He is best-known for hits "Put It On Me", "Between Me And You", "Wonderful" and for being associated with Jay-Z as a part of The Murderers. Ja Rule has sold over 20 Million albums worldwide and has released six albums with one on the way. His best-selling albums are Pain Is Love and Rule 3:36. Ja Rule has beefed with rappers DMX, 50 Cent, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Dr. Dre, and Eminem.
Early life:
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 in 1994. 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 began 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.
Connected
Ja Rule Lyrics
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Murder Inc. motherfucker
[Chorus:]
We world wide connected, and ya'll don't want to fuck with us
In the streets we respected, so ya'll don't want to fuck wit us
World wide connected nigga, ya'll don't want to fuck wit us
We gangster ass niggaz and we hard to hit
[Eastwood]
It ain't no verse mother fuckers who fake east thugs
Its murder Inc In the role nigga throw up your dub
They show us love in the club real niggaz bossed up man
We heavily intoxicated so toss it up
Attacks your mind and your conscience
Written to enhance this verbally thugs grammar
I'm bout to touch the roof wit it
Extraordinary and I was never ordinary in cemetery
Visit my thugs in mortuaries
End all most reality young name and 'Pac
I'm a keep my heat tucked until my soul goes pop
I hear a lot of niggaz rapping
But there ain't that many rappers out there scraping and keep it cracking
We keep it happening
I'm a million out the gate
No scratch that eight from CD's to tapes we rock like earthquakes
I'm Eastwood catch me dipping a Fleetwood like a G should
Young Eastwood is so damn good
[Chorus]
[Crooked I]
Nigga think that I is raw spit
Murder Inc in the role, we all sick
So niggaz Involved get mauled quick as a dog and the raw gets you involved
And I'm a draw quick, nigga awww shit
Punks talking lick I haul off quick
Wit a sawed off kick It's like they fall off cliffs
Y'all call it off before all y'all get stoned
Like you're fallen off in a raw mosh pit
Get tossed in a ditch your coffin is sick
While I floss in the awesomest whips and I toss in your chicks
Your caution when your calling your six
Cause your talk can get you crossed and lost in the mix
I'm a pause in the bitch bossed in the pits
Burn I serve niggaz stay off at ya clique
Spend off with ya grip my land of gangrene
You have the doctors taking your leg off of your hip
Motherfucker!
[Chorus]
[Ja Rule]
All y'all niggaz need to get off my dick
I spit it how I live it plus the flows real sick
I got killers ranged from Compton to Cleveland
World wide connected any type niggaz there's no breathing
Give me the reason I put a halo throw your mental
And give your the Holy Spirit and see you to gods temple
I'm the avenging angle and earth be thy claim
And Ja be thy name, I know your all praying
For the day of my diminishing,
Why don't somebody finish them off and put it right through his cross
The X is the 50 y'all got to be kidding me
These niggaz is my sons I raised them from young
Curtis and little Earl should of been little girls
Cause they bitch made and they act like one of my itch-bays
Touche! The Rule is more than ready
Gun heavy and world wide connected (feel me)
[Chorus]
The song Connected by Ja Rule featuring Eastwood and Crooked I is a classic gangsta rap anthem that boasts the power and influence of Murder Inc, their record label. The chorus of the song repeatedly asserts that Murder Inc is "world wide connected" and that nobody should dare mess with them. The first verse by Eastwood reinforces this idea by saying that they are respected on the streets and heavily intoxicated. He mentions that he was never ordinary and pays homage to deceased rappers Tupac and Young Name. The second verse by Crooked I is full of violent metaphors and boasts of his skills as a rapper and as a killer. He paints a picture of how he destroys his enemies with ease and even includes a reference to Eminem (whose real name is Marshall Mathers) when he says "y'all call it off before all y'all get stoned like you're fallen off in a raw mosh pit." Ja Rule ends the song with a diss towards two of his contemporaries, 50 Cent (whose real name is Curtis Jackson) and Lil Eazy (whose real name is Eric Wright Jr). He calls them his "sons" and says that they should have been girls because they are "bitch made."
Line by Line Meaning
We world wide connected, and ya'll don't want to fuck with us
We have a global network of connections that is extremely powerful, and you do not want to mess with us.
In the streets we respected, so ya'll don't want to fuck wit us
We have earned a great deal of respect within the streets and criminal world, and you do not want to challenge us.
World wide connected nigga, ya'll don't want to fuck wit us
We have connections all over the world that make us untouchable, and you do not want to mess with us.
We gangster ass niggaz and we hard to hit
Murder Inc in the role who could fuck wit this
We are hardcore gangsters who are tough to take down, and with Murder Inc. by our side, who could mess with us?
It ain't no verse mother fuckers who fake east thugs
Those who pretend to be tough gangsters from the East don't really have what it takes.
Its murder Inc In the role nigga throw up your dub
With Murder Inc. backing us up, we represent the role and invite others to join us by throwing up the Westside hand gesture.
Extraordinary and I was never ordinary in cemetery
I have always been exceptional and never just an average person in life or death.
I'm a keep my heat tucked until my soul goes pop
I will always carry my weapon until death takes me.
But there ain't that many rappers out there scraping and keep it cracking
We keep it happening
Not many rappers are actually tough gangsters that keep it real, but we are always active and making moves.
Nigga think that I is raw spit
People believe that I have very raw and powerful rhymes.
So niggaz Involved get mauled quick as a dog and the raw gets you involved
If someone gets involved in our business, they will be attacked quickly and fiercely, like a raw dog.
And I'm a draw quick, nigga awww shit
Punks talking lick I haul off quick
I can quickly draw my weapon and attack those who talk smack or disrespect us.
I spit it how I live it plus the flows real sick
I rap about my real experiences and my style is unique and amazing.
I got killers ranged from Compton to Cleveland
World wide connected any type niggaz there's no breathing
I have hired hitmen all over the United States and beyond, and we have connections everywhere, so there is no way for anyone to escape us.
The Rule is more than ready
Gun heavy and world wide connected (feel me)
Ja Rule is always prepared for anything, with a lot of firepower and connections, and everyone should take note of this fact.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Written by: HARRY WAYNE CASEY, NICHOLAS HALLAM, RICHARD RAYMOND FINCH, ROBERT CHARLES BIRCH
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