{"id":438443,"date":"2011-06-08T22:59:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T22:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/08\/rapper-ja-rule-jailed-by-ny-court\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T22:59:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T22:59:03","slug":"rapper-ja-rule-jailed-by-ny-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/rapper-ja-rule-jailed-by-ny-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Ja Rule jailed by NY court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"69.528604119\"><span><span>8 June 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>18:59 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rapper Ja Rule has been sentenced to up to two years in prison on gun charges by a court in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed in a grey sweat suit, he said &#8220;see y&#8217;all later&#8221; to fans and family as he was handcuffed and led away from the Lower Manhattan courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-platinum rapper and actor plead guilty to attempted criminal weapon possession last December after police found a gun in his car in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Ja Rule, 35, could be released in as little as 18 months for good behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they stopped the rap star&#8217;s Maybach sports car for speeding and found a loaded, unregistered .40-caliber semiautomatic gun in a rear door.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged under a New York law that generally bars people from having firearms outside their homes or workplaces.<\/p>\n<p><span>New album<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The musician spent the final days before his prison term putting finishing touches on his next album: &#8220;Pain Is Love 2&#8221;, which is expected out in late July or early August, says his manager Ron Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>Ja rule says he wants to make the most of his time in prison.<\/p>\n<p>He recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/08\/ja-rule-prison-nyc-arrested-sentenced-pleaded-guilty-possession-of-a-weapon-loaded-gun\/\">told TMZ.com<\/a> he plans to keep busy behind bars by writing a book, studying for exams and possibly taking up the guitar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna try to make good of my time while I&#8217;m inside,&#8221; he told the entertainment site.<\/p>\n<p>The musician is also facing the possibility of a federal prison sentence for failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income. 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