Billboard’s special salute to Black Music Month kicks off its rollout with the first 25 artists on our all-time top 75 list.

During a recent appearance on "The Breakfast Club," Ja Rule spoke emotionally about Irv Gotti, the Murder Inc. co-founder who passed away in February 2025 after a second stroke.

Ja Rule and his wife, Aisha Atkins, recently visited Ghana to commission a six-unit classroom block at the Nuaso Anglican Basic School A footage of the classroom block's interior showed wooden ...

Ja Rule struggled to get through his speech at Irv Gotti’s funeral following the Murder Inc. co-founder’s sudden death. The “Put It on Me” rapper, 48, choked up as he delivered a heartfelt ...

Following his tenure as A&R at Def Jam, Gotti co-founded Murder Inc. with his brother Chris Gotti in 1998 and released Ja Rule’s debut album “Venni Vetti Vecci” the following June.

The late exec's Def Jam imprint sparked a run of hit R&B and rap records and catapulted Ja Rule and Ashanti to chart-topping heights. By Trevor Anderson At the turn of the millennium, Irv Gotti ...

Ja Rule (rapping): “What’s my [expletive] name?” Jennifer Lopez (singing): “R-U-L-E.” Ja Rule: “Sometimes I don’t know if they’re saying ‘R-U-L-E’ or ‘Are you ready?’ ...

Another X/Twitter user took the time to bring up the rapper’s feud with 50 Cent, tweeting: “Well be petty wit 50 Cent cuz remember when he bought all your tickets on Groupon just so your show ...

In the world of hip-hop, feuds can often reignite with just a few words. Recently, Ja Rule found himself embroiled in a renewed conflict with his longtime rival, 50 Cent, after the latter made ...

Before Combs and Mangione, other high-profile individuals were housed at the jail as they awaited trial, including singer R. Kelly, rapper Ja Rule, "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli and cryptocurrency ...