Ja Rule And Ashanti In Counseling After He Repeatedly Duets With Other Women

NEW YORK CITY, NY—According to publicists, longtime musical partners Ja Rule and Ashanti are currently in counseling due to the rapper’s repeated duets with other female singers.

While the Queens-based hip-hop star has long been associated with his Murder Inc. labelmate, longstanding rumors that he flagrantly has been involving himself musically with other women have proven to be true.

“I thought we had something special,” Ashanti tearfully told their therapist, Dr. Steven Jacobs. “When ‘Always On Time’ became a huge hit, I thought we were going to be duetting forever. I thought this was the real thing.”

When confronted with evidence that he had gone into recording studios with women other than Ashanti and committed his trademark gruff vocal stylings to tape alongside theirs, Rule said: “Look, they didn’t mean anything. I know I did 'Body' with Ashley Joi, but that didn’t even chart, it shouldn’t count. I'll change, baby!”

Rule fell silent as Dr. Jacobs played a snippet of Jennifer Lopez’s “I’m Real (Murder Remix).”

"Baby, I promise that was the last one," he pleaded before punching a wall in frustration. "Y'all want in on my new festival?"

“Musical infidelities like these are far more common than many think,” Dr. Jacobs told reporters. “From Kelly Rowland spurning Nelly for Weezy to Rihanna cycling through Kanye, Drake, and Em like a harem, musical monogamy is a social standard that many just find they can’t maintain.”

As of press time, Rule and Ashanti were cautiously exploring the possibility of an open musical relationship, with the caveat that neither of them is allowed to go anywhere near Fat Joe.