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[edit] Photo
Don't you think that this photo should be changed? You can hardly see anyone :P --AndrewDip (talk) 11:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
[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
What a fucking clown! This article proves once and for all that Wikipedia is a publicist's wet dream. If they can make Ja Rule sound good, who is next, Jeffrey Dahmer?
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)
No wonder this country is going into the shitter. If a clown like Ja Rule can get a puff piece like this written up about him, it is clear the country is going to the wolves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.135.165.54 (talk) 03:09, 15 July 2009 (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)
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- 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)
I can't even see Ja Rule in the photo, can we please have the album cover of Pain Is Love as his article photo? the album cover is already uploaded and you can clearly see Ja Rule!- SCB '92 (talk) 21:23, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
- No, we can't use that. The album cover is certainly copyrighted. We can use that image in an article about the album under "fair use" provisions (essentially, there is no other image that shows what the album looks like and there is no way to create an non-copyrighted image of the album). That does not apply here: there are certainly other images that show what Ja Rule looks like and a non-copyrighted image of him could, in theory, be created by "simply" taking a photo of him yourself. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 19:28, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Singles
Several songs of Ja's have videos which means, presumably, that they were singles, and some featured high profile artists like Ashanti, yet they don't have articles. Should something be done? If so, I don't know where to find the info on it, unfortunately, but I do think it should be added. SkylerSlywchuk (talk) 20:05, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
- Individual songs generally do not merit articles. The guidelines for which might can be found at WP:MUSIC#SONGS. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 21:04, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ja Rule/Eminem Controversy
Why is there nothing in this article about the Ja Rule/Eminem controversy. For all those who haven't heard of it, I'll explain it:
Ja Rule said this on his song Loose Change: "Em ya claim ya mother's a crackhead and Kim is a known slut, so what's Haley gonna be when she grows up?"
Obviously Eminem was not pleased when this guy insulted his 12 year old daughter, his ex-wife and his mother in one go. So Eminem, D12 and Obie made a song called Hailey's revenge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4HW-7f0gGk ), where they also ask Ja Rule not to try to start a rap war. Nobody apologized.
I think something like this merits to be in Wikipedia, especially in the Ja Rule controversy section. Could someone please put this in? Shane291 (talk) 04:12, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] The Mirror was released online
I added with a cited source that The Mirror (original version that was to be out in 2007 and then 2008) was released online as a free download on 7/31/09. So let's not revert that fact. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 05:33, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
