Rapper Ja Rule surrendered to prison officials at Rikers Island today (June 8th), to begin a 2 1/2 year prison bid for possessing a handgun. Today, just before he turned himself in Ja Rule sent one last message to his Twitter followers. "Out on my patio having my last free moment I love all my fans Pain is love!!!" Ja Rule tweeted. The rapper will serve most of his time in an upstate correctional facility in New York.