Ja Rule
Also Known As: Jeff Atkins, Jeff 'Ja Rule' Atkins, Jeffrey Atkins, Jeffrey 'Ja Rule' Atkins
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hollis, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: February 29, 1976
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Male
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Half Past Dead
Overview: A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-15
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Assault on Precinct 13
Overview: On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Genres: Thriller Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-19
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Wrong Side of Town
Overview: Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman to a happening club downtown. Little did they know that this would be the start of a life or death ordeal for the group.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-23
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The Fast and the Furious
Overview: Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-22
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Back in the Day
Overview: A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-24
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Turn It Up
Overview: Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-06
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Furnace
Overview: A ghost story taking place at a maximum security prison. A detective (Michael Paré ) is called to investigate a string of unexplained deaths as the prisoners fear for their lives.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-11
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Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
Overview: Hype's acclaim for skillfully imaginative visually intoxicating music videos, The Videos Vol. 1, features 10 videos depicting his creative approach and artistry unmatched while becoming celebrated by music aficionados and film enthusiasts.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Cookout
Overview: When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new and old friends, family, agents, and product reps in the same house, things are bound to get crazy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-03
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Kiss and Tail: The Hollywood Jumpoff
Overview: Go deep into the underworld of hip-hop groupies and video vixens where sex is the backstage pass and young ladies use their bodies as a way to promote themselves and further their own careers. Jump Off takes a provocative look at the seedy side of the music business where hip-hop groupies pay a high price to get a taste of the celebrity lifestyle. Hear the real, raw truth about the groupie lifestyle from the scene's biggest stars. Get the inside story from one of hip-hop's most notorious femmes, Karrine: Superhead Steffens. Reenactments show how Karrine sexed her way through the hip-hop world, climbing her way up the ladder before crashing to the bottom. Now a bestselling author, she's still kissing and telling, but the huge stars she allegedly bedded are telling their side of the story
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Backstage
Overview: If you ever wanted to know what really goes on backstage, this is the definitive inside look - uncut and uncensored. Complete with on-stage performances you'll see an intimate view of what life is like at one of the biggest Rap Concert tours of all time. It shows life on the road, in hotels and off stage in a way you've never seen before.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-08
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Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Overview: After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-21
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I'm in Love with a Church Girl
Overview: Miles Montego has it all - cars, boats, good looks, mansion, money, women, but more importantly, he has a past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-18
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Pauly Shore Is Dead
Overview: Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a dead famous comedian appears who tells Pauly to kill himself cause he'll go down as a comedic genius who died before his time. Pauly then fakes his own death, and the media goes crazy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-11
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Da Hip Hop Witch
Overview: 5 teenage rappers gets notice of a mysterious witch that supposedly lurks in the ghetto and those who are attacked by her gets a successful hip-hop career. In their search for the witch, they come across various rappers whom already been attacked and retells their experiences.
Genres: Horror Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-31
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Trolland
Overview: Trolls have a fun time pulling pranks on unsuspecting humans near a campsite, and they compete to see who can pull off the best prank.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Crime Partners
Overview: Hustlers, players and gangsters rule the urban streets of New York in this story about loyalty and betrayal. Billy Goode, a street-smart crook and his partner Jackie Williams are two small time gangsters with dream of seeing their names in the headlines. After a shooting and robbery that doesn't give them the attention they desire, the partners hook up with the local criie boss Kenyatta who has a major agenda to shake up the city. Meanwhile Detective Benson and Detective Ryan are on the case.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Scary Movie 3
Overview: In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-24
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Just Another Day
Overview: Follows a day in the life of two men living at either end of the music game. A successful rapper, A-Maze, is dealing with the pitfalls and trappings of his success and facing new challenges in the music business to get a check while the other, Young Eastie, is a young man struggling in a harsh world that is threatening to destroy him.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Kurupt: G-TV
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-26
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Fyre
Overview: He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-18
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Fyre Fraud
Overview: A true-crime comedy exploring a failed music festival turned internet meme at the nexus of social media influence, late-stage capitalism, and morality in the post-truth era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-14
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Beef
Overview: A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-03
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Don't Fade Away
Overview: Life was easy for Jackson White. With looks, brains, and athletic ability,the world's possibilities seemed limitless. But, when he came to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry, he was so seduced by money and status that he lost track of who he was. Now, with both his personal and professional lives on the edge of ruin, he's been called home to care for his dying father. While in North Carolina, he'll have to confront the friends he lost track of and the girl he never met.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-02
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Reboot Camp
Overview: After finding out that his wife has blown their life savings on self-help gurus, Seymour teams up with his brother Danny, a filmmaker, to document how easy it is to start a fake self-help group and con people into believing just about anything. But once started, the Reboot Camp takes on a life of its own, and grows into a full-blown cult.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-22
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Shall We Dance?
Overview: Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-15
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The Cookout 2
Overview: Basketball coach Ashmokeem kidnaps and blackmails the opposite team's player and his family in order to secure the championship for his team.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-03
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The Source Awards: From Behind
Overview: Tamika wants to seduce a rap star who's sure to be at the awards in Miami, and she'll stop at nothing to achieve her goal; she convinces ghetto comedian Shawty to drive her south in pursuit of her booty call. Once in Miami, the two acquire a sidekick in the form of a Latina spitfire named Lola, and pick up the rapacious, lovely Carmella as well. The weekend looks to be a sizzling, wild party that this group will never forget, and the action is star-studded with glamorous celebrity appearances and hot musical acts.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-28
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