
More »AP - Aug 29, 2007
A woman has filed a lawsuit alleging she was trampled by a frenzied crowd after a large amount of cash was thrown into the crowd during a concert by rapper Lil Wayne at Morgan State University last October...
More »AP - Jul 23, 2007
Top-selling rappers Ja Rule and Lil Wayne were arraigned on felony gun charges Monday following their separate arrests after a hip-hop concert at which both had performed. A judge set high bails and...
More »E! Online - Jul 23, 2007
New York's Finest is bringing the heat on rappers packing heat. Hours after Ja Rule made a surprise guest appearance at Lil' Wayne's much-hyped concert Sunday night, billed as the latter...
More »E! Online - Jun 27, 2006
Ja Rule s old record label won t be getting any help from the highest court in the land. The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear the ongoing case between indie label TVT Records and Universal...
More »AP - Jun 26, 2006
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case involving a contract dispute between recording companies over a hip-hop album by Ja Rule and other rappers. Lawyers for TVT Records and TVT Music Inc...
More »USRN - Jan 26, 2005
Murder Inc. Records CEO Irv Gotti is expected to be hit with federal racketeering charges this week in connection with the two-year federal probe of his label and its affiliation with former drug kingpin...
More »AP - Nov 2, 2004
Ja Rule probably should have battled nemesis 50 Cent with sticks and stones, considering what happened after their war of words. A few years ago, Ja Rule was among the most popular — and overexposed...
More »AP - Oct 6, 2004
New Jersey rapper Ja Rule will return to Toronto next spring to face a charge of assault causing bodily harm, a Canadian court ruled at a pretrial hearing Wednesday. A trial for the 28-year-old star...
More »AP - Dec 3, 2003
Rapper Ja Rule s record label was cleared of Murder. The company behind the multiplatinum rapper and singer Ashanti announced Wednesday it had changed its name to The Inc., moving away from its previous...
More »AP - Dec 3, 2003
After two decades of survival and success in the cutthroat music business, the world s pre-eminent white rap mogul found himself trapped in a place most horrific: A witness stand. In a federal courthouse...
More »USRN - Oct 27, 2003
(10/27/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Grammy-nominated rapper Ja Rule took the first step towards calling a truce with hip-hop s reigning bad boy, 50 Cent, on Thursday, October 23, when he visited Minister Louis Farrakhan...
More »USRN - Oct 3, 2003
(10/3/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Nelly, Murphy Lee, Fabolous, Lil Jon & The EastSide Boyz, Cam ron & the Diplomats, Youngbloodz, Wyclef, Trina, and Ja Rule are among the confirmed performers scheduled to hit...
More »USRN - Jul 30, 2003
(7/30/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Ja Rule recently told the Associated Press that his feud with 50 Cent is not just a scheme to generate publicity, and insisted that the two rappers really don t like each other...
More »USRN - Jun 11, 2003
(6/11/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Rapper Ja Rule will spend his Independence Day weekend in South Africa performing three shows, according to Billboard.com. The rapper is slated to perform in Johannesburg on July...
More »USRN - Jun 4, 2003
(6/4/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Kenneth Supreme McGriff, the convicted drug lord who has been at the center of the ongoing federal money laundering investigation of Murder Inc. Records, was sentenced to 37 months...
More »USRN - Jun 4, 2003
(6/4/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- Ving Rhames has been tapped to narrate, Beef, a new documentary which will focus on classic hip-hop battles and feature exclusive performances from 50 Cent, DMX, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep...
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