Another story with the words rapper & gun in the same sentence. Ja Rule regrets having that semi-automatic in his possession that fateful night in July of 2007. It was the same night Lil Wayne was also arrested on the Same charges. Ja Rule, aka Jeffrey Atkins, is to serve a two-year prison sentence for attempted criminal possession of a weapon. The gun was found hidden at the back of his Maybach. Ja Rule is being assigned to a correctional facility in Upstate New York. Besides this, the rapper is also facing tax evasion charges in the state of New Jersey. This could net him three more years in prison.