Ja Rule
Known for Acting
Biography
Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla". From 2000 to 2004, Ja Rule had several hits that made the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and You" with Christina Millian, "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" with Jennifer Lopez, "Always on Time" with Ashanti, "Mesmerize" also with Ashanti, and "Wonderful" with R. Kelly and Ashanti. During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to The Inc. Records, which was formerly known as Murder Inc. and was led by Irv Gotti. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ja Rule, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Scary Movie 3
2003
as Agent Thompson
Shall We Dance?
2004
as Hip Hop Bar Performer
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Smiley
Beef
2003
as Self
Fyre
2019
as Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)
Half Past Dead
2002
as Nicolas 'Nick' Frazier
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Ja Rule
Back in the Day
2005
as Reggie
The Cookout
2004
as Bling Bling
Turn It Up
2000
as David 'Gage' Williams
Wrong Side of Town
2010
as Razor
Furnace
2007
as Terrence Dufresne
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
as Willie Davis
Fyre Fraud
2019
as Himself (Archival Footage)
Don't Fade Away
2010
as Foster Johnson
The Fast and the Furious
2001
as Edwin
Backstage
2000
as Self
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
2013
as Miles Montego
Trolland
2016
as Fenn (voice)
The Cookout 2
2011
as Bling Bling