"Can I Get A..." was a hit single from rapper Jay-Z's album Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life. It featured Ja Rule on the third verse, giving him significant exposure -- he would go on to become a popular rapper in the late '90s and early 2000s. Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Jeffery Atkins(born February 29, 1976 in Hollis, Queens), better known as Ja Rule, is an American rapper and actor. ...

The chorus of the original song starts with "Can I get a 'fuck you'," but was changed to "Can I get a 'what what'" for radio.