Rapper Ja Rule was slammed on Wednesday by a judge as he presented in a court in Manhattan for posing bails for two co-defendants.

Two of his friends, Dennis Cherry and Mohamed Gamal, are involved in a case of gun possession and both pleaded not guilty.

State Supreme Court Justice Micki Scherer expressed her concern about Ja Rule’s move saying that "has put himself in the position of perhaps controlling the outcome of the case. I think the potential for it is a big problem," the Associated Press reports.

The bail of Ja Rule, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, is $150,000 bond or cash; Cherry's bail is $150,000 bond or $75,000 cash, and Gamal's bail is $20,000 bond or $10,000 cash.

Cherry is the road manager of Ja Rule while Gamal is his driver and the owner of a limo service.

According to bail bondsman Ira Judelson, the bonds are secured by Ja Rule's $3.5 million house in Saddle River, N.J.

Stacey Richman, Ja Rule’s lawyer, said that the two will come up with different bail packages.

On July 22, 2007 the three were stopped by police in Manhattan for speeding around 10:30 p.m. When they’ve checked the car, police found that the car had no insurance and its registration was suspended.

Upon searching the car, the officers found a .40-caliber pistol, police said.

Gamal’s lawyer, Eric Franz, said that his client was not aware of the gun being there.

Police also "detected a strong odor of marijuana," in the 2004 Maybach, Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said in court.

Although the odor was detected there weren’t any charges on drug possession.

Ja Rule, 31, became famous in the mid-1990s after appearing with Jay-Z on the hit song “Can I Get A....” his 1999 solo debut “Venni Vetti Vecci” went platinum. He enjoyed success with his collaboration on “I’m Real” with Jennifer Lopez.