Say it aint so: Ja Rule out here performing his greatest hits at house parties

rickyrich said:
how we suppose to come together when u got mfs ready to tear each other down .
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I'll laugh, joke and talk shit about anybody. With that said doesn't mean the shit has to be malicious and I want to see that person or people down bad and fucked up.

Just that whatever I saw them doing was funny to me.
 
A-List said:
If he was paid say 10k would this be funny? What if it was him having a blast at a friends house doing karaoke...No issue with this regardless
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I noticed he hashtagged the "Icon" app he been talking about. If he is using these parties to promote and get his app going, is actually a genius move. People turned down uber when it started (mainly the lox). Look at it now. Not saying is gonna become that, but fuck it if that's what he doing. I see no problem w it. When 50 invested in Vitamin water no one saw how it was gonna turn out. Hope things work out for dude
 
LurkerSix said:
If we're being really, recording artist get paid to do private parties all the time. Its just that its usually hundreds of thousands all the way up into the millions. This why you handle you finances and be polite to everyone when you up. Cuz you gotta pass those same people on your way down.
To think at one point he turned down 500k to be in 2Fast2Furious cuz he thought the pay was too little.
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The pay might actually have been too little compared to what he was making in touring at the time. Remember Ja Rule was arguably top 3 far as relevance during that time. Dude was probably on the radio more than ANY rapper at the time and was probably pulling down crazy dough from tours and shows. Who knows how much time shooting that movie was gonna take away from tour/performing revenue. Might have been a better financial move at the time.
 
Bottom line, Ja Rule had several multi-platinum records in a row.

There's not too many rappers that have consecutive multi platinum records

*edit. I was just looking at Ja Rule's sales on Wiki


His second album Rule 3:36 is at 3,965,000 unit sold. If he sells another 35,000 copies he'll be at 4X platinum.

I wonder how long that will take? And with the new era of streaming, is it even possible for him to sell 35,000 copies?




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Natural Born Sinners said:
The pay might actually have been too little compared to what he was making in touring at the time. Remember Ja Rule was arguably top 3 far as relevance during that time. Dude was probably on the radio more than ANY rapper at the time and was probably pulling down crazy dough from tours and shows. Who knows how much time shooting that movie was gonna take away from tour/performing revenue. Might have been a better financial move at the time.
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IMO could of done both. It was part 2 of a hit movie & Luda was a top selling rapper too, but recognized it was a smart move to do it. He some how found time to go to Miami and film a few scenes & delayed w/e project he was on a few weeks. Not like he was the main character of the movie and had a ton to film.
Saw another interview where Ja said he advised Vin Diesel to quit the franchise, thats why he wasnt in the second one. Lets just be real, Irv & Ja arnt known for their brilliant business moves.

» John Singleton Reveals How Ja Rule Blew His Chance to Be in ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’

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“Me and Vin talked after he turned it down,” Rule told MTV in September 2002. “He hollered at me ’cause they still wanted me to do the film and they bumped up my role as a starring role and everything. And you know, we talked about it. I just felt it wasn’t the best move for me as far as what I want to do in Hollywood right now. I’m really trying to do this acting thing very seriously. And you know, sometimes every move is not the right move.”
There had to be more to this story. I needed to hear it.
After weeks of discussion with Rule’s longtime manager, I set a tentative date and time for an interview. Rule never called, and his manager did not respond to further requests for comment or a statement. In the meantime, I also emailed John Singleton, director of 2 Fast 2 Furious, and one of the straightest shooters in the industry.
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I wanted to know: What happened with Ja on 2 Fast 2 Furious?
“Ja got too big for himself. He turned it down. He turned down a half a million dollars,” Singleton said. “He got 15 grand to be in the first movie. He was really big at that time. I guess Murder Inc. was throwing out hits and were making money hand over foot. He was acting like he was too big to be in the sequel. He wouldn’t return calls. I went to the studio to go see him — that’s just my mantra, I deal with a lot of music people. He was kinda playing me to the side and I was like, ‘What? What is this shit?’ This was all initiated by me. I then made a call. I called Ludacris. I said, ‘Hey, Luda, I haven’t met you before, but I like what you’re doing right now.’ Luda was all humble, excited to meet me. I said, ‘I’m doing this movie and I’m wondering if you want to be a part of it.’ He goes, ‘What? Yeah! Anything you do I want to be a part of.’ That’s how Ludacris got in 2 Fast 2 Furious, and the rest is history.”
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Looking back it wasnt the smartest business move. But who coulda foreseen that franchise becoming what it is today. Also Ja rule was bigger than Luda at the time and had more movie roles. Plus Singleton himself said Murder Inc was "making money hand over foot". Half a mil might not have sounded like that big of a deal
 
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