Ja Rule, who is due to appear in court this week for gun possession charges, has revealed how he is preparing to serve a sentence in jail.

The American rapper told VIBE magazine:

“It's been a crazy three years going through this situation. Lil Wayne will be home in November. I'm still facing a lot of time. So, I've got to mentally put my mind on it and work toward.

“God will see me through it, I've got a good family, good people around me and I’ve got a lot of mottos I live by man. 'Don't get mad, get money.' 'Persistence outweighs resistance.' I just try to stay focused throughout all the bulls**t and keep pushing.

“As long as I've been in this business it's been a struggle. Ain't nothing been easy. Even when we were doing 3, 4 million, it wasn't easy. It was a fight to the finish, and this is going to be the same thing. Right now it's no different.”

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