Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Rapper Ja Rule admits to $3M in tax evasion

Rapper and 2002 Grammy nominee Ja Rule pleaded guilty to more than $3 million in tax evasion.

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Rapper and 2002 Grammy nominee Ja Rule pleaded guilty to more than $3 million in tax evasion.

Queens-born rapper Ja Rule pleaded guilty Tuesday to�failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income.

Born Jeffrey Atkins in Hollis, the platinum-selling singer told a New Jersey judge he didn't pay taxes on the big coin he earned�between 2004 and 2006.

He�faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 in fines when he is sentenced in June.

Around the same time, Atkins, 35, will be starting a two-year prison sentence on a weapons conviction in New York.

Ja Rule was nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for the album, "Pain is Love."

sgoldsmith@nydailynews.com

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