*Drawing inspiration from Jay-Z and Beyonce’s new joint album “Everything is Love,” Ja Rule took to Facebook and wondered why he and his longtime collaborator Ashanti couldn’t put out a full-length album of their own.
Welp, it’s happening.
The pair who gave us the 2001 hit “Always on Time” are already preparing to hit the studio for a collaborative album, Ashanti confirms to ET.
“Listen, me and Rule, it’s so funny because we’ve been talking about that for so long, but I think now he’s like, ‘OK, now it’s time to do it,'” she told ET’s Nischelle Turner at the BET Awards on Sunday. “So we’re going to carve out the time and make it happen.”
Ja Rule whet everyone’s appetite after tweeting a response to Jay-Z and Beyonce’s surprise album, tagging Ashanti and writing: “I think we should do one of these joint albums.”
The duo recently got together in the studio for “The Hamilton Mixtape,” joining forces on the song “Helpless.” In an interview for ET’s Interviews Under the Influence series in November, Ashanti revealed that the characters of Eliza and Hamilton were actually inspired by her relationship with Ja Rule.
“[Creator] Lin-[Manuel Miranda] actually had his people reach out to us, and told us backstage after we saw the play that he was inspired by Ja and I — Hamilton and Eliza were inspired by us,” she said.
“So when me and Ja went to see the play and went backstage, I was just like, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s crazy!’ So [Miranda] was really emotional just seeing both of us,” she continued. “It’s like his vision came to life. It really was such a moving experience because for him to say that we inspired the play is crazy.”
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