Ja Rule was asked about those longstanding rumors that Ashanti actually sang Jennifer Lopez's vocals in the 2001 hit "I'm Real," which he wrote.
Ja Rule said, "No, that's not true. Let me clear this story up because it is a rumor going around. So, here's what happened: I wrote 'I'm Real' for Jennifer Lopez. And I sung the original version of it as a reference, but I sound terrible, of course, on the reference, so Ashanti then sung the reference for Jennifer Lopez."
The mix-up is that a producer left some vocals underneath when they mixed down the record. Ja Rule thinks Ashanti's vocals might be underneath. He said, "That is the rumor. I don't even know if it's really true."
Host Andy Cohen was still a little confused, so Ja Rule laughed and said, "I didn't f—ing mix it. It's J.Lo singing on the record, of course, but Ashanti's vocals maybe. I'm not 100 percent sure, but that is where the story came from. There's a little confusion. I get it, I get it. But you would have to ask Irv, the producer, 100 percent if he left the vocals underneath the bed."