A New Jersey contractor has dropped a lawsuit against rapper Ja Rule – because the complainant fears for his safety. Ja was accused of failing to pay contractor Joel Tobia the remaining $8,000 balance of a $13,000 bill, after he agreed to fix a bad leak at the star’s Saddle River mansion in early 2007.

Joel told Superior Court Judge Roy F. McGeady he was “extremely uncomfortable going forward with this case.”

Appearing at Hackensack Municipal Court, he added: “People are asking me, ‘Do you know what you are doing?’

“I have two children. I am concerned. I hope you are reading between the lines.”

Lil Wayne and Ja Rule were arrested Sunday evening after a concert in Manhattan on charges of criminal possession of weapons, each in separate incidents, according to the NYPD.

Officers pulled over a speeding car around 10:37 p.m. on the Upper West Side carrying Ja Rule and two others. They also recovered a .40-caliber pistol from the vehicle.

Lil Wayne was arrested about an hour later after officers caught him and another man smoking marijuana on the street. Officers at the scene also found a .40-caliber pistol in his possession.

The Artist Formerly Known as Ja Rule showed up at The Universial Music Group Grammy Afterparty sporting something that looked like a dry S Curl…(Insert chorus of “It’s A Shame).