Over the span of her 20 year career, Ashanti has released six studio albums and received a number of illustrious rewards including eight Billboard Awards, a Grammy, two American Music Awards, two Soul Train Awards and six ASCAP Awards. This set a SoundScan record as the most albums sold by any debut female artist in the chart’s history and granted her a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. It landed the #1 spot on both the Billboard Top 200 and R&B album charts, selling a whopping 504,593 units in its first week.

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, actor and author Ashanti burst onto the music scene with her smash hit, self-titled debut album, Ashanti. As of 2018, Rule has sold 14.4 million units in the USA and has sold over 30 million records worldwide. (2004), with The Last Temptation attaining Platinum status and R.U.L.E. Rule followed up with his fourth, fifth and sixth albums The Last Temptation (2002), Blood in My Eye (2003), and R.U.L.E. Both albums topped the US Billboard 200 album chart, launching him into the mainstream, selling over a combined 15 million units to a wide audience, and attaining triple platinum status from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming his best-selling albums to date. Following the release of his platinumselling debut Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), he released his second and third albums Rule 3:36 (2000) and Pain Is Love (2001).

Rule has been nominated for two American Music Awards and four Grammy Awards with respective collaborators Lil’ Mo, Vita, Ashanti and Case. BillboardHot 100 chart, including “Between Me and You ” (featuring Christina Milian ), “I’m Real (Murder Remix) ” and “Ain’t It Funny” (both with Jennifer Lopez)-which both topped the Hot 100-the number 1 hit “ Always on Time” (featuring Ashanti), “ Mesmerize” (featuring Ashanti), and “ Wonderful” (featuring R. From 1999 to 2005, Ja Rule had multiple hits that made the top 20 of the U.S. During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to Murder Inc., formerly known as The Inc. He debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its lead single “ Holla Holla“.

Jeffrey Atkins better known by his stage name Ja Rule was born in Hollis Queens, NY. Ja Rule & Ashanti TOGETHER on the Sandia Amphitheater stage on Sunday, September 4th at 8pm! DOORS 6:30pm

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