New York rapper, Ja Rule, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins and New Orleans rapper, Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter were both arrested on separate possession charges over the weekend.
The two were busted after performing together Sunday night at the Beacon Theater and were discovered in Manhattan’s 20th Precinct in possession of .40-caliber handguns.
According to the New York Post, police say they stopped Rule’s 2004 Mercedes Maybach around 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of West End Avenue and 78th street for having a suspended registration. The officers searched the vehicle after smelling marijuana and discovered a .40-caliber semiautomatic Taurus in a backseat compartment of the car. Police arrested Rule, as well as his 38-year-old driver Mohamed Gamal and another passenger 36-year-old Dennis Cherry.
Rule had to put up a $150,000 bond for his release. After spending 20 hours in custody, Rule told reporters,
“Everybody wants to point finger at hip-hop for the destruction of America’s youth. If you need to know why thereis so much crime, corruption, hatred and violence, you need only look at yourselves,” before plugging his upcoming album, “The Mirror, in stores Sept. 25.”
The rapper used his Saddle Brook, NJ mansion as collateral for the $320,000 combined bail money for him and his two associates according from sources for the NY Post.
After Rules’ arrest, one arresting officer was quoted, “He was a good little mama’s boy, and now he sings about guns and busting caps…Now [that] Supreme’s away, I guess he needs a gun.”
On a separate arrest approximately an hour and 17 blocks away from Mr. Atkins, police approached Lil’ Wayne’s tour bus, which was parked at 61st Street near Columbus Avenue, and claim they boarded that vehicle after smelling marijuana.
According to NY’s Daily News, police boarded the bus and discovered Derrick Lawrence of Brooklyn trying to flush half a pound of marijuana in the bus toilet. Lil’ Wayne was changing as the officers entered the vehicle, and according to lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, police discovered a .40-caliber Springfield Armory semiautomatic in a Louis Vuitton bag the rapper removed from his lap.
Weezy was released yesterday on a $70,000 bond.
They were released from Manhattan Criminal Court last night after spending a night in jail and posting huge bails their lawyer decried as “a tax on celebrity.”
Defense lawyer Stacey Richman, who represented both rappers, has called their arrests and enormous bails a “tax on celebrity.” Richman also stated that Ja Rule’s Mercedes is a company car and that the gun could have belonged to any number of users.
“We absolutely maintain that we are not guilty of these charges,” Richman said, of both clients.
If convicted both rappers may face up to three and a half years in prison due to NY’s strict new gun laws. Rule and Weezy are due back in court on Friday (July 27).
COMMENTS
This isn't surprising.
IT isnt BUT its crazy how the cops called ja out by saying hes a mommas boy and now he talkin about guns...Ja could be the reason why there is so many fake niggaz in the game.
the cops didnt say that ive read a bunch of articles AL CAPONE clearl made it up to make Jeffery Atkins look bad
they both need to stay there
HIPHOP police aint playing..New York aint the spot no more, the police always arresting cats out there.
they did some dumb shit
damn 3 1/2 years.
they aint goin do no tyme. mayb a coupl hours of community service.
damn weezy fucked up
get that 50 cent shit out of here wayne dont even like 50 kno more choose sides bitch NO HOMO
yall are fucking dumb this is bull shit it just shows you the fucking WHITE race of america fuckin honkey ass bitches haten on the niggas that got money. MONEY EQUALS GUNS so fuck the god damn over powering law for this unlandish arrest
im hispanic but if he broke the law he broke the law so you cant blame a whole race because he BROKE THE LAW your ingnorent as hell and lets just say that it was some how set up by white people you cant blame white people just for what a group of them does like i dont think all black people are racist just cause you are. and if you mad cause you think there racist you arnt any better with that honkey shit. so basically what im saying is it not "the white race of americas" fault he broke the law and your a stupid ass racist
i swear to GOD yall are so dumb sometimes. how the fuck you gonna blame white people for weez n ja havin guns? get the fuck outta here you ignorant bitch. thats why theres so much racial tension these days becus everyones gotta fuckin point a finger and when a black person cant find someone to point a finger at its the fuckin cops or the white people. get the fuck out with that noise.
slow ur roll young brotha damn, u the one labelin people sayin the shit u are
Co-sign
hahaha nigga look at the police man in the picture white man dont hate us those are just two dumb niggas hahaha
even the police are makin fun of Jeffrey Atkins ...lol - After Rules’ arrest, one arresting officer was quoted, “He was a good little mama’s boy, and now he sings about guns and busting caps…Now [that] Supreme’s away, I guess he needs a gun.” --- To funny
After Rules’ arrest, one arresting officer was quoted, “He was a good little mama’s boy, and now he sings about guns and busting caps…Now [that] Supreme’s away, I guess he needs a gun.”<<<<<<<<<,come one i was reading this shit on other sites nothing about this was one there this is just defsounds pokin fun at ja rule but none the less it's funny
In the New York Daily news, it is quoted from one of the arresting police officer that he stated that about Ja Rule.
^^^^^for sure thats funny shit then police talking some smack as usal
Them niggas aint do a damn thang.
they were just black.
Fuck police all together. aint no police did nothin for me but give me problems and cause me to have to pay more money to the man cause he had suspicions of foul play. they dont even give us blacks a chance to be good anymore, just cause we talk about it... shit it happens. everybody talks about life, but our life is much harder than theres and they dont like us to profit from us delivering a message of "hate" in code of course.... about how life is because of the MAN.
every body and i mean almost every body has misinterpreted the meaning of hip hop alone the way.
do yall realize hip hop is another language.
it has taught the whole world how to speak Ebonics... Now, ebonics is a language. Holla Back folks.
thats why they are trying to shut rappers up.
We have taught africans who dont even go to school, who dont even know how to speak english EBONICS... we have taught them to speak it and write it. because we write it how it sound, its hard for the man to read it, and the way we deliver it and the sound that comes along with it, the man dont like it...so he dont listen to it but they get sell out muthafuckas to decipher shit, and thats why they are taking arms now.
think about it.
"LET SHUT THESE NIGGAS UP WITH THERE JUNGLE MUSIC."
Its jungle music because they cant understand it and they get these cornball as fagots to make deals to keep them up on game. Feel me people. Nas knows whats up. Rappers stay in trouble. this aint nothin new.
if any of yall feel what im sayin give me a fa sho
FA SHO!!
old joint but real talk --> Cassidy - "The Message"
Gotta stay on ya toes, hip hop police is on the hunt
New York police ARE HELLA RECKLESS!!! I.E. the Sean Bell situation... but, u cant say the reasoon wayne and ja were arrested were cus their race... fuck outta herre... i dont agree with their bond being so high, but dudes both broke the law, ya dig? DONT GET CAUGHT!!! If u that famous, have ya man hold the heat, stupid...
hahah jail time ..... yea right Wayne is loaded he wont see any time neither will Ja but Ja is still a whiny lil bitch
why yall blamin the cops, it is what it is.this is why you have bodyguards with legal shit.if you have so much money and jewels and you need a gun for protection, you can afford a bodyguard.
these niggas aint bussin no guns anyway so i dont know why they carrying.
these niggas aint bussin no guns anyway so i dont know why they carrying.
truer words have never been spoken
lol ja had to put his car up
LMAO Ja had to put shit up LMAO broke nigga in debt now
ja aint broke nigga
Ja ain't broke fam
you sound crazy nigga
damn 3 and a half years aint no joke
i aint a fan of either of these fake niggaz but i dont wish no jail time on them
damn the feds poking fun at ja.......LMAO
damn.... I guess Tha Carter III gettin' pushed back again...
naw i doubt dat, this might make it cum out earlier, he might hurry up n put out songs between his court dates, like beanie sigel did, b4 he went 2 jail
Naw folks yall aint listenin to what im spittin its deeper than the surface of what im saying...
Cops... We all believe to be workin for the MAN
The man dont like BLACKS
its a fact,
tha past aint that far behind us yall, aint nobody forgot.
Im just sayin. It aint about the money with 50, T.I, Kanye, They have smething to prove. They aren't fight a battle of hey Im better than you.
Its FUCK the MAN. We gotta stay out of the system cuz once your in your in and if you make bail one time, then they will come for you again,... They are tryin to lock rappers up because they get the worlds attention. Black folks have somethin to say and soon everybody will know and guess what... no we got more people on our side will to say the same stuff back to the MAN. We are gettin money and they are taking it.
Thats what im sayn.
They are black and they have money.
The body Guards take the rap for the rappers in situations like that homie.
They get bailed out once the rapper bails them self out. The Cops know that. Why you think they fuck with rapper right after a studio session.
Every rapper is quick to say the smoke.
Snoop, how many times in the last 6 months has he put up bail for drug and gunz,
Busta Rhymes, now Ja and Weezy.
It aint nothin new.
All they do is rap and smoke
aint hurting nobody right. its harmless.
See what im sayin now Folks
91107 TERROIST ATTACK 50 CENT
WEZZY GOT HIS GUN LICENSE
kno he dont dumb ass he had felony cases before so he cant get his gun license get your facts straght
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
fuck u talkin bout, wanye IS NOT A CONVICTED FELON
HE IS NOT REAL
ALL THAT GUN SHIT, TOUGH COKE DEALING SHIT, IS FAKE
DAMN YALL CANT SEE THAT
if he had his gun liscence why would he be gettin arrested dumb nigga
YAll mutha fuckas stupid. Thats why hip hop is gone be dead soon. Cuz pussy niggaz like yall are talkin bout the wrong shit. That nigga gangsta for gettin arrested for do nothin wrong at all and that dont strike you as FUCKED UP. all yall can say is they shouldn't had the Gun on them any way.
Guy Brewer you a bitch!
and all yall buster ass suka ass lolli pop ass niggas and wiggas out there, Yall are the reason hip hop is on its death bed. We found a way to come up and yall are cool with the jakes and fakes to run in and take yo shit cause they might have a gun and and drugz, but if they dont we will catch them next time.
Yall all worst than dick suckin hoes that get paid to do there job... Good or Bad.
Pussy Hole ass Bitches.
shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up you bitch ass Fagot. I bet you probly will take it up the ass if one of these Homo rappers offered dick.
Shut you Bitch Ass up.
Hoes aint allowes to speak on here.
wow, an internet thug.....are you mad cuz Young Apex is stylin on u?
if weezy's locked up for 3 1/2 years... then hip hop's clinically dead for 3 1/2 years
WOW that just may be the most dick riding comment everrrrr
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SIGNED! lmao
(good look - The Statement!)
ama say it like young apex (above).... Shut the fuck up
if u say Ja is going to jail that might be, but weezy. I dought it.
weezy aint even the reason hip hop is till alive... Hova is, 50 is, TI is.
what has wayne contributed to hip hops movement. And dont he came up with. off the top of the dome raps, cuz Hova does it too. But Biggie Started. Hes tight i mean but really what is he talkin about, instead of drugs money and sex. The same thing JayZ talks about TI and 50. until he pulls numbers like the great. He aint the Savior. Im am tired of hearing that.
Hes good but Hes a biter.
I member when biting was a taboo in Hip Hop. Now yall let it ride like its ok.
Has any body a stlye like Pac?... Nope
Big... yeah but he Flopped.. (Gorilla Black)
Eminem... Nope
T.I.... Uh huh.
Weezy is just a dude with clever word play. But as dat dude to tell you a great story and keep the story going i bet he cant.
thats Hip Hop.
Comin up with somethin to say that somebody can use in everyday life and feel great about what they just heard.. A message.
Not "I cant feel my face". hes tellin people to ruin your life and body with drug use and also drug dealing which he has never sold.
Sound fake to me.
Pac was real
Biggie was real
Wayne aint
"Hes good but Hes a biter."
No my friend, Jay-Z's a proven biter
how the fuck you sit n say 50 cent is the reason hip hop is still alive??..and TI?..if im not mistaken ti is on the drugs money and sex shit..oh aint 50 too?..hova, ill give you that..but 50 and ti?..cmon now
and if you aint never heard the suffix from wayne, which its obvious you havent then you need to check that shit if you want some day to day advice
Who cares if they go to jail. they will get out... unless they are broke, and there not
Dumb Ass
Im Out
the fact is...(it's sad to say) but if they didn't carry guns, then they might be worse off. I don't think that the rappers themselves should carry them, but maybe their bodygaurds. I think the only reason that they got Ja and wayne is because 1). they are rappers, 2). NYPD is usually envious of rappers, 3). The cops still have something against Ja's link to Supreme (and it's really stupid for Ja to STILL be reppin' Supreme Team even though he's in Jail, he wasn't even really down with Preme in the first damn place.)
who cares, we all know that none of them niggas gonna do time, the main question is why the hell is ja rule dropping another album
stupid fucks now u spending money for what you could have prevented
y da fuk wud they say there not guilty if they fukin saw them flushin marijuana down da toilet
now der gonna get in more shit than dey needed 2
Did ya'll see Wayne's cryin ass pic up there. Ja Rule is real though, I'm feelin him. The Mirror is going to be a must cop
DAM ASS NIGGA BITCH LISEN WEEZY F BABY SHOULDINT BE WID A GUN ANYWAYZ LIKE SAME AS JA RULE THESE MUTHERFUCKERS WERE SO HIGH THEY BOT NEED A SEMIAUTOMATIC THESE NIGGAZ WERE LOOKING TO TAKE OUT SOME NIGGAZ JA RULE COME BACK SHIT NIGGA 50CENT WAS IN CURNNEDICET SOME WHITE PEOPLE TYPER PLACE WAT AM TRYNA SAY IS WAT WAS YALL CARRYING 40 CALIS FOR Y DUM ASS NIGGAZ
LMFAO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT JA RULE SHIT SELLS LMFAO AT GOOD FELLAS COMMENT FEELIN JA PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH WTF!!!! NIGGA IS U lost....
goodfella, those are tats..
damn them niggas got caught up stupid ass fuck
they suppose to be rich niggas
oh well i guess shit happens
and i hate to hear shits like that happen to a nigga
wish the best for them niggas
im out
one
theres one dude typing if lil wayne is gone for 3 and a half years.. then hip hop is dead for 3 and a half years......
my question is... how is lil wayne hip hop??
but anyways
yeah its crazy what happened to those two..
What would some of da years(06&07) best songs be without wayne:
Make it Rain, We Takin Over, Stuntin Like My Daddy, It's Me Snitches. That's how dude can say that. I don't know about dead though, but it would be suffering.
wayne dnt like 50 cent cuz on da promise song ciara made wayne got his hopes up and thought ciara waz talkin bout him....you can tell on the promise freestyle he made....on the promise song ciara waz talkin bout 50 cent dats wat made wayne mad Young Apex
u oudda their dog. just stop
damn ja just got it poppin with a single now he mite go to jail thats fucked up and as for wayne its nothing new for him. if wayne goes to jail who r they going to use for collabos? damn
Dey Ain't Gone Get No Time - If U Got Money U Can Get Off... Dey Had My Nigga R. Kelly On Tape & He Still Free lol.. & Dem Niggaz Carrying Heat Cuz There R Soo Many Haterz Out There
DAMN WEEZY LOOK LIKE HE ON THEM DRUGS HARD IN DAT PIC, MAYBE SUM JAIL TIME WILL HELP HIM KICK THE DRUG ABUSE N GET HIM FOCUS ON THE RIGHT PATH
I GOT THA 40 CAL TUCKED IN ME PRP'S WHAT DO U EXPECT I FROM NEW ORLEANS LOL
LOOK ME BEIN A WEEZY FAN MA SELF I KNOW THIS NIGGA AINT GOIN TO JAIL CMON HE PAID BUT AS FOR THAT NIGGA RIDIN THREW NY WIT A 40. CAL I THINK HE TRYNA TAKE HIS BLOOD SHIT TOO SERIOUS!!!
lol you know you dont got any respect when the boys making fun of you...but as for Weezy...i honestly think he should goto jail. it might make him a better rapper. he'll actually have something to rap about if he does cause all this Stunnas my Daddy (homo), im rich, im raw, i sell drugs shit is really old...da nigga has rapped about the same shit for like 4 mixtapes and 2 albums now...he just repeats his self wit every song
fuk em...go 2 hell or go 2 jail.
ja aint broke now but if his shit flops hes gonna be a homeless nigga. start meltin them chains down now. and haha weezy like look a lil kid in that video and pic
fuck all i gotta say is weezy better not go to jail before he drops the carter 3. ha just playin. but they did tax those muthas a shitload. damn 70 grand. plus tryin to flush half a pound of some dro down the toliet ouch.
dumbass niggas... looks like they'll join Vick and Donaghy in prison.
damm sound like ja is a little broke, putting his house up for bail and driving a company car
still say its for publicity
Y'all THINK these rappers have soooo much money but they really don't. Are y'all even readin' the articles? Ja used HIS HOME as collateral to pay his bail, NOT cash or credit. Weezy posted BOND, not CASH OR CREDIT. They spend the $ as fast as they get it, on DUMB SHIT like jewelry. Why? BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO. They might get, say, a 100K advance and have like, a month to spend it before the end of the fiscal tax season and go hit Jacobs.. It's like Brewster's Millions... You can't live in that chain, or eat that chain.
There's only a FEW rappers who REALLY, REALLY have cake (i.e. 50, Nas, Jay, Nelly (sad to say but it's true), Em, etc.)... Just like the league (NBA, NFL), there are only a couple handfuls of players who REALLY, REALLY have money (A.I., Lebron, Kobe, KG, Shaq, Carmelo, etc.). So STOP sayin' things like, "Weezy is loaded" or "Remy is rich as hell", 'cause they're CLEARLY NOT.
So u think wayne is broke Charismatic. I usually respect all your comments but dude u dumb as hell for that one. And how in the hell can u say there's only a few rappers who really have cake. How do u really know that. Now I know all of them aint filthy rich like they say, but I'm pretty sure wayne can afford a $70,000 bail. I mean if he couldn