Ja Rule heads to prison in June

Ja Rule will head to prison this June, according to sources.

The rapper was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon last December.

The judge in the case has announced that the hip-hop star will begin his sentence on June 8, reports TMZ.

The charges stem from a 2007 incident in which police discovered a loaded semi-automatic weapon in his vehicle.

The 34-year-old previously called the sentencing a "minor setback".