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Suge Knight's reputation precedes him and that's exactly what Ja Rule remembers about the first time he met the former head of Death Row Records.
In an interview with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN on an episode of their "Drink Champs" podcast that is set to release Friday (April 1), Ja details the first time he met Suge Knight.
"Suge come over to the studio and shyt and nikkas is all in their shyt," he says. "nikkas is like, 'What's up?' nikkas is on point because you know, nikkas heard stories about this nikka. We never met him."
Knight came to see the Murder Inc. rapper because he was angry that Ja used a Tupacsample for a track on his album. Ja got the clearance for the West Coast legend's vocals while Knight was in jail, but the mogul did not think that was enough.
"I was in LA recording the joint," Ja recalls. "Suge calls the studio that we in over there. He's like, 'Yeah, I wanna speak to Rule.' I'm like, 'Yeah, who's this?' He's like, 'It's Suge.' I'm like, 'Oh, shyt. What up, big homie. What's happenin? Welcome home, nikka. whatever. Whatever.' So this is, Suge's a funny nikka. This nikka says, 'Where you at right now?' I said, 'nikka, you called me, nikka. You know where I'm at, nikka. I'm over at the studio. Come over here.'"
Once he got to the studio, Knight's demeanor was not friendly.
"God, he was hot," Ja remembers. "He was mad. He's like, 'Why a nikka ain't holler at me?'"
Knight asked around to speak with Ja directly. The rapper was ready for the confrontation, but Irv Gotti stepped in to intervene.
"Gotti came in, he's like, 'Let me holler at you'" the "Always on Time" rapper says. "So they go talk. They do their little talk."
Jadakiss is also expected to appear on the "Drink Champs" next episode, which is set to include the full interview with Ja Rule.
Watch the clip of Ja Rule recalling an angry Suge Knight visiting him in the studio below:
