At the height of his reign, Ja Rule took the formula of a rapper singing his own hooks to the mainstream stratosphere. With MCs like Kanye West, Drake, and Diddy making hits with the signature style, Ja doesn’t hold any hard feelings.

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Ja Rule asks “Is this my life?” on the reflective first single from his new album P.ain I.s L.ove 2. Produced by longtime collaborator 7 Aurelius, “Real Life Fantasy” addresses the former Murder Inc. rapper’s recent troubles.

“Get high, go to prison, and evade taxes/ This is not what I envisioned when I started rapping,” he confesses, adding, “If this was ’03, then I’da told ya you was crazy if you told me that is what it’d be/ I miss Vita, Caddie, Black Child, Charli/ I thought we was tighter than the Marley family.”

PIL2 and The Renaissance Project drop June 7, the day before Rule is scheduled to start serving his two-year jail sentence.

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It’s Murder! The Murder Inc. camp, including Lloyd, Ashanti, and Ja Rule, reunited onstage at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Friday night (April 22) during Lloyd’s opening set on Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Coming Home” tour. The love was palpable as Lloyd brought Ashanti to the stage to duet on their 2004 collaboration “Southside” before the R&B princess joined Ja Rule on their No. 1 smash “Always on Time.” Rule, who will start serving a two-year jail sentence in June, also debuted his new single “Real Life Fantasy.”

“The REUNION was epic,” tweeted Ja after coming offstage. Reminisce on their glory days below.

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Ja Rule is headed for more “Rainy Days.” The embattled rapper, who is currently scheduled to begin serving a two-year sentence in June, pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion in New Jersey, admitting that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million earned between 2004 and 2006.

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Ja Rule only has a few months left of freedom. The New York rapper is set to report to prison in June stemming from charges from a 2007 gun case.

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Ja Rule is headed to the big house. The “Put It on Me” rapper copped a plea deal Monday morning to attempted criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an arrest in July 2007, when he was pulled over by police following a performance with Lil Wayne at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. The 34-year-old was promised two years in prison when he is sentenced in February.

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It may be the dead of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, but in Australia summer is just getting started. Ciara, Akon, Jay Sean, Ja Rule, Flo Rida, and Travie McCoy jetted overseas to heat up the season at the Summerbeatz Music Festival in Perth. The international stars performed their hits to thousands of Aussies in the Land Down Under. Check out the scorching action below!

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It’s Rule, baby! Ja Rule, who’s been laying low over the past few years, resurfaced to shoot his crime thriller Goat on the streets of Garfield, New Jersey, on Tuesday (Oct. 19). The indie film, about a guy who makes a wrong turn in life, was directed by Paul Borghese and is due next year.

The rapper is also prepping a new album called Rule York to be released on his Mpire Music Group, featuring collaborations with Mary J. Blige and Lil Mo. Watch his new music video for “Pieces” here.

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