US Rapper Ja Rule ‘Devastated’ at Being Denied Entry to UK for Tour

Published on February 29, 2024

LONDON—American rapper Ja Rule said he was “devastated” that he had been denied entry to Britain days before he was due to begin the opening leg of his international tour due to his criminal record. All the British performances of “The Sunrise Tour,” including in London, Nottingham, and Liverpool, were showing as canceled on the Ticketmaster website. It was due to begin on March 1. “I’m so devastated, I can’t believe the UK won’t let me in. I’ve spent a half million dollars in production of my own money to put this tour together only to be denied entry days before my shows,” Ja Rule said on social media site X late on Tuesday....

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