The trio once planned to come together as Murder Inc.

Ja Rule, Jay-Z and DMX have each reached wildly different levels of success in recent years, however back at the turn of the millennium all three rappers were at the top of their game.

At one point, the three would-be New York icons planned to form a supergroup under the banner of Murder Inc. and even donned the front cover of XXL’s ninth edition under the Murder Inc. name back in the middle of ’99.

The trio recorded a bundle of tracks together however a combination of factors prevented the project from ever seeing the light of day. Speaking to MTV, Ja Rule revealed the main reason why the supergroup never panned out.

“We tried to deliver that album.” said Ja. “It was a situation where egos all just played a part in its demise. We couldn’t get X and Jay in the same room, from long ago, their storied battle on the pool table, guns out [and] all of that. That carried over into our careers and we were all trying to do our thing separately and it carried over. It was hard to get all of us into a room to do what we needed to do.”

He continued “We did a few records together and those records will always be classics to a lot of people in the history of hip hop. I wish that album would’ve came to fruition, it would’ve been real dope… I think there might be one– one or two joints that’s still out there that y’all haven’t heard.”

Watch the full interview below.