Rap star Ja Rule is due in court this week to face gun possession charges.
The proposed trial stems from July 2007, when police stopped his luxury sports car for speeding following a Manhatten concert and said they found a loaded semiautomatic gun in a rear door.
His chauffered 250,000-plus US dollar Maybach also had a suspended registration and no insurance, police said.
The platinum-selling rapper has pleaded not guilty to criminal weapon possession. His lawyer has said the traffic stop was unjustified and has questioned a type of DNA analysis used in the case.
Known for his gravelly voice and collaborations with artists including Ashanti and Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule scored a 2002 nomination for the best rap album Grammy Award with Pain Is Love.
Born Jeffrey Atkins, he also also has appeared in movies, including the 2001 film The Fast And The Furious and 2003’s Scary Movie 3.
Ja Rule was leaving the Beacon Theatre when his car was stopped. Police said they smelled marijuana and found a .40-caliber semiautomatic gun in the rear driver’s side door. He wasn’t charged with drug possession, and a judge threw out the rapper’s statement to police that he had “a little bit of weed” in his pocket.
If convicted on the gun charge, the 34-year-old could face up to four years in prison.
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