| Ja Rule Feat Fat Joe & Jadakiss - New York |
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He attended Junior High School in Floral
Park, New York, where he met his future wife
Aisha Murray and they graduated in 1991. They
attended Martin Van Buren High School
together but he did not graduate. When Atkins
was five years old, his sister died from
respiratory problems. Growing up in a strict
religious home, Atkin's family did not
celebrate birthdays and Christmas, and as a
child, was not allowed to listen to rap
music. When he first heard it, he decided to
be a rapper. He would sneak the music into
his house and played it on his CD player when
his mother wasn't around. Atkins is married
to his high school sweetheart, Aisha Atkins
née Murray.They have three children:
Brittney (11), Jeffrey Junior (6) and Jordan
(3).He and his family live in a mansion in
New Jersey.
Rise to Fame
At age 15, Atkins appeared with 0-1 and Chris
Black as part of Cash Money Click. This would
lead to him being signed by TVT Records. He
would end up being heard by a young DJ who
called himself DJ Irv, then later Irv Gotti.
Gotti, was a friend of Jay-Z's and he was
also a DJ for Def Jam Recordings. During the
mid 90s his main priority was meeting Ja
Rule. He wanted to sign Ja to his new label
Murder Inc. Records. He wanted Ja because of
his distinct deep voice. After Irv was able
to sign Ja along with DMX and Jay-Z to Def
Jam. He beagn to have an idea that they all
work together. They formed a group named The
Murderers. They recorded many songs together.
Friction tore the group apart, DMX, a rapper
that sounds very similar to Ja accused him of
trying to steal his style with the deep
voice, by saying that before the three were
signed Ja tried to make his voice sound
lighter but heard him embrace the deep voice
and tried to imitate it. They had planned to
release an album together, but this idea was
scrapped and they all made appearances on
their respective albums. Still, around this
time, Ja Rule was still fairly unknown.
Jay-Z, at the time a young star and new to
Def Jam, was the most popular rapper in hip
hop. Russell Simmons had the idea that in
order to build hype around Ja Rule and
capitalize on Jay's popularity that Ja Rule
do a verse on Jay-Z's 1998 single Can I Get
A..., which also featured Amil. Ja's
performance of the verse made him a household
name and he became an instant star and by the
release of his album a year later he was one
of Def Jam Recordings premier acts.
Venni Vetti Vecci (1999)
In 1999, Ja Rule released his debut album
Venni Vetti Vecci on Murder Inc./Def Jam. The
album featured summer smash "Holla Holla".
That single would propel the album to a
platinum certification. His album featured
appearances from Jay-Z, DMX, Memphis Bleek,
and Ronald Isley.
In 2000, Atkins was also featured on Irv
Gotti's successful album, Irv Gotti Presents:
The Murderers, which featured other Murder
Inc. record label artists as well as DMX,
Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes.
Rule 3:36 (2000)
In 2000 Atkins released Rule 3:36, his second
album. The first released single was "Between
Me & You" featuring Christina Milian, which
proved to be a hit and was followed by
another successful single, "Put It On Me"
featuring Lil' Mo and Vita. The album
received an unexpected level of support, and
went on to go triple platinum. By this time
Ja Rule was even more popular than Jay-Z and
made an appearance on LL Cool J's G.O.A.T.
album.
Pain Is Love (2001)
On October 2, 2001, Atkins released his third
album, Pain Is Love. The first single,
"Livin' It Up", was another hit. It featured
guest vocals by R&B singer Case and sampled
Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do". The follow up
single, "Always On Time", was released in
December of the same year and was yet another
success. The song introduced the public to
singer Ashanti, who performed the chorus. The
album also featured the successful remix "I'm
Real" with Jennifer Lopez. Finally, the album
included the song "So Much Pain", a tribute
to Tupac Shakur, and also went on to become
triple platinum.
Due to the additon of Ashanti, Lil Mo ended
her relationship with Murder In
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| Why - Jadakiss ft. Anthony Hamilton |
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[Jadakiss]
Aha
It's dat real
Yo, why is Jadakiss as hard as it gets
Why is the industry designed to keep the
artist in debt
And why them dudes ain't ridin' if there part
of your set
And why they never get it poppin' but they
party to death
Yea, and why they gon give you life for a
murder
Turn around only give you eight months for a
burner, it's goin down
Why they sellin' niggaz CD's for under a dime
If it's all love daddy why you come wit your
nine
Why my niggaz ain't get that cake
Why is a brother up North better than Jordan
That ain't get that break
Why you ain't stackin' instead of tryin' to
be fly
Why is rattin' at an all time high
Why are you even alive
Why they kill Tupac n' Chris
Why at the bar you ain't take straight shots
instead of poppin Crist'
Why them bullets have to hit that door
Why did Kobe have to hit that raw
Why he kiss that whore
Why
[Chorus: Anthony Hamilton]
All that I been givin'
Is this thing that I've been living
They got me in the system
Why they gotta do me like that
Try'd to make it my way
But got sent up on the highway
Why, oh why
Why they gotta do me like that
[Jadakiss]
Why would niggaz push pounds and powder
Why did bush knock down the towers
Why you around them cowards
Why Aaliyah have to take that flight
Why my nigga D ain't pull out his Ferrari
Why he take that bike
Why they gotta open your package and read
your mail
Why they stop lettin' niggaz get degreez in
jail
Why you gotta do eighty-five percent of your
time
And why do niggaz lie in eighty-five percent
of they rhymes
Why a nigga always want what he can't have
Why I can't come through in the pecan Jag
Why did crack have to hit so hard
Even though it's almost over
Why niggaz can't get no jobs
Why they come up wit the witness protection
Why they let the terminator win the election
Come on, pay attention
Why sell in the stores what you can sell in
the streets
Why I say the hottest shit but we sellin' the
least
[Chorus]
[Jadakiss]
Uh, yea, yo
Why Halle have to let a white man pop her to
get a Oscar
Why Denzel have to be crooked before he took
it
Why they didn't make the CL6 wit a clutch
And if you don't smoke why the hell you
reachin' for my dutch
Why rap, cause I need air time
Why be on the curb wit a "why lie I need a
beer" sign
Why all the young niggaz is dyin'
Cause they moms at work, they pops is gone,
they livin' wit iron
Why they ain't give us a cure for aids
Why my diesel have fiends in the spot on the
floor for days
Why you screamin' like it's slug, it's only
the hawk
Why my buzz in L.A. ain't like it is in New
York
Why you forcin' you to be hard
Why ain't you a thug by choice
Why the whole world love my voice
Why try to tell 'em that it's the flow son
And you know why they made the new twenties
Cause I got all my old ones
That's why
[Chorus]
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