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- Ja Rule, one of the creators behind Fyre Festival, announced on Thursday he wanted to create another music festival.
- It would add another unbelievable chapter to Ja Rule's career, which has spanned three decades and featured chart-topping albums, box-office bombs, and a bizarre feud with 50 Cent.
- Ja Rule has managed to avoid liability for the doomed Fyre Festival.
Rapper Ja Rule, one of the creators of the infamous Fyre Festival, revealed on Thursday that he wants to create another music festival, saying, "in the midst of chaos, there's opportunity."
The rapper has denied liability for the catastrophic festival, which was the subject of two recent documentaries, and he has distanced himself from Fyre CEO and convicted fraudster, Billy McFarland, who orchestrated the event.
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Such a venture would add another unbelievable chapter to Ja Rule's career, which has spanned three decades and has featured chart-topping albums, a couple of box office bombs, and a bizarre feud with 50 Cent that took a humorous turn months ago.
Read on to see the remarkable twists and turns of Ja Rule's career:
Ja Rule, born Jeffrey Atkins in 1976, grew up in the neighborhood of Hollis in Queens, New York City.Wikimedia CommonsSource: Biography
Ja Rule started rapping professionally in 1993 ...
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... and burst into the mainstream in 1998 as a featured performer on the Jay-Z single "Can I Get A..."XXL
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He's been married to his wife Aisha Atkins since 2001.
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In 2000 and 2001, he released back-to-back No. 1-selling albums: "Rule 3:36" and "Pain Is Love." They sold a combined 10 million albums and were both certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
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