In the first film, rapper Ja Rule played a character named Edwin who participates in the opening race with Brian and Dom. If you know these movies well, you’ll recall that before the race, a young woman named Monica comes up to Edwin and promises him a night with her whether he wins or loses — and if he wins, she says he’ll get a threesome with her and one of her friends.
Naturally, Edwin loses in spectacular fashion, yelling out “Monica!” in agony as he realizes he’s doomed for last place. After his sub-par performance in the race, Monica wants nothing to do with him.
According to Grantland, Edwin was supposed to get a significantly larger role in “2 Fast 2 Furious.” Though Ja Rule said in a 2002 interview that he turned the movie down because he “just felt it wasn’t the best move for me as far as what I want to do in Hollywood right now.” Director John Singleton, who helmed “2 Fast 2 Furious,” had the real story:
“Ja got too big for himself. He turned it down. He turned down a half a million dollars. He got 15 grand to be in the first movie. He was really big at that time. I guess Murder Inc. was throwing out hits and were making money hand over foot. He was acting like he was too big to be in the sequel. He wouldn’t return calls. I went to the studio to go see him — that’s just my mantra, I deal with a lot of music people. He was kinda playing me to the side and I was like, ‘What? What is this s***?'”