Ja Rule
Sign in to saveAmerican rapper, singer and actor
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1976-02-29
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Unruly : the highs and lows of becoming a man
- Unruly
- Aunt Donna do me!
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Film & TV
Acting · Hollis, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla". From 2000 to 2004, Ja Rule had several hits that made the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and…
Known for
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
- The Murder Inc Story — Himself2022
- Reboot Camp — Himself2020
- Celebrity Show-Off — Self2020
- Fyre — Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)2019
- Fyre Fraud — Himself (Archival Footage)2019
- Untold Stories of Hip Hop — Self2019
- Trolland — Fenn (voice)2016
- Hot Ones — Self2015
- Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn — Willie Davis2013
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- 1,300,994
- Total plays
- 11,677,335
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Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976 in Queens, New York), better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer and actor signed to his own label Mpire Records. He began his career in the group Cash Money Click and released his debut solo album, Venni Vetti Vecci, in 1999. He has since released 2000's Rule 3:36, 2001's Pain Is Love, 2002's The Last Temptation, 2003's Blood in My Eye and 2004's R.U.L.E. He now plans to release his seventh studio album, Venni Vetti Vecci 2010, s
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- New Creatinine- and Cystatin C–Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race
· 2021 · cited 3,722x
- Secondary prevention of macrovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes in the PROactive Study (PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macroVascular Events): a randomised controlled trial
· 2005 · cited 3,416x
- A short questionnaire for the measurement of habitual physical activity in epidemiological studies
· 1982 · cited 2,919x
- Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants
· 2016 · cited 2,815x
- On the Relationship Between Carbon Isotope Discrimination and the Intercellular Carbon Dioxide Concentration in Leaves
· 1982 · cited 2,389x
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Ja
- Born
- Jeffrey Bruce Atkins , ( 1976-02-29 ) February 29, 1976 (age 50) , New York City, U.S.
- Genres
- East Coast hip-hop pop rap gangsta rap hardcore hip-hop political hip-hop
- Occupations
- Rapper singer songwriter actor
- Works
- Ja Rule discography
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Labels
- M-PIRE TVT Records Fontana Universal Motown Island Def Jam Def Jam Murder Inc.
- Formerly of
- Murder Inc. Cash Money Click
- Spouse
- Aisha Murray ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 29 February 1976
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruce
- Family name
- Atkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hollis
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- contemporary R&B
Article
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule (/ˈdʒɑː ˈruːl/), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. Born and raised in Queens, New York City, Ja Rule became known for blending gangsta rap with pop and R&B sensibilities. He signed with Irv Gotti's Murder Inc Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings to release his debut studio album Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), which spawned his first hit single, "Holla Holla". In 2001, he peaked the Billboard Hot 100 on several occasions with his singles "Put It on Me" (featuring Lil' Mo and Vita), "Always on Time" (featuring Ashanti), and his guest appearances on Jennifer Lopez's songs "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and "Ain't It Funny".
Commercially successful, Venni Vetti Vecci received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was followed by his second and third albums, Rule 3:36 (2000) and Pain Is Love (2001), both of which peaked atop the US Billboard 200. With over 15 million combined sales, both also received triple platinum certifications by the RIAA and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles "Put It on Me" (featuring Lil' Mo and Vita) and "Livin' It Up" (featuring Case). He followed up with his fourth, fifth and sixth albums The Last Temptation (2002), Blood in My Eye (2003), and R.U.L.E. (2004); The Last Temptation received platinum certification and spawned the top-two single "Mesmerize" (featuring Ashanti), while R.U.L.E. received gold certification and spawned the top-five single "Wonderful" (featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti). Ja Rule has been nominated for two American Music Awards and four Grammy Awards with respective collaborators Lil' Mo, Vita, Ashanti and Case. From 1999 to 2005 Ja Rule had seventeen Hot 100 hits, chiefly produced by Irv Gotti, and as of 2018, Ja Rule has sold 30 million records worldwide.
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