Irv Gotti And Ja Rule File Lawsuit

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 Rap daily: Former Murder Inc. CEO Irv Gotti and rapper Ja Rule have filed a lawsuit against a publishing company they claim illegally represented themselves as administrators of their copyrights.

The lawsuit was filed in the New York Southern District Court for New York and names Richard Kid Music Inc. and Rondo Robinson as defendants in the lawsuit.

Irv Gotti and Ja claim that Rich Kid Music and Robinson owe them over $57,000 in royalties plus punitive damages.

They claim that Rich Kid illegally represented itself as the owner and administrator of several musical compositions on Ja Rule's 2001 album,  Pain Is Love.

Rich Kid illegally executed an unauthorized Copyright Licensing agreement with Universal Music Group Canada and began collecting Irv Gotti and Ja Rule's royalties.

Not only does the lawsuit claim that Rich Kid Music illegally collected the funds, but it further alleges that Irv Gotti and Ja Rule have never even heard of Rich Kid Music, or Rondo Robinson.

Irv Gotti and Ja Rule are suing Rich Kid Music for fraud, conversion and copyright infringement.

The news of the lawsuit comes just a week after Ja Rule surrendered to authorities to start a 2 and a half year prison sentence for attempted possession of the weapon.

The rapper was arrested in July of 2007, after police found a .40 caliber handgun in his Maybach Benz.

Ja Rule pleaded no contest to the offense in December of 2010.

He started his sentence on June 8th.

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Ja Rule Set For prison sentence

Rap Daily: Ja Rule is set to turn himself in to begin a two-year prison sentence on gun charges on Wednesday morning . The rapper pleaded guilty in December to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in connection with a July 2007 arrest in which N.y.p.d officers claimed they found a loaded semi-automatic .40-caliber Taurus handgun, with the serial number scratched off, hidden in the backseat of the MC's Maybach.

Ja Rule's arrest took place on the same night that Lil Wayne was arrested on a gun charge, which sent the rapper to jail for eight months last year. The two rappers had performed together that night in Wayne's first major show in New York.


Rule is expected to turn himself in on Wednesday morning, when he will be assigned to an Upstate New York correctional facility to serve his time. Last month, he sat down with MTV News and expressed regret over his pending jail sentence and feelings that he let his wife and children down.
"I'm disappointed," the multiplatinum rapper told Sway during "Rapfix Live.""I'm mad at myself."


Rule, 35, spoke specifically about disappointing his 15-year-old daughter, Brittany, but expressed concern about his two sons as well. "My daughter, she's 15 right now," Ja explained. "These are her last couple of years. She's about to graduate from high school, and she's going to college. She needs her father. My boys really need me right now too, as well as my wife. They need Daddy, and Daddy f---ed up."
Ja also pleaded guilty in March to failing to pay more than $3 million in taxes in New Jersey and faces up to three years in prison in that case.
He hoped his arrest and prison stint would convince young fans to leave guns alone. While Ja Rule's first new album in six years, pain is love 2,was reportedly due for release this week, that effort now appears to be on hold and until later this summer.

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Ja Rule Delays Album "Pain Is Love 2"

Rap Daily: Ja Rule originally intended to release his new album Pain is Love 2 on June 7^th, the day before he enters prison to begin serving a two-year bid for weapons possession. But in the weeks leading up to the album’s release, Ja realized that they wouldn’t be making their deadline.

According to producer 7 Aurelius, Ja wanted to focus on making better records and exceeded the amount of time for distribution shingle Fontana to match the date.

“The plan changed mostly because of the level and quality of the records we were making,”  “We have exhausted every possible way to have it available on iTunes for pre-order on the 7^th. The main issue is that Fontana needs the album turned in before they will release a date, or even start their process which is normally sixty days for digital and hard copy.”

7 explained that the recording process has been lengthy in an attempt to create a cohesive record. “Me and Rule have to capture all the magic around us until he goes in, otherwise we are doing an injustice to his fans,” he continued, calling the LP his “most provocative and his most personal album to date.” “If we had stopped in April just to be able to turn it in to Fontana for a June 7 date, PIL2 would not be what it is now. They have acknowledged that because it’s Ja Rule, they will give it a fast track release once it is turned in and that would be digital and hard copy."

After Ja enters prison, his Hype Williams-directed video for single “Real Life Fantasy.” Additionally, fans will be given a PIL2 DVD touting music videos with the purchase of the album.

“You can’t rush art,” added 7. “Be patient and stay positive. We will not disappoint.”

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Ja Rule Prepares For Prison

Rap Daily: Rapper Ja Rule  is scheduled to serve a two-year prison sentence starting June 8 after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon at a New York court in December.

It will be recalled that authorities have they found a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun in his Maybach sports car in July 2007 after his concert with Lil Wayne, who was detained separately and already completed an 8-month prison sentence after reaching a plea deal regarding the case.

On top of the weapon charges, the Grammy nominated artist could face more prison time after admitting he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 13 on three tax evasion charges and faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 in fines on each count.

But one day before going to prison, the rapper is set to release his latest album "The Renaissance Project".

"I just want to put it out to the world before I go in," Ja Rule told The Life Files. "It's funny because, I'm about to go to jail, and my main concern is to make sure that I get this album done and out there for the fans."

Ja Rule also made an effort to reconcile with another well-known rapper 50 Cent.

"It's resolved now," Ja Rule said. "I'm cool. We ain't beefing no more. We'll never collaborate. That's just what it is... We don't gotta go to war, but we're not friends either. But we can coincide inside of a world. He's doing him, and he's not thinking about me, and I'm doing me and I'm not thinking about him."

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Ja Rule Speaks About Beef And His Upcoming Jail Term

Rap Daily: Ja Rule's is counting down the days to his prison sentence and has kicked his promotion  for his seventh and eighth albums The Renaissance Project and Pain is Love 2 into overdrive. The former Murder Inc. star recently caught up with the LIFE Files TV to discuss his long-awaited return to rap.

During the interview, Ja weighed in on Nicki Minaj and Lil' Kim's extended feud. No stranger to high profile beefs himself, Ja said that he thinks rappers are far more susceptible to feuding with each other because of the competitive nature of rap music. Ultimately, he believes that the two artists can work it out in the end. 

"I think it's terrible, man," he said. "I like Nicki, I know Kim. It's fucked up that artists in Hip Hop go through that shit, because artists in pop and R&B and other genres..don't go through that shit...[Kenny Chesney vs. Garth Brooks,] you don't get that shit. You don't have to disrespect another artist's creativity...to better yourself or get ahead as an artist. I think Nicki and Kim, they can resolve that."

Speaking of beef, Ja also spoke on his failed super-group Murder Inc. with Jay-Z and former foe DMX. He said that the group ultimately never really took off because some of the members' egos.

"We tried to put the Murder Inc. group together, but it didn't pan out," he said. "I think egos got in the way of that whole situation. But you've got to understand that that's Hip Hop, too. Niggas are competitive. I think DMX and Jay-Z were so competitive real talk, we couldn't even get them in the same room because of their competitive natures and what they had been through before that with.the legendary battle that they had on the pool tables up in Uptown with the guns out." 

The full interview can be seen below.

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Ja Rule and Ashanti Reunite

Rap Daily: The former Murder Inc. artists are set to reunite on a new song called "LOL."

Between tracks like "Mesmerize" and "Always On Time," Ja Rule and Ashanti knocked out hit single after hit single together in the 2000's. Now, the former Murder Inc. artists are set to reunite in the studio for the first time in close to seven years.

Ja Rule has enlisted Ashanti for his self-produced song "LOL." Rule explained that the song will appear on one of his two upcoming albums, The Renaissance Project and Pain is Love 2. 

“It’s a fun record,” he exaplined. “It’ll definitely be on one of the albums, either The Renaissance Project or P.ain I.s L.ove 2, but I’m not sure which one yet.”

Ja Rule is currently preparing to serve a two-year prison sentence beginning this June 8 for possession of a weapon. Before he heads to prison, however, Rule said that he would be releasing his two aforementioned albums The Renaissance Project and Pain is Love 2, due out this June 7.

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Ja Rule Previews New Song ‘Parachute’

Ja Rule keeps the previews & snippets coming. Here’s yet another new record called ‘Parachute’ that he plays for us (at the 2:00 minute mark), set to appear on his upcoming LPPain Is Love 2. which is out june the 7 Watch out.

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Murder Inc. Reunion with Lloyd, Ja Rule & Ashanti (Video)

Rap Daily: New Yorkers got to witness a Murder Inc. reunion at the Dirty Money concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom a few days ago. Opening act, Lloyd, brought out Ashanti and they performed their single, “Southside” in front of a surprised and excited crowd. Then Ja Rule joined them on stage as he and Ashanti performed 'always on time'

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JA RULE NEW TRACK REAL LIFE FANTASY

Rap Daily: Hes been that quiet of late i had nearly fogot about Ja Rule who seemed to have fizzled out after the enormous success he was having seven years ago.But hes back in the studio working on two new projects pain is love 2 or pil2 for short and the renaissance project both albums set to drop June 7th a day before Ja has to report to prison for his 2 year sentence for gun charges heres the first single release called real life fantasy tell me what you think in the comments below is Ja Rule back to his best?.........

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New Ja Rule Album Lands In Stores Day Before Rapper's Prison Term

Queens, New York rapper Ja Rule has announced his new album The Renaissance Project will drop in June, just as he starts a 2-year prison term for being caught with a handgun in July of 2007.
Ja Rule was sentenced to the term after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon.

Earlier this week, the rapper's lawyer revealed that a judge had pushed Ja' surrender date to June, so he could pay off an old tax debt and finish recording his album.

Earlier today (March 13th), Ja took to Twitter and announced the official release date for the album is June 7th, the day before he must surrender to authorities and begin his prison sentence.

The Renaissance Project will be released on Ja Rule's Mpire Music Group, which is distributed and marketed by Fontana Distribution.

Ja Rule is due in court to surrender and start his prison term on June 8th.

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Ja Rule Won't Go To Prison Until June

The Queens rapper pleaded guilty to attempted gun possession in December, stemming from a July 2007 arrest. Lil Wayne, who Ja Rule performed with that night at the Cash Money star's Beacon Theater show, also was arrested that night and eventually served eight months in prison for the same offense. Wayne's sentence was postponed a number of times, including once for the rapper to undergo dental work.

A judge delayed Ja Rule's sentencing Wednesday morning so the rapper could settle a federal tax issue. The murder Inc. rapper also will use the time to finish his next project.

"We want to finish the album, and there's also a tax issue," his lawyer, Stacey Richman, said. "Somebody, an accountant, had filed an incorrect form, and this is to correct what was done in the past."The case originated just over three years ago, when Ja Rule joined Lil Wayne at his first headlining gig in New York City. After the concert, both rappers' vehicles were pulled over by the New York Police Department in separate instances. Both were subsequently charged with illegal possession of a firearm; Lil Wayne also was brought up on drug charges.

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JA RULE NEW REALITY SHOW

Rapper Ja Rule is working on a new reality show, as he prepares to surrender to police in March, to start a 2 1/2 year prison sentence.

Ja, who is currently in Miami putting the finishing touches on his album Renaissance Project, is also busy filming the untitled reality series.

According to Ja Rule the series will showcase the months leading up this his jail sentence, for attempted possession of a weapon, after police found a loaded gun in his car in July of 2007.

"My reality show, I like it because it's showing a strong black family going through a tough time," Ja Rule said. "And how we band together as a family and how my wife and kids, my moms and her moms, bond together during this tough time when I have to go in."

Although the series will deal with Ja Rule's upcoming bid, the rapper said the main focus of the show was about "black love."

"It's really a good show and it shows black love in a good way," Ja Rule said.

In related news, Ja Rule's Mpire Music Group recently struck a deal with Fontana Distribution to handle the marketing, promotion and sales of his upcoming album Renaissance Project.

The rapper is also planning a sequel to his hit 2001 album Pain Is Love.

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JA RULE HEADING TO COURT TODAY

Former Murder Inc. rapper Ja Rule will learn his fate today (February 9th), when he is officially sentenced to prison for possessing a handgun in July of 2007.

Ja rule born Jeffrey Atkins, is scheduled to appear in court today to be sentenced, after he pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in December of 2010.

Today, the rapper will learn when he must surrender to authorities to begin serving a two-year sentence, which will sideline his career as he prepares to release his new album The Renaissance Project.

The charges stem from a July 2007 incident after a concert in new york when police found a loaded handgun in the rear door of his Maybach.

In January, Ja, 34, said that his album The Renaissance Project, would be released before he starts his prison sentence.

"Damn, some of u act like 18 months is forever," Ja Rule tweeted shortly after learning of his prison term. "It aint Hard to tell who the snitches are!!!…Renaissance Project will be dropping before I go in."
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Ja Rule is going to wait a bit longer before learning when he'll start his prison term in a New York gun case.
Prosecutors said Wednesday that changes are needed in a presentencing report for the platinum-selling rapper and actor.
He's now due back March 9 to cement a sentencing date.
Ja Rule pleaded guilty in December to attempted weapon possession. The 34-year-old performer's plea deal calls for a two-year prison term.
Police said they found a loaded gun in a rear door of his luxury sportscar when it was stopped for speeding after a July 2007 concert.

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Rapper Ja Rule: 2-Year Prison Sentence a "Minor Setback"

Ja Rule is about to spend some quality time behind bars.
The rapper (real name: Jeffrey Atkins), 34, was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a gun.
Had the rapper's case gone to trial, he would have faced up to 7 years in jail if found guilty. The Associated Press reports that he will likely serve 16 months in prison followed by 18 months' probation.
The gun possession charges stem from a July 2007 incident involving fellow rapper Lil Wayne, who was also arrested that night on similar charges after he and Ja Rule performed together. NYC police discovered a semiautomatic .40-calibre pistol in the back seat of Ja Rule's luxury sedan; the rapper, his manager and their driver were all arrested on the scene.
Ja Rule's response to the news? "Minor setback for a major comeback," he Tweeted Monday.5o cent had a pop at ja rule on twitter stating the papper might get raped whilst in prison.

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