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Fat Joe and Ja Rule jumped on Instagram Live following their Verzuz battle, during which Joe claimed that Ja was the Drake of his era.

Fat Joe loves giving his longtime friends their flowers, and his recent Verzuz opponent Ja Rulewas next in line. On Wednesday (September 15), Fat Joe and Ja Rule hopped on Instagram Live to break down their historic Verzuz battle from the night before. Both rappers had a stranglehold on Hip Hop and pop in the early 2000s and Fat Joe made it a point to uplift Jas incredible career, saying the Queens legend did what Drakeis currently doing long before the 6 God was breaking records. No disrespect to your Hip Hop roots, youre a pop star, Joe told Ja Rule. I always tell everybody you was the Drake before Drake. You had hit after hit after hit after hit. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) Ja laughed off the compliment before claiming Drake is one of the greatest of all time, which Joey Crack agreed with but that didnt stop him from giving the Murder Inc. rapper his flowers. Hes the GOAT, we not going there, Fat Joe added. But what Im saying is for the youth whos tuned in, they dont realize that this guy Ja Rule had a run like Drake for years. Just hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit. Fat Joe made a bold claim, but its hard to argue Ja Rules remarkable run during Hip Hops early transition into the pop world. Ja sold over 30 million records worldwide and had several Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits, three of which went No. 1 ( Im Real (Murder Remix) and Aint It Funnyboth featuring Jennifer Lopez and Always On Timefeaturing Ashanti). He topped the Billboard 200 twice with Rule 3:36 in 2000 and Pain Is Love in 2001 and was nominated for four Grammy Awards. Fat Joe: Yesterdays hits are not todays hits! Everybody rocking to Ja Rules hits: #Verzuz Read more