Ja Rule Prepares for Prison

I am not sure one can really prepare for prison, but JaRule seems to think he can. I will be glad when the day comes when we will not celebrate people going to prison for making bad decisions. JaRule is preparing for prision by talking about his upcoming album. I don't think I will ever understand the album from prison or on the way to prison. But oh well, people will pay for anything these days.

I noticed that the rapper Ja Rule is headed to prison this week to begin a two-year sentence on a weapons charge. Being caught with a gun in New York is no joke, especially when you’re black. The NYPD stops and searches black males at alarming rates, and the state has no problem locking you down for a very long time.

The last time I heard from Ja Rule as an artist was when he was smacked to the pavement by 50 Cent, who made a couple of songs that seemed to put Ja’s career in a casket. I have to confess, however, that 50 Cent is arguably the most brilliant, yet immature rapper in America. He likes to send nasty comments at other artists over twitter to resuscitate his own exhausted hip-hop career. He learned long ago that beef sells, so he tends to fight with anyone who wants to fight back – it’s all a business strategy.

Beyond Ja Rule’s beef with 50 Cent, I also remember all those corny love songs that made me quickly change the channel. Now, Ja Rule stands as a 35-year old man whose only thought before heading to prison is making sure that his album gets released before he gets locked up.

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