Ja Rule was sentenced to state prison in June 2011 after New York City police found a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun in his car in 2007. In March of that same year, ...

Ja Rule is in town to promote his first big project after serving a lengthy prison stint for gun possession, followed by failure to file taxes on approximately $3 million in earnings—charges ...

Rapper and actor Ja Rule, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, was sentenced this week to more than two years in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns between 2004 and 2006. He had ...

Multiplatinum-selling rapper Ja Rule is set to go to prison, but he’s leaving fans with an album on the way. The rapper-actor — whose gravelly voice, thuggish tough talk and duets with R&B ...

Ja Rule was sentenced in New York City last month to up to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted criminal weapon possession. The case stemmed from a gun found in his car in 2007.

With that, Ja Rule, 35, was led away to start serving his sentence. He'll briefly be in a city jail before heading to a state prison yet to be determined.

Rapper Ja Rule passed a big milestone in his legal struggles Thursday morning when he was released from a prison in upstate New York, where he’s been incarcerated since June 2011 on a gun charge.

Ja Rule had been busted in 2007, when cops searched his Maybach as he left a concert at the Upper West Side's Beacon Theatre, seizing a 40-cal unlicensed handgun found inside.

Ja Rule is finishing work on a new album before heading off to prison to serve time for attempted criminal possession of a weapon.The rapper, who is set to be sentenced today for a two-year prison ...

Ja Rule, who went to the prison in Marcy, N.Y. in June 2011, got out at his earliest release date, state correction spokeswoman Linda Foglia said.

Ja Rule may have been stacking money and platinum plaques during his rap heyday, ... Ja Rule Earns GED in Prison. By Nicholas Robinson Feb 03, 2012; 8:25 am; ...

Ja Rule headed to prison Wednesday for up to two years in a gun case, bidding a stoic but upbeat farewell-for-now to family and fans at a New York courthouse. IE 11 is not supported.