That’s the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That’s it. Every MC knows that. If I’m on a track with you, I want to be the best on the track. That’s just how it is in hip-hop. – Ja Rule
I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don’t think God would want to separate families. – Ja Rule
After doing two years in prison, trust me, I’ve seen a lot of tough guys pray. They’re not just praying for themselves; they’re praying for their family and the people they’ve let down. – Ja Rule
Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael. – Ja Rule
I believe in God and a higher power. I’m still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I’m still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith. – Ja Rule
The rules, religion to religion that man set forth, made me shy away from religion and have my own one on one with God and cut out the middleman. – Ja Rule
Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know, I wasn’t Ja Rule the superstar. I wasn’t any of that. I was just a regular inmate. – Ja Rule
Being incarcerated is truly very serious, and it has changed my life to such an extent that breaking the cycle has become my sole focus. Jail is definitely not cool. Education is. – Ja Rule
I would love to do something like ‘Beverly Hills Cop’. I’d get to be funny and cool and heroic all in the same breath. – Ja Rule
I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God’s blessings in life. – Ja Rule
Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn’t know how, or I didn’t know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did ‘Turn It Up’, and ever since then I’ve been in love with doing films. – Ja Rule
I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn’t successful; I also saw the biggest rappers in the world die all of a sudden in the ensuing years, so it was a matter of conquering yourself before you can conquer the world. – Ja Rule