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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Ja Rule
| image            = Ja Rule in 2016.jpg
| image_size       = 
| caption          = Atkins in November 2016
| birth_name       = Jeffrey Bruce Atkins
| alias            = Jah
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1976|2|29}}
| birth_place      = [[New York City]], U.S.<ref>[http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1389/title.ja-rule-the-road-to-redemption Ja Rule: The Road To Redemption] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518014727/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1389/title.ja-rule-the-road-to-redemption |date=May 18, 2015 }} Retrieved June 26, 2013.</ref>
| background       = solo_singer
| occupation       = {{flatlist|
* Rapper
* singer
* songwriter
* record producer
* actor
}}
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[East Coast hip hop]]<ref name="allmusic" />
* [[pop rap]]
* [[gangsta rap]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Consumption of Inequality: Weapons of Mass Distraction |last=Halnon |first=K. |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2013 |isbn=9781137352491 |page=51 }}</ref>
* [[hardcore hip hop]]<ref name="allmusic" />
* [[political hip hop]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470806/ja-rule-set-for-prison-sentencing |title=Ja Rule Set for Prison Sentencing |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
}}
| years_active      = 1994–present<ref name="Rules of the Game 2"/>
| label            = {{flatlist| 
* M-PIRE
* [[Fontana Distribution|Fontana]]
* [[Universal Motown Records|Universal Motown]]
* [[The Island Def Jam Music Group|Island Def Jam]]
* [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
* [[Murder Inc. Records|Murder Inc.]]
}}
| past_member_of  = [[Murder Inc. (rap group)|Murder Inc.]]
}}
'''Jeffrey Bruce Atkins''' (born February 29, 1976),<ref>{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Ja Rule > Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p366173|publisher=allmusic|date=2007|accessdate=2008-08-17}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Ja Rule''', is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor signed to [[The Inc. Records|The Inc.]] and [[Universal Records]], formerly of [[Def Jam Recordings]]. A [[Hollis, Queens|Hollis, New York]] native, Ja Rule has released seven albums. Rule's eighth album is called ''Renaissance Project''. It has not been released yet. He has had a longtime [[feud]] with [[50 Cent]].{{fact|date=December 2013}}

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.jarule.com Official website]

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[[Category:Rappers from New York (state)]]
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[[Category:African-American rappers]]
[[Category:Hardcore hip hop artists]]
[[Category:Gangsta rappers]]
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