Editing Ja Rule (section)

===50 Cent===
Before signing with [[Interscope Records]], rapper [[50 Cent]] engaged in a well-publicized feud with Ja Rule and his label [[Murder Inc. Records]]. 50 Cent claimed that the feud began in 1999 after Ja Rule spotted him with a man who robbed him of his jewelry and also because Ja Rule was "trying to be Tupac".<ref name="http://hiphopdx.com"/> However, Ja Rule claimed the conflict stemmed from a video shoot in [[Queens]] because 50 Cent did not like Ja Rule "getting so much love" from the neighborhood.<ref name="MTV News"/> 50 Cent indirectly confirmed this in an interview with ''[[XXL Magazine]]'', where 50 Cent states he was upset with Ja Rule for being under the aegis of [[Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff]].<ref name="xxlmag.com"/> A confrontation occurred in Atlanta in which Ja Rule and his Murder Inc. crew was involved in a altercation with 50 Cent, which Ja got punched in the face by 50 Cent. Ja also claims he struck 50 Cent with a baseball bat, later his crew stepping in to beat up 50 Cent.<ref name="hiphopdx.com"/> Another confrontation occurred in 2000 while in  [[The Hit Factory]] where rapper [[Black Child (rapper)|Black Child]], a Murder Inc. artist, stabbed 50 Cent, causing a wound requiring four [[surgical suture|stitches]].<ref name=MTV/>

In his book, 50 Cent details how Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff tried to resolve the conflict between him and Ja Rule. Allegedly, McGriff asked 50 Cent to leave them alone because of the money involved.

Since then, Black Child and other Murder Inc. rappers such as [[Caddillac Tah (rapper)|Cadillac Tah]] publicly insulted 50 Cent with "There's a Snitch in the Club" by Cadillac Tah, and "The Real Wanksta" by Black Child. In both songs, Black Child details violent actions directed toward 50 Cent.<ref name=MTV/> The exchange of insult tracks released from both parties culminated in Ja Rule's ''[[Blood in My Eye]]'', which was an album that returned additional insults to 50 Cent. Because of the ongoing feud between the two, 50 Cent's labelmates [[Eminem]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[Obie Trice]], [[D12]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Busta Rhymes]], and the rest of the members of [[G-Unit]], also became involved and released tracks which insulted Ja Rule.<ref name=MTV/>

Ja Rule later released ''[[R.U.L.E.]]'' which included the successful single "New York", featuring [[Jadakiss]] and Fat Joe, in which Ja Rule obliquely attacked 50 Cent. This single prompted 50 Cent to enter a feud with the two featured artists, reflected in his response, "[[Piggy Bank (song)|Piggy Bank]]".

Although it seemed that the feud was over, Ja Rule returned with a track titled "21 Gunz".<ref name=illseed>{{cite web|date= April 2006|url= http://www.allhiphop.com/rumors/?ID=1002|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185544/http://www.allhiphop.com/rumors/?ID=1002|archive-date= May 4, 2006|title= Hip-Hop Rumors: Kay Slay Doll, Ja Rule, Happy 1,000Th To Illseed!|website= Allhiphop.com|access-date=July 25, 2007}}</ref> In response, [[Lloyd Banks]] and 50 Cent released the track "Return of Ja Fool" on Lloyd Banks' mixtape ''Mo Money in the Bank Pt. 4, Gang Green Season Starts Now''.<ref name=illseed/>

In an interview with MTV, Ja Rule stated, in reference to his album, ''[[The Mirror (Ja Rule album)|The Mirror]]'':

{{blockquote|There was a lot of things I wanted to say, and I didn't want there to be any bitter records on the album. Because I'm not bitter about anything that happened [in the past few years].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|date=12 July 2007|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1564678/20070712/ja_rule.jhtml|title= Ja Rule Leaves Bitterness — and 50 Cent Beef — Behind on New Album|publisher= MTV|access-date=21 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715121706/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1564678/20070712/ja_rule.jhtml|archive-date=July 15, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

In May 2011, it was confirmed that both Ja Rule and 50 Cent had ended the feud. Ja Rule said, "I'm cool. We ain't beefing no more. We'll never collaborate. That's just what it is. You don't have to be at war with somebody, but it's also kind of like U.S. and another country that they may not get along with. We don't gotta go to war, but we're not friends either. But we can coincide inside of a world. He's doing him, and he's not thinking about me, and I'm doing me and I'm not thinking about him."

In September 2013, in an interview with [[Angie Martinez]] on The Angie Martinez show on HOT 97, both Rule and [[Irv Gotti]] acknowledged 50 Cent not only took a toll on Ja Rule's prominence, but along with the federal indictment, damaged Murder, Inc., as a music label. They told Martinez their immediate reaction on hearing 50 Cent's single, "[[In Da Club]]", on the radio was that it was "so dope" and that they had a problem with it. They also disclosed that they had been blackballed from various award shows where 50 Cent was to perform due to their feud. Notwithstanding seeing 50 Cent as a hustler, they liked his entrepreneurial mentality, and no longer had a problem with him 10 years after their feud. Ja Rule indicated he had plans to write a book surrounding the whole experience.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/110089/ja-rule-and-50-cent-squash-beef/ |title=Ja Rule and 50 Cent Squash Beef |website=Inquisitr.com |date=May 30, 2011 |access-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref>

In early 2018, after four years of taunting Ja Rule, 50 Cent reiginited the beef after he publicly dissed him on ''[[Big Boy (radio host)|Big Boy]]'s Neighborhood'', leading to Ja Rule retaliating on Twitter the next day.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lamarre|first=Carl|date=January 19, 2018|url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8095111/ja-rule-disses-50-cent-twitter-beef|title= Ja Rule Refuels Feud With 50 Cent on Twitter: 'I Own Your Soul'|magazine= Billboard|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119192128/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8095111/ja-rule-disses-50-cent-twitter-beef|archive-date=January 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Shady/Aftermath====
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The conflict started after [[50 Cent]] signed to [[Shady Records]] and [[Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermath]] in 2002. Ja Rule and Irv Gotti expressed dissatisfaction with [[Eminem]] and [[Dr. Dre]] for signing an artist with whom they were in conflict and threatened to take action against them if they released any 50 Cent tracks deprecatory of Murder Inc.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://www.eminemlab.com/eminemenemies/jarule.html |title=Ja Rule – Eminem's Enemies |website=Eminemlab.com |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505073934/http://www.eminemlab.com/eminemenemies/jarule.html |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

The conflict escalated when Ja Rule released "Loose Change" attacking 50 Cent, Eminem and Dr. Dre. The song also includes lyrics that insulted Eminem's family (most notably his then 7-year-old daughter Hailie Jade) and acquaintances.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> In response, Eminem, [[D12]], and [[Obie Trice]] released the deprecatory track "Hailie's Revenge (Doe Rae Mi)" featuring vocals from Eminem's daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gavinsblog.com/2004/02/how-ja-rule-started-problems-with-eminem/|title=How Ja Rule started problems with Eminem|date=February 19, 2004|website=Gavinsblog.com}}</ref>

[[Busta Rhymes]] joined the conflict when he was featured on the track "Hail Mary 2003" with Eminem and 50 Cent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hhvibe.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/busta-rhymes-makes-peace-with-ja-rule/|title=Busta Rhymes makes peace with Ja Rule|date=November 22, 2009|website=Hhvibe.wordpress.com}}</ref> The song, which is a remake of [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]'s song "[[Hail Mary (2Pac song)|Hail Mary]]", was done partially as a response to Ja Rule's remake of another 2Pac track, "[[Pain (Tupac Shakur song)|Pain]]" (re-titled "So Much Pain") and because they felt Ja Rule was “imitating” 2Pac.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1471203/eminem-says-if-tupac-were-alive-he-would-never-ride-with-ja/|title=Eminem Says If Tupac Were Alive, 'He Would Never Ride With Ja'|publisher=MTV|author=Reid, Shaheem|date=April 11, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422225744/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471203/20030411/eminem.jhtml|archive-date=April 22, 2003}}</ref> Eminem prevented Ja Rule from appearing on any of the "new" 2Pac songs he produced, including those on ''[[Loyal to the Game]]''.<ref name="eminem.net">{{cite web|title=Eminem's Enemies, Rivals and Beefs: Ja Rule|url=http://www.eminemlab.com/eminemenemies/jarule.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731155034/http://www.eminemlab.com/eminemenemies/jarule.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 31, 2012|website=EminemLab.com|access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref>