Ashanti’s longtime friend and collaborator Ja Rule is mesmerized over how the R&B songstress has embraced the newest chapter in her life: motherhood. “She’s a great mom,” the rapper ...

Ja Rule and 50 Cent beef have lasted for over two decades, resulting in diss tracks, social media exchanges, and physical ...

Rapper Ja Rule had a massive influence on the music industry ... But one person he often collaborated with was Ashanti, an R&B singer — the two complemented a lot of the other one’s songs.

Towards the end of the conversation, Scotto noted that “that crazy Billy McFarland” is promoting a new Fyre Fest. Ja responded, “Oh lord, no he isn’t,” then laughed. Scotto asked for Ja’s thoughts and ...

As an imprint of the pioneering hip-hop label, Murder Inc. signed rapper Ja Rule as its flagship artist. Gotti also discovered and signed teenage singer and future R&B star Ashanti. Over the ...

Prominent figures in hip-hop and R&B were in mourning at the memorial service ... At the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York, Ja Rule tearfully dedicated a speech to his late friend.

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation. A ...

Irv Gotti helped launch Ja Rule’s career at Murder Inc., collaborating ... a force that reshaped the soundscape of hip-hop and R&B,” the statement reads. “His creative genius and unwavering ...

Rapper Ja Rule had a massive influence on the music industry back in the early 2000s, and he remains one of the defining musicians of that decade. But one person he often collaborated with was ...