Ja 50!

Holla, Holla... Ja Rule hits the 50. It's murda!

When Clifford "T.I." Harris went into 50 Cent, he said that he doesn't have the luxury of having a family. He said that he could never keep a woman or raise his children right.

Ja Rule, a married father and grandfather has all that 50 never had, a family.

Today or March 1 will be Ja's birthday.

He was born on Feb. 29. He would be considered a leap baby. 

In fact, he would be 13 years old in Feb. 2028. 

Actually he is 50 years old.

Jeffrey Bruce Atkins, a rapper, producer, media personality and actor began rapping in 1995 as a member of the Cash Money Click in dedication to New Jack City.

He broke into the mainstream when he was a guest feature on Jay-Z's Can I Get...

Ja became known for blending gangsta rap with pop and R&B sensibilities. He signed with Irv Gotti's Murder Inc Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings to release his debut studio album Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), which spawned his first hit single, "Holla Holla". In 2001, he peaked the Billboard Hot 100 on several occasions with his singles "Put It on Me" (featuring Lil' Mo and Vita), "Always on Time" (featuring Ashanti), and his guest appearances on Jennifer Lopez's songs "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and "Ain't It Funny".

The thing 50 Cent never had was a family. Ja Rule and Aisha Atkins been married for 25 years and raised three children. 

Commercially successful, Venni Vetti Vecci received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was followed by his second and third albums, Rule 3:36 (2000) and Pain Is Love (2001), both of which peaked atop the US Billboard 200. With over 15 million combined sales, both also received triple platinum certifications by the RIAA and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles "Put It on Me" (featuring Lil' Mo and Vita) and "Livin' It Up" (featuring Case). He followed up with his fourth, fifth and sixth albums The Last Temptation (2002), Blood in My Eye (2003), and R.U.L.E. (2004); The Last Temptation received platinum certification and spawned the top-two single "Mesmerize" (featuring Ashanti), while R.U.L.E. received gold certification and spawned the top-five single "Wonderful" (featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti). Ja Rule has been nominated for two American Music Awards and four Grammy Awards with respective collaborators Lil' Mo, Vita, Ashanti and Case. From 1999 to 2005 Ja Rule had seventeen Hot 100 hits, chiefly produced by Irv Gotti, and as of 2018, Ja Rule has sold 30 million records worldwide.

Outside of music, Ja Rule was met with scrutiny for his involvement in the fraudulent Fyre Festival, which he co-founded with con artist Billy McFarland. In November 2019, he was cleared of any legal wrongdoing from his role in the festival.

Earlier that year, he joined the main cast of WeTV's Growing Up Hip Hop: New York. As an actor, he has also starred in films such as Turn It Up (2000), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Half Past Dead (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003), The Cookout (2004), Assault on Precinct 13, Back in the Day (both in 2005), Furnace (2007), and Wrong Side of Town (2010).

Ja Rule poses with Paposse, T.I. and the late DMX.

I don't understand why some feuds never die. For one Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, the ongoing feud with Ja Rule will never end. It also includes Leonard "Uncle Murda" Grant and Marvin "Tony Yayo" Bernard.

All these men are over 40 years old. Well 50 Cent is 50 years old. He never grew up.

Well Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda have a podcast on most streaming sites. Check it out.

The two got into a heated confrontation with Ja while on an airline flight.

While on Delta, the three had some heated words while the flight was departing from San Francisco to New York City.

Murda called Ja a "sucker ass bitch" which led to the throwing of pillows. 

Delta crew had to intervene and calm the men down. Cause if they kept it up, they would be escorted off the plane, detained by local authorities and placed on a do not fly list for unruly behavior.

Nonetheless, some chuckle at this. I admit it was funny. 

But in all seriousness, this is pathetic. Grown ass men acting a fool, disrupting passengers with their silly ass feud. A feud that millennials care less about. Only Gen Z care about that shit.

Salute to Ja and Aisha.

Growing up listening to hip-hop from the 1990s to present, many of my generation know 50 Cent and his career.

His feud with Ja Rule broke the internet. Ja was on top of his game in the late 1990s.

He had earned pop rap status when he collaborated with Jennifer Lopez, Ashanti and Christina Millan. He opened the door so artists like Nelly, Ludacris and even 50 Cent to achieve pop star status. 

50 had allegedly got stabbed by Ja's associates affiliated with Murder, Inc. It led to the longstanding feud. 50 released numerous mixtapes address the situation and personally attacked Ja for being soft.

50 got signed to Eminem's Shady Records in 2022. He appeared on the 8 Mile Soundtrack making his famous. He released his debut album in 2003 with Eminem and Dr. Dre executive producing the album. The debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin' sold 10 million copies and is possibly the biggest album of 50's career. He stayed on Shady and Aftermath Records until 2014. He still maintains a friendly relationship with Em and Dre.

The company co-founder Irving Lorenzo known as Irv Gotti stated that 50's rise put a dent in Ja, Ashanti, Lloyd and Caddilac Tah's careers. He passed away in 2025.

Black men gave President Donald J. Trump one of his largest backing. He pulled 35% of the Black male vote. When it comes to Black women he only pulled 5%. So if you do the math, Trump pulled 25% of the Black vote overall, the highest for a white president of a politicial party that opposes a lot of Black policies.

While we laugh at 50's endless trolling of celebrities, politicians and viral influencers, you start to notice that he is vile in his attacks on Black women, those in the LGBTQ community and immigrants.

And for a man who is two quarters, this is getting old.