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Ja Rule: Irv Gotti
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Lil Mo, Ja Rule's former friend, had a falling out with Ja shortly after they released the "I Cry" music video together, in 2001. With Ashanti's career on the rise, Mo felt that Ja and Irv Gotti were ignoring her and focusing unfair amounts of time and money on Ashanti. This led Mo to leave Murder Inc. in 2001.
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One of the more prominent hard-core rappers to emerge during the 1990s, Ja Rule (born Jeffrey Atkins) first took to the microphone at the age of 16. His recording career began with an appearance on Time to Build, a 1995 B-side from Mic Geronimo; the notoriety from this track soon led to his group The Cash Money Click landing a record deal with the TVT label, but only one single would result from the arrangement. and the soundtracks to films such as Streets is Watching, Belly and Rush Hour broadened his reputation, and with some help his friend Irv Gotti in Def Jam's A&R department a contract as a solo performer was buttoned up.
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Oh, and the entire evening was capped off with musical performances by Ja Rule, Ashanti, Marques Houston and Omarion. The guest list ... included embattled Inc. president Irv Gotti, Playboy Playmate-turned-actress Brande Roderick and Nicole Richie's husband-to-be, DJ AM.
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