Ja Rule Apologizes Following Airplane Altercation With Tony Yayo & Uncle Murda: ‘I’m Not Proud of My Behavior’

Ja Rule has apologized for his actions following a heated dispute with G-Unit’s Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda on a Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 8) flight.

The Murda Inc. artist issued an apology via ABC News on Thursday (Feb. 12), in which he said that he wasn’t proud with how he acted on the plane, and reposted the statement to his Instagram.

“I’m not proud of my behavior. It’s goofy to me. I’m a grown man about to be a proud grandfather, and I wish that video of me wasn’t out there either,” he said. “I don’t like people taking me out of my character, so for that, I apologize to my wife, family, fans, business and investment partners. I want people to know at the end of the day, I’m still a man and I’m going to stand my ground. I don’t start trouble.”

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D Nice and Memphis Bleek gave Ja Rule props for showing maturity and taking the high road after tensions boiled over. D Nice commented with a simple “Respect” on the Instagram post, while Memphis Bleek shared “100” and the flexed bicep emojis.

Billboard has reached out to Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda for comment.

Footage of the heated confrontation quickly went viral after Uncle Murda posted it to social media on Monday (Feb. 9). “Sucka a— Ja Rule on the plane,” Murda said in the clip. “Shut yo sucka a— up you f—king sucka!”

Ja replied: “Old a—, police a—, sucka a—!”

Murda and Yayo claimed Ja threw a pillow at them in first class. TMZ then posted another angle of the altercation, which saw Ja Rule ready to pop off. “Let’s shake,” he repeatedly shouted while standing in the aisle.

A Delta spokesperson confirmed to Billboard that there was a disagreement between parties on the flight out of San Francisco to NYC on Super Bowl Sunday, and one person was removed — which appears to have been Ja Rule — before takeoff.

As usual, 50 Cent didn’t miss a chance to troll Ja Rule, and the G-Unit boss reposted the footage to his Instagram on Monday, adding another chapter to their 25-plus-year feud.

“He was by his self so he had to make a scene so they could remove his scary a—,” 50 wrote. “LOL YAYO said suck my d—k, the … stewardess said it’s going down. LOL.”

Ja Rule hopped on X on Monday night to defend himself and explain what happened with the G-Unit crew members. “I popped on these punks by myself on a plane lmao,” he wrote. “p–sy a— n—as I threw the pillow at yayo head cuz you soft…knocked ya hat all off s–t was hilarious.”