Ja Rule

On June 24, Terror Squad rapper and former Big Pun affiliate Fat Joe was sentenced to prison for tax evasion. The Bronx rhymer faces four months and a fine of $15,000 for failure to file income tax returns on approximately $3.3 million in earnings. Ini...

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There have been a lot cliché trends in rap—New Jack Swing, the Shiny suit, "Molly" rap—and fortunately, most have died off as quickly as they became popular. But one thing that's remained constant throughout hip-hop history is most rappers' inability to strike a normal pose on camera. Whether it's a mu...

News broke yesterday that Chief Keef was arrested for driving 110mph in a 55 mph zone. While speeding tickets are pretty common occurrence, the incident marks the second time in two weeks in which Keef found himself behind bars. If last week's marijuana arrest is any indication of how he handled his legal woes, it's likely that will see the GBE rapper laugh his arrest off with another mugshot Twee

Ja Rule has been out of prison for a few days now. Unlike most rappers who have been locked up for a long time, Ja made it his mission to put on some mass. He posted an Instagram photo of himself next to his longtime friend P.A.P.I. Of course, the Internet went crazy with comments on his new figure...

Ja Rule was expected to be a free man on July 28 after finishing up his tax evasion sentence. According to sources in the hip-hop community (Blogger Karen Civil and N.O.R.E.), the Queens native was released today. Just spoke to @ruleyork everybody tell him welcome home...

Late last year, Lil Wayne announced that Kanye West would be having a “big hand” in I Am Not a Human Being II. After much speculation, Wayne clarified that Kanye hadn’t actually contributed music, but instead would oversee the album’s artwork through his DONDA imprint. Now that Wayne’s 10th ...

Fans were kind of confused to learn Ciara’s new single “Body Party” featured her rumored boyfriend Future, especially since Future doesn’t contribute any verses (he does adlib a bit) to the song. He did, however, co-write the Mike WiLL Made It produced R&B jam. Future also co-wrote Ciara’...

Ashanti stopped by “Sway in the Morning” to promote her appearance in season seven of Army Wives. That wasn’t the only topic of discussion as she revealed details on her forthcoming album, Braveheart. She says she has been working on the project and looking to release in June. She has two vide...

Last week, Ja Rule was released from an upstate New York prison for serving a two year sentence for illegal gun possession. However, he was moved into federal custody to finish up another sentence for tax evasion. Now, federal authorities say the platinum-selling rapper is expected to get released from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center on July 28. J...

Ja Rule was finally released from an upstate New York prison this morning after serving his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession. Instead of having the chance to go home, the 36-year-old rapper headed into another facility to complete his sentence for tax envasion...

XXL compiles the self-proclaimed King of R&B's best rap collaborations...