{"id":271038,"date":"2026-06-18T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271038\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:15:11","slug":"ja-rule-reposts-2015-new-york-giants-anthem-after-knicks-championship-but-fans-honestly-would-rather-listen-to-his-classic-gotham-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271038\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Rule Reposts 2015 \u2018New York Giants\u2019 Anthem After Knicks Championship, But Fans, Honestly, Would Rather Listen to His Classic Gotham Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are no shortage of anthems honoring<\/a> the NBA world champion New York Knicks these days. From the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys\u2019 apropos 2009 epic \u201cEmpire State of Mind\u201d \u2014\u00a0which Keys will sing<\/a> at today\u2019s ticker tape parade honoring the champs in Manhattan \u2014\u00a0to Frank Sinatra\u2019s \u201cTheme From New York, New York,\u201d Billy Joel\u2019s \u201cNew York State of Mind\u201d and Jesse Itzler\u2019s \u201cGo Ny Go,\u201d it seems like the soundtrack of the summer is anything Gotham-related.<\/p>\n

One artist who already had a quintessential homage to the city just shared another anthem in time for today\u2019s victory parade, but, honestly, from the sounds of it, some fans would like to hit rewind instead. \u201cJa, \u2018New York\u2019 is literally the best anthem in Ny history already you don\u2019 gotta do nothing else,\u201d wrote one commenter under a video posted by Ja Rule<\/a> of what sounds like a resurfacing of his unreleased 2015 jam \u201cNew York Giants<\/a>.\u201d The \u201cNew York\u201d the commenter referenced is the MC\u2019s iconic 2004 track of that name featuring Jadakiss and NBA Finals courtside staple Fat Joe.<\/p>\n

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\u201c34th Street off the West Side \/ I see your big sign that says \u2018New Yorker\u2019 \/ What New York got to offer? \/ Big money, big cars, I\u2019m all for it,\u201d the 2015 track begins. With a spare, grittier arrangement than 2004\u2019s beloved, bouncier \u201cNew York\u201d track, \u201cGiants\u201d bops along on a shuffling beat and gothic keyboards, with Hollis Queens-bred Rule shouting out the refrain \u201cQueens get the money\u201d on the refrain.<\/p>\n

At press time a spokesperson for Ja Rule had not returned Billboard\u2018s request for comment on \u201cGiants\u201d and it did not appear that it was available on any major streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

The comments on Rule\u2019s Tuesday (June 16) post \u2014\u00a0which featured Ja posing on the floor next to a replica of the NBA championship trophy in front of a window while wearing a jacket that reads \u201cNew York to the World\u201d in script on the back \u2014\u00a0were not kind to the resurfaced track.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we do a new music video and remake of \u2018New York,’\u201d wrote one, while another suggested a more uplifting anthem might have made more sense. \u201cCan we get A New York song that actually feels good????,\u201d they wrote. \u201cWhat\u2019s with all the gangsta references all the time ?????? The Knicks can\u2019t party to this, celebration can not be had to this man smhhhhhh,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

Mostly, though, they just gave props to the original, suggesting it might have made more sense to update \u201cNew York\u201d with a remix featuring some fresh collaborators as a way to celebrate the Knicks\u2019 first NBA title in 53 years. \u201cNew York\u201d has long been a favorite of Knicks fans and it\u2019s often played at Madison Square Garden. And, not for nothing, fan footage from Thursday\u2019s parade<\/a> showed Ja performing the song atop bus crawling through the jam-packed streets of the city as fans waved and sang along to the song\u2019s iconic refrain: \u201cI got a hundred guns, a hundred clips\/ N\u2013ga, I\u2019m from New York, New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

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