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[edit] Section about 50 Cent feud with Ja Rule is F***ing Bulls**t!!

[removed comments] --WheezyF (talk) 20:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

What it says is that they have ended their personal beefs with Ja and Dre and Snoop made a song with him, which is true so get your facts right and get off 50's dick, 50 got butt raped and liked it like you probably would. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signshare (talk • contribs) 01:20, 23 October 2007 (UTC) I can't believe there is no mention of the "feud" with 50 Cent. I mean, let's face it, Ja Rule's career was over after that. He got murdered in that battle; pun intended. It doesn't matter who you're a fan of, the fact remains that the 50/Shady/Aftermath versus Ja Rule feud is a huge reason why he's no longer relevant in rap. How many people really know... or care that he has an album dropping soon? Not many. He'll never be the Ja Rule he was on his first album, nor will he ever be relevant again in the rap game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.116.116.196 (talk) 20:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. It's ridiculous to have an article about Ja Rule that doesn't talk about the feud with 50 Cent. It's like having an article about John Belushi that doesn't mention his problems with drugs. CarolinianJeff (talk) 18:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Mirror 2: loki's Way

is this serious? are there any sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.46.150 (talk) 23:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I didnt see any I've been trying to see. That would be great if he did or if he did a track wit 50 or somthing -piazzajordan2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Piazzajordan2 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] his wife's maiden name

in the Education section it states his wife's name as - future wife Aiesha Thomas - yet in the Personal life section it states her name as - Aisha Atkins née Murray - murray and thomas are just that little bit different!!

so which is it? i cba searching, i'm at work and have a slow net connection and most sites are blocked!

194.221.133.211 11:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

A quick Googling says Murray. --Geniac 12:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Beef"/"Beefed"

Could users please remember that slang such as "beef" isn't appropriate for the masses? Not everyone is going to know what a "beef" is [Except maybe the meat], so could we keep it to non-colloquial slang, please? "Fued" or "altercation" are much more acceptable words. ScarianTalk 20:03, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Or grudge would be more appropriate depending on the context. Mcnichoj (talk) 00:16, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality

It's quite obvious already... and it needs to be edited/removed.

The Music Career section is... how should I say it... sub-par. The content mostly concentrates on whether which album is "the best", and two albums claimed to be a "classic", without any citations. Frivolous adjectives and descriptions were used, and can a phrase like "Since Ja Rule was so successful during this period..." be factual?

The whole section seems to be wrriten by a Ja Rule fan, or like another topic states, a Grade niner. Other sections of the article seems to be too far-sided to Ja Rule, or against him.

If anyone is willing to tame this beast of an article, it would be greatly appreciated. I myself have contemplated if those unsourced remarks should be removed, but I'll waiting for any responses on this article's neutrality. Please reply. --Jw21/PenaltyKillah(discuss•edits) 03:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I cut them out. Trimmed it down to the facts. --WheezyF (talk) 20:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Can we possibly get a photo from a bit further away? This doesn't look anything like the way I remember him. At the show I went to, he was a shapeless, grey-ish/blue-ish speck on the horizon, nothing at all like the vaguely humanoid speck near the middle of the current photo. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 19:45, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

For those who don't understand the usage of this concept on the internet, it's called being sarcastic.
Here is a better photo?
http://theybf.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ja-rule.jpg
Don't know what show that was and not sure if it fits Wikipedia standards.
mcnichoj (talk) 00:14, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
A good rule of thumb: unless it specifically indicates somewhere that a photo is not copyrighted, it is copyrighted. (Also, on their main page, the cite labels everything as "Copyright ©2007 Young, Black and Fabulous, LLC".) Wikipedia generally cannot use copyrighted photos to merely show what a person looks like. So, we sometimes end up with some less-than-wonderful photos of people. That said, this one is really quite bad. Better than nothing? I'm not so sure. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 13:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Meeting with Minister Louis Farrakhan not mentioned

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Who came in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad...

I noticed that Ja Rule's meeting with Minister Farrakhan during his beef with 50 Cent was not mentioned, so by Allah's grace I'm going to add it. Rag-time4 (talk) 03:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

After reading again I did see the interview mentioned in a couple places, but not in the context of the beef with 50 Cent. By Allah's grace I added some info about the meeting with Minister Farrakhan to the 2003 section of the discography including a referenced news story in the Nation of Islam's newspaper. Also by Allah's grace, I added a link to the uncensored version of the recording of the meeting on the Final Call official website, viewable via webcast.Rag-time4 (talk) 03:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)