Ja Rule faces major Prison Time

In July 2007, Ja Rule was hard at work on his comeback album, The Mirror. Things were going well for Rule as he had a popular song on the radio. He went with a formula that could not go wrong. The song featured a verse from Lil Wayne. Poised to make a long rise up the charts, Ja Rule and Lil Wayne filmed the video on the streets of New York.

Often, Ja Rule speaks of this night and he says it was one of the best nights of his life. But, there is one part he would love to forget about and it was the part about him spending the night in jail. Both he and his collaborator were caught with guns and drugs. Wayne is currently serving his prison sentence and will be out next year. Ja Rule, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, and Remy Ma were at court together.

Each of the rappers who have gone before the judge ended up losing their case. Ja Rule is the last rapper to go and he has pleaded 'not guilty.' Rule has hired the same lawyer who represented Lil Wayne and she is determined to have a different outcome for this rapper than what she had with the first one. Rule goes to trial on August 18 and if he is found guilty, he could spend up to four years behind bars.