In the list of greatest rappers in the world, there is pretty much one reason why Ja Rule would be missing. With a very strong voice, he was among the biggest voices in the rap industry in the early 2000s, before eventually losing the game due to the many clashes he got involved in. Apart from being a rapper, Ja Rule is also a record producer and actor.
Who is Ja Rule? Biography
While it’s like Ja rules that much of the world knows the rapper. He was born on February 29, 1976 in Queens, New York as Jeffrey Bruce Atkins. His father, William Atkins, left the family when he was still a child and the responsibility of raising him was left to his mother, Debra.
His mother lost a child when he was still in her womb due to breathing difficulties. Atkins was therefore raised without a Jehovah’s Witness – a religious organization that his mother would later leave.
By the age of 12, Jeffrey Atkins had already started selling drugs in Queens to his friend’s family. He started dealing drugs after having to leave his grandparents’ home and live with his mother, who was also struggling at the time.
What would get him off the streets where he was The rap he started in 1993 was trying to make a living for himself. His first job was with the hip-hop group Cash Money Click, which also had Chris Black and O-1. Her debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci was released in 1999. It became a hit in no time, reaching platinum and paving the way for her next album, 3:36 Rule released in 2000, which outperformed the first.
Pain is Love is his next album, released in 2001. This became another very successful album which outsold those before. The single, Always On Time which featured Ashanti became one of the most popular songs from the album which was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2002 Grammy Awards.
His next albums were The Last Temptation (2002), Blood in My Eyes (2003), and RULE. (2004). He would do other releases, but nothing was as successful as his previous albums.
Woman, Children, Gay
In 2013, rumors emerged claiming that the rapper is gay. Nevertheless, there is no confirmation to this and he is married to Aisha Murray. The couple first met when she was 14-year-old Aisha while still in high school and they have stuck together ever since.
Their relationship has not been without its challenges but Aisha Murray Atkins and Jeffrey Atkins are still together and in 1995 they gave birth to a child, Brittany. Their next children, Jeffery Junior and Jordan were born in 2000 and 2005 respectively.
There were times when it was speculated that the couple could be set to divorce after it was rumored that Ja Rule cheated on his wife and was gay. Despite everything, the couple is still going strong.
