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Ja Rule Makes Sense Of Will Smith Slap, Only Take Twitter Acknowledges
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis / Getty The notorious slap Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock at the Academy Awards this past weekend has elicited many hot takes. You can now rest easy as Ja Rule has added his own to the list. On Monday morning as social media was ablaze after the incident at the Academy Awards where the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair leading to her husband storming the stage to set fire to Rock’s jawline with a slap, the “What’s Love” rapper shared his opinion on the situation with his fans through Twitter. “Slapping season is OFFICIALLY in session,” he wrote. Related Stories The Murder Inc. MC followed that up with another tweet on Tuesday (March 29th), jokingly calling for a list of rappers with bars the strength of the slap Sm...
Ja Rule Addresses 50 Cent Verzuz Rumor
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / TMZ On Tuesday night (Sept. 14), the fan-favorite Verzuz competition will be adding a new chapter when Fat Joe and Ja Rule go head-to-head and hit-for-hit in Madison Square Garden. Alhough it’s not the 50 Verzuz Ja that we had hoped for, don’t dismiss a Fofty appearance just yet. Recently TMZ caught up with the once cornerstone of the Murder Inc. record label to talk about his upcoming battle with Fat Joe in which Joey Crack promised to “drag” Ja through the streets with his block huggin’ records. Taking the “threats” in stride, Ja said he would be comfortable taking it to the streets with Joe, but when the subject came to 50 Cent, Ja felt that 50 doesn’t deserve his attention anymore saying, “He had his shot. I wanted him in the doghouse first...
Fat Joe vs Ja Rule ‘Verzuz’ Battle Announced
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It ain’t over. Today (September 2), the next Verzuz was announced as a battle between Bronx rapper Fat Joe and Queens crooner, ahem, rapper Ja Rule. Fat Joe vs Ja Rule is going down Tuesday, September 14 in New York City, per the official Verzuz account. Tickets go on sale on September 7, and we’re going to assume the venue will once again be the Madison Square Garden Theater. Many consider the last Verzuz—The LOX vs Dipset—to be the best one yet. It’s basically understood the Yonkers trio got the W, but Fat Joe and Ja Rule will have their work cut out for them to bring the same type of energy. Not so ironically, it was Ja Rule’s song, “New York,” which features Fat Joe and Jadakiss, that was one the pivotal moments in that battle. Wi...
The U.S. Government Is Suing Ja Rule For $3 Million in Unpaid Taxes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cassidy Sparrow / Getty Looks like Ja Rule is once again about to take on the United States government as the IRS is zeroing in on the former face of Murder Inc. Radar is reporting that the Queens rapper allegedly owes Uncle Sam over $3 million in federal taxes. Really?! When he’d start making millions like that again?! (no shots). According to the lawsuit filed by lawyers representing the United States of America, the artist born Jeff Atkins owes $3,139,237.76 for royalties made in 2005-2010 and 2012-2017. The breakdown is $357,421.23 (2005), $518,700.88 (2006), $348,087.49 (2007) $267,193 (2008), $198,817.99 (2009), $47,901.53 (2010), $128,926.37 (2012), $116,720.65 (2013), $229,577.62 (2014), $212,270.42 (2015), $526,431.46 (2016) and $187,188.52 (2017...
Happy Anniversary, Fyre Festival: Relive the Memes That Took Down Billy McFarland
Oh, Fyre Festival. The gift that keeps on giving. When a gaggle of vapid influencers pay a notorious scam artist thousands of dollars to fight for mattresses on a decrepit beach with less infrastructure than post-1986 Chernobyl, the Internet did what it did best—roast them. From that cheese sandwich to the legendary Andy King, the imagery from Fyre Festival is timeless. To remember the best festival that never was on its four-year anniversary, here are the best memes from 2017 that helped take down Fyre’s scammer-in-chief, Billy McFarland. If you know, you know @TheSecretVice Live from Fyre Festival The cheese sandwich from hell Sad and bougee @_maleficentt It’s Always Sunny In The Exumas The only guy who enjoyed Fyre KATNISS EVERSCHEME Has anyone seen Ja? Keeping Up With ...
Class Action Fyre Festival Suit Reaches $2 Million Settlement for Attendees
Prior to its catastrophic downfall, it at one point seemed that Fyre Festival could command any price for a coveted ticket to the Great Exuma event. Now, four years in the rearview, it ended up being the attendees who would be compensated for their troubles. Well, at least some of them anyway. According to The New York Times, 277 ticket holders have reached a settlement with Fyre Festival amounting to a total of $2 million—that’s $7,220 apiece. Due to the stratification of ticket prices, which ranged from $1,000 to $12,000 a pop, and with some limited luxury packages priced in the tens of thousands, it’s difficult to say whether anyone came out ahead or even broke even in terms of financials after all of this. The initial class action suit was submitted for a cl...
Infamous Fyre Festival Struggle Cheese Sandwich Tweet Being Sold As NFT On Ja Rule’s Flipkick Platform
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty You can now own a legendary piece of Fyre Festival history, all for a good cause, of course. The tweet featuring that infamous struggle cheese sandwich is now the latest piece of “virtual art” being auctioned off as an NFT on Ja Rule’s Flipkick platform. Kicking off on Tuesday (Apr.6), Flipkick members can bid on the original 2017 tweet featuring a photo of the iconic cheese sandwich that also featured a handful of vegetables served on a styrofoam container. The dinner that @fyrefestival promised us was catered by Steven Starr is literally bread, cheese, and salad with dressing. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/I8d0UlSNbd — Trevor DeHaas (@trev4president) April 28, 2017 Whoever winds up winning the auction will receive a transfer of copyrig...
Holla: Ja Rule Sells Fyre Festival Painting For $122K Via NFT
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Ja Rule is turning one of the biggest failures in his career into a bright spot. The rapper and actor has moved his last physical memory of the greatest party that never happened for some heavy change. As spotted on TMZ the Queens native made a power move this week after successfully unloading a reminder of one of the biggest jigs of the twentieth century. According to the report he sold a one of one painting of the Fyre Festival logo for a cool $122,000 dollars via a NFT, a non-fungible token. This means the buyer, whose name has not been disclosed, will receive a unique digital code that is specific to the image. The piece in question is a 48″ x 60″ oil visual that was commissioned by the Murder Inc. Records rapper and was done...
Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival NFT Fetches $122,000 Bid
In a bizarre reversal of fortune, Ja Rule has monetized his involvement in the infamous Fyre Festival in a way no one could have predicted. The rapper is the latest celebrity to join the NFT craze, and has successfully auctioned off a piece of Fyre Festival history. This particular NFT is of a 48″ x 60″ poster that once hung in the company’s office, and in addition to the digital file of the asset, the winner will also receive the physical version. Like so many other NFTs as of late, this festival poster fetched a jaw-dropping winning bid. An anonymous buyer took home the work for $122,000. The original painting was created by Tripp Derick Barnes, an artist Ja Rule found on Instagram, who was paid around $2,000 for the job. The poster most recently wa...
Fyre Failing: Ja Rule Says Donald Trump Welcome On His Iconn App
Source: TMZ / TMZ Either Ja Rule is an exceptional troll or he is absolutely spectacular when it comes to failing to read the room. The Queens rapper recently said former President Donald Trump would be welcome on his Iconn app. In case you missed it, Iconn is Ja’s celebrity booking app. Iconn is also the name of his brand, which last year added fashionable face coverings to their catalog. Mask up. But anyway, the point here is Ja recently told TMZ that the racist, white supremacist and insurrection-inciting worst POTUS in the history of the nation was welcome to come kick it on Iconn, so long as he behaves. This is of course after Trump wore out his welcome on your favorite social media sites and apps like Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. “I suppose if he starts doing crazy things like tryi...
Ja Rule Blasts Robinhood After GameStop Stock Debacle
Source: Noam Galai / Getty In the midst of the explosion of stocks and investing this week, an unexpected champion of the people emerged. Ja Rule took to Twitter to blast Robinhood for shutting down individual investors from buying up GameStop and other stocks, and he elaborated on his position via a new interview. The veteran Queens rapper has been active on Twitter this week, urging his followers and fellow investors to “hold the line” as the refrain went during the GameStop and AMC investment craze over the past few days. “Yo this is a f*cking CRIME what @RobinhoodApp is doing DO NOT SELL!!! HOLD THE LINE… WTF,” Ja Rule tweeted Thursday morning (Jan. 28). A scan of his Twitter feed shows that his passion for investment isn’t new as he’s been using Robinhood since 2014 and believes in th...
Ja Rule Is Peeved At ESPN For Joking About Botched Halftime Show
Source: Mindy Small / Getty Ja Rule has had enough of being the public’s punching bag and the veteran rapper is pushing back. After ESPN made a tweet joke at Ja’s expense, the Queens star went on a Twitter rant asking for the firing of the sports network’s social media manager. ESPN’s Twitter account posted a video of a 2019 halftime performance from Ja Rule that didn’t go exactly as he hoped after his microphone apparently went out. While asking the crowd if they were ready, it appeared the audio issues inside the building prevented the even exchange of energy. Taking to Twitter to fire back, Ja Rule blasted ESPN, calling the jab unprofessional. “Be more professional @espn and tell your little social team to have some RESPECT we speaking on an ICONN… #ICONN,” Ja tweeted. He added, “So let...
