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Ja Rule - Biography
| 07-07-2006 20:05 | 0 reaction(s) | add reply |
Everyone knows who Ja Rule the rap artist is.
What many fans don't know is how many other talents Ja Rule has and where else you can find him in business, charity and the media.
Take a look at all the areas where Ja Rule excels:
In Business:
The INC Records - Ja Rule is co-owner of The INC Records. Established in 1999, The INC is home to multi-platinumartist Ashanti as well as Caddilac Tah, Blackchild, and Lloyd.
Ervingeoffrey - Ja Rule established his own line of clothing in 2003. This premium urban wear brand specializes in First grade denim an can be found in specialty stores across the US as well as in Japan and Europe.
Mojito - Ja Rule is launching a deluxe liquor company due to enter the market in 2005.
In Charity and the Community.
L.I.F.E Foundation - Rule is active in the L.I.F.E Foundation
The mission of The LIFE Program is to establish a year round program that will provide an alternative to the negative social influences of the streets. The Life Program is a guide to being a productive, strong intelligent young man or woman in society. This program will give our youth the competitive spirit that will allow them to excel in life. It will change the way our youth think and feel about themselves. The youth that come through our doors will leave with a positive outlook on Life.
The advantage of the life program is the creative way of educating using life skills to help advance today's youth. Through music, athletics, theater, photography, ideography, culinary arts* educational and cultural workshops at risk youth get a second chance at life.
Using reform convicts, hip-hop artist, community activist, entrepreneurs and educators the life program brings a new creative spin to mental and physical enhancement. This hands-on curriculum of the life program makes learning more interesting and challenging. Our program is designed to bring out the creative genius inside of each child.
L.I.F.E. volunteers go into the High Schools & Jr. High Schools and work with the most at risk students. Those were the students who cut class/school, involved in anti-social behavior and were on the fast track to incarceration. With the help of ex-convicts, celebrities, businessmen 85 athletes we improve students' attendance and school behavior.
Ultimately the goal is to open L.I.F.E.'s Sports/Entertainment Camp in Puerto Rico where the students who improves the most in behavior and attendance will get to attend this camp. LIFE is a year round program working out of York College on a weekly basis.
*Workshops
*Poetry/Rapping
*Guest Speakers
*Counseling
*Tutoring & Regent Preparations
*Special Trips
*Physical Fitness & Self Discipline
*Swimming
*Basketball
*Weight & Exercise room
*Internships
*Videography & Photography
Recognition:
Rule has been awarded for his talent in many arenas
Source Awards - Nominated Live Performance of the Year; Fat Tape Song of the Year "Clap Back" (2004)
*Teen Choice Awards - Male Artist of the Year (2002)
*GQ Man of the Year Awards - Music Artist, Solo (2002)
*World Music Awards - Worlds Best Selling Rap Artist (2002)
*American Music Awards - Nominated Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B (2002)
*Soul Train - Nominated Best R&B / Soul or Rap Album of the year (2002)
*NAACP Image Awards - Nominated Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist (2002)
*Grammy Awards - Nominated Best Rap Album - "Pain Is Love"; Best Rap Performance Duo/Group; "Put It On Me"; Best Rap *Song/Collaboration "Livin' It Up " (2002)
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As the flagship artist for producer Irv Gotti's Def Jam-affiliated Murder Inc. label, Ja Rule became the rap industry's most commercially successful artist during the early 2000s, working closely with the hitmaker and his stable of talent. Ja initially won over a sizable following with Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), his rather hardcore debut album modeled largely after the style of rugged thug rap then popularized by DMX and the Ruff Ryder collective. In particular, "Holla Holla" became a breakout hit, but in retrospect it was a minor success relative to what Ja accomplished a year later with his follow-up album, Rule 3:36 (2000). On this album, Gotti juxtaposed the rapper's thuggish style with a trio of radio-friendly vixens — Christina Milian, Lil' Mo, and Vita — and produced three enormous hit singles: "Between Me and You," "I Cry," and "Put It on Me." These duets established the template for Ja's following album, Pain Is Love (2001), which featured yet more chorus-singing divas, this time Jennifer Lopez ("I'm Real") and Ashanti ("Always on Time"), as well as a similarly styled interpolation of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do" ("Livin' It Up") featuring Case on the hook. By 2002, Ja alone had brought Gotti's Murder Inc. label into the national spotlight and helped break successive artists from the label; most notably Ashanti, who collaborated with him on "Down 4 U," yet another chart-topping hit. Roughly around this same time, Ja used his fame to launch a minor acting career for himself, beginning with The Fast and the Furious (2001), and he began to attract attention from his peers, uniting with Nas on the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards and squabbling with DMX in the press. Later that year he released The Last Temptation (2003), which again paired him with urban vocalists for a few singles, this time with Bobby Brown ("Thug Lovin'") and Ashanti ("Mesmerize"). A backlash mounted around this time, as upstart rapper 50 Cent began hurling numerous disses at Ja.
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