Ja rule where is he now 2011

The music business has changed so much, but I love where it's going. That's what I'm into making now—feel-good music. A recent report said that 78 percent of people buying rap records are white. Why is that? It's the culture. White people love hip hop, Asian people love hip hop. Black people love hip hop. We all love hip hop. When I do concerts, I let everybody know that hip hop is the power of love. You collaborated with Billy McFarland to launch the Fyre Fest, which was billed as a luxury event but turned into a disaster.

Wasn't the idea of the festival yours? I'm a visionary. The first idea was the platform that we were building to automate the booking industry.

The next progression was the festival. I felt it would be an amazing marketing tool for our [booking] platform. But the festival turned out to be such a disaster. It hurt me to see people get hurt from something I wanted to be amazing. The thing that heartbreaks me the most about Fyre is people saying I scammed them.

That's not the case. Did things of that nature go on? Why do you fly privately? I want to get to certain places really quickly and back really quickly.

Or, if it's a private family getaway, I don't want to be bothered going through the airport. Flying with people I know is more comfortable. How often would you say you've flown by private jet? About 40 percent of the time. I used to embed it into all my travel until I realized it was eating into my show money. Do you have any memorable private jet stories? Oh, man, I almost died on a jet. Pilot says, "Guys, we have a storm coming. I think I can get out in front of it, but we got to leave now.

If God says it's time, it's time. That's how I live. Another flight I remember is the first time I had my kids on a [private] jet. I couldn't keep them still. He's recently been wrapping up a new album, "Pain Is Love 2," but he told "Good Day New York" he's also been trying to prepare himself mentally for prison. He lives in Upper Saddle River, N. He faces up to three years in prison in that case, though his lawyers are expected to try to arrange for his sentences to be served at the same time.

Ja Rule had some previous brushes with the law, including pleading guilty to assault for punching someone at a Toronto nightclub in He recently told TMZ he plans to keep busy behind bars by writing a book, getting his GED and possibly taking up the guitar. His expected sentence will make him the latest in a long line of rappers to do time.

Under state prison policies, Ja Rule might be able to shave up to six months off his sentence by meeting requirements for good behavior and other standards.

He stepped away from Murder Inc. With Mpire, he released Pain Is Love 2, a sequel to his hugely successful album; the new release severely underperformed. The book covered Ja's professional successes, details about his wife and children, and how stardom changed him. In one revealing anecdote, Ja noted that he lost his virginity at 10 or He wrote: "Having your first taste, you know, like a vampire having your first taste of blood, is something you don't want to stop. You want to continue.

Members said many of their promised rewards never came, or were canceled the day before they were scheduled. Ja Rule made more headlines in April , again for the wrong reasons. He was one of the minds behind Fyre Festival. It was supposed to be an exclusive music experience in the Bahamas, complete with celebrities and luxury accommodations.

In reality, it was abysmal. The event ran out of food, housing was non-existent, and guests who had paid hundreds of dollars weren't even allowed to leave. Ja said he was "heartbroken" and that the festival was "not a scam," but the venture came with some red flags.

He co-organized Fyre Festival with Billy McFarland, with whom he'd partnered on Magnises, the failed credit card service. Ja Rule and his fellow Fyre Festival planners have been hit with multiple lawsuits.

He was also nominated for a Grammy Award in In an interview on the TV show "Good Day New York" this month, Atkins said growing up in Queens, he felt almost groomed for prison and knew "a lot" of friends who were locked up. Share this on:.