Earlier in April, popular American rapper Ja Rule shockingly revealed that he had once featured on a song with a Ghanaian artiste.
However, the song was never released, and the artiste in question had been forgotten by him.
In response, many have delved deep into the annals of time to identify the artiste in question and the song.
Little did many know that Ja Rule had actually collaborated with not one, but two Ghanaian artistes on two different songs.
Let’s take a look at who those artistes are and the unreleased songs they worked on together.
Tinny and Ja Rule (Good Time Rules)
An old studio clip of Ghanaian rap star Tinny and Ja Rule recording a track together resurfaced online. The song they were making was later discovered to be a track called “Good Time Rules.”
The song was recorded during Tinny’s peak years in the late 2000s when he was under his former label, Maddhaus Entertainment, and dominated the charts with hits like ‘Makola Kwakwe,’ ‘Ringtone,’ and ‘Zingolo.’
Despite the hype around the collaboration, the track never saw an official release.
Tinny addressed the situation in a 2015 interview with YFM, explaining that Maddhaus Entertainment retained the rights to the song.
“I did that record when I was with this record label called Maddhaus Entertainment, so they own that record. Everything is with them, and they will decide whether to release it or not.
“Ja Rule came to Ghana, and the management met him, played him some of my records, and he loved them. He said, ‘Let’s go do a song together.’ That was when Richie of Lynx Entertainment was coming up. We brought the data to Maddhaus studio and did it. It’s called ‘Good Time Rules.’ I have it, but I don’t own it, so I wouldn’t want to drop it. But you know, I’ve moved on,” he said.
Morris Babyface and Ja Rule (Hey Love)
Amidst the digging, another collaboration between a Ghanaian artiste and Ja Rule made waves on social media.
Kumasi-based Ghanaian music producer, singer, and songwriter, Marx Morris Twumasi, also known as Morris Babyface or Morris D’Voice Lovit, has also worked on a track titled “Hey Love” with Ja Rule in 2009.
“I went to ‘You Beats,’ and then he gave me Ja Rule’s vocals. I brought it to Kumasi, did a whole programming, and then did the singing as well. I made sure to fit Ja Rule’s rap into the song. But I actually didn’t release it,” he shared in an interview with Hitz FM on April 3, 2025.
While all the artistes involved have moved on, the mystery of what might have happened if “Hey Love” and “Good Time Rules” had been released remains an intriguing ‘what if’ in Ghanaian hip-hop history.
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