Ja Rule On Why He Turned Down Returning To Fast & Furious

[ORDER_66]

if yall watched the ending of part 3 yall already knew it was gonna pop off

 

[Phitz]

sound like he swallowed a blender

 

[Jayou Ayen]

...Just like Terrance Howard had no clue that the Avengers franchise would've become what it did.......But that dude legitimately overestimated who he was, and then turned out was batshyt crazy.

Mayne did the math.



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[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Too good for John Singleton huh

 

[FTBS]

I remember what he said at the time. He followed Vin's lead. Vin's ass was back in the next movie .

 

[Doobie Doo]

Yeah, look at those two number i might choose the 14 mil too.

Unless i was already a charting rapper. There careers never age well, hiphop is a young mans game. If you have an oppoturnity to expand into acting, you are putting yourself in position to make money like that going in your 40s and 50s. unlike with hiphop. I would have found a way to reschedule the tour around the filming

You get the 14 million from rapping cuz how many nikkas get 14 million from rapping? You got to get that money while it's there. Ja would AND DID have other opportunities in the future to get roles to prove his acting ability.

 

[Nostalgic]

Too good for John Singleton huh

14 mil or 500k?

Keep in mind you have zero idea where this movie franchise is headed to.

 

[Doomsday]

The franchise was dead until Tokyo Drift. Tokyo Drift garnered a major cult following. The success from that got them the green light to make Fast and Furious (F4). Then F4 got them the momentum back, then finally adding The Rock to F5 made the franchise blow up.

 

[MikelArteta]

Luda was intelligent


He already had his rap career, he was planning for his retirement career.


Now dude never has to make another album. Basically can dictate his life as he wants, all because of foresight and a pivot.. not even a hard one too.


By the success and privacy of his life, Luda won so far.

He's prob made more from f&f than his rap career

 

[the cac mamba]

You get the 14 million from rapping cuz how many nikkas get 14 million from rapping?

you guys really believe that number? he's just bullshytting to make his decision look better

not that i blame him either way, because dudes are right. in hindsight, who the fukk knew it woulda been a huge franchise

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Luda prolly just wanted that check … no one saw fast and furious becoming what it did …even vin left for a bit lol

He spoke about it before




Even before this interview too though. I specifically remember him speaking about the longevity of a rap career, and transitioning to movies because the checks are longer, the residual checks are bigger, and he doesn’t need to do shyt really except these movies…


But maybe you right.. maybe he adopted the idea later and was just grabbing a check.

But he just caught the acting bug after that. FF Franchise is just a layup at this point

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

you guys really believe that number? he's just bullshytting to make his decision look better

not that i blame him either way, because dudes are right. in hindsight, who the fukk knew it woulda been a huge franchise

He’s said fhis before in interviews tho.. unless he’s keeping the lie running for years… I remember posting in the thread

 

[Remote]

Well,

When you frame it as 14 million vs 500k, that's an easy decision.

If you consider the long term potential of building your brand as a actor as well as a rapper, maybe that 500k job...viewed as an investment...was worth the shot. It's very likely that Ja Rule's music career would have still been fine if the tour was delayed or he just did another one later.

2025 and Ja Rule isn't broke so things worked out anyway.

 

[ORDER_66]

Well,

When you frame it as 14 million vs 500k, that's an easy decision.

If you consider the long term potential of building your brand as a actor as well as a rapper, maybe that 500k job...viewed as an investment...was worth the shot. It's very likely that Ja Rule's music career would have still been fine if the tour was delayed or he just did another one later.

2025 and Ja Rule isn't broke so things worked out anyway.

Do you REALLY believe he was getting $14M on a tour at the time?!?!

 

[Doomsday]

Do you REALLY believe he was getting $14M on a tour at the time?!?!

2 Fast 2 Furious came out in 2003. Always On Time (Him and Ashanti's biggest record), came out in 2001. So yeah, I think a country wide tour would make that much. Opting to go on a tour following your biggest hit record is a no brainer.