The “Always on Time” rapper’s encounter appears to have stemmed from his decades-long feud with 50 Cent.

Ja Rule caught on camera getting into heated argument on plane, says he ‘popped on these punks’

The "Always on Time" rapper's encounter appears to have stemmed from his decades-long feud with 50 Cent.

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Ja Rule received more than a plane ride over the weekend during a flight from San Francisco to New York.

The "Mesmerize" artist got into a shouting match with fellow rappers Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda, who are both part of Ja Rule rival 50 Cent's G-Unit Records, while traveling via Delta. Footage of the tense moment has made its way to social media and TMZ.

The outlet reports that a spokesperson from the airline said two customers had a disagreement and were spoken to by the cabin crew. One of them was booked on a later flight, which successfully landed at its destination.

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In a statement to TMZ, Ja Rule — whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins — didn't seem bothered.**

"These f---ing clowns..." Ja Rule said. "I saw them when I got on I was laughing like look at these two clowns lol they look like they saw a ghost deer in the headlights they always talking s--- so I addressed them lol."

Uncle Murda, whose real name is Leonard Grant, shared what appears to be footage from before the altercation, in which Ja Rule is seated on the plane, loudly speaking back to someone calling him out.

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The same post contains a clip of Uncle Murda and Yayo spreading out in their empty rows.

"Ja got off the plane lol I took his seat," Uncle Murda wrote.

** has reached out to Ja Rule.**

Frequent Ja Rule critic 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) shared Murda's clip with his own caption. "He was by his self so he had to make a scene so they could remove his scary a--."

The beef between the two sides dates back to the '90s.

Ja Rule and 50 Cent have feuded for years.

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In November, Ja Rule himself said that he doesn't think it's been good for New York's hip-hop scene.

"Look at Kendrick and Drake,” he said on the *7PM in Brooklyn With Carmelo Anthony* podcast. "Nothing good is coming out of any of these things."**

He thought it separated people.

Still, Ja Rule said, "I feel like I was the better rapper."**

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