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What do Diddy,Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Ja Rule have in common? Yes, they’re all mega-successful rap stars, but they’ve also done rounds with50 Cent. When he’s not calling out his foes in song or during an interview, he can be found putting them on blast via his formidable social media presence. Over the years he’s come for full-time fighters (looking at you, Floyd Mayweather), ex-girlfriends, andeven his own son. Read on for some of Fiddy’s biggest beefs of all time.
Vivica A. Fox
Everyone knows that exes often lead to the greatest feuds. 50 Cent and Vivica A. Fox dated in 2003 and called it quits a short time later, leading to a slew of horrendous public spats in which the rapper accused her of using their romance as a publicity stunt. While they patched things up long enough for Fox to appear in the music video for 50’s 2009 track “Do You Think About Me,” they were back at it in October 2015 when the actress questioned his sexuality during an appearance onWatch What Happens Live.
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HostAndy Cohenasked Fox — who stars on andproducesEmpire, a rival to 50’s Starz dramaPower—about 50 Cent’snow-deleted Instagram postthat blamedEmpire’s dip in ratings on plot lines that featured too much “gay stuff.” Fox replied, “First of all, you know the pot called the kettle black is all I’m saying,” which led viewers to believe she was insinuating that he himself was homosexual.
In response, 50 Cent attacked Fox via social media, sharing unflattering photos, including one of her donning a low-cut dress with the words “really bad boob job!” written over the picture. “Bitch remember when you told me f— Halle Berry and you could have played all the roles she did better than her? And I just looked at you like what the f— kind s— did you take? LMAO,” he wrote alongside the photo. He then later took to Twitter to call Fox “crazy.”
After laying low for a while, 50 reignited the feud in September 2016 when he shared a split photo of a woman with botched plastic surgery and Fox. “I don’t know why people would want to cross me. I would stay out of my way, if I wasn’t me because I’m gonna keep winning,” he captioned the photo. “I think they do it for attention then get more attention than they want. I told youPOWERwas the show to watch. NowEmpirelol forget it.”
Months later, in December, the rapper appeared onWatch What Happens Liveto address Fox’s assertions. “I said to myself, personally, I said, ‘Oh no! ‘Cause I let her lick my ass, she thinks I’m gay!’” he said.
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Their relationship thawed in 2017, but Fox stirred the pot in the spring of 2018 whenrevealing excerptsfrom her forthcoming bookEvery Day, I’m Hustlingcharacterized her sex life with the rapper as “PG-13.” Elsewhere in the book, she wrote that “most of the time, I would be the one initiating sex, because I really enjoyed making love with him.”
Marquise Jackson
Marquise Jackson.Supreme McGriff/Instagram. Inset: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
50 Cent has had a rocky relationship with his son for quite some time, due in part to his nasty split from his mother,Shaniqua Tompkins.
ThePowerproducer and Tompkins dated for several years in the ’90s and welcomed Marquis together in 1997. The couple had an extended custody battle over the child and didn’t reachan official arrangement until October 2008.
During the battle, the rapper admitted that having limited contact with Marquise, who was 11 at the time, was “the toughest, because he’s my motivation.”
He added: “My relationship with my son is changing because he and his mom aren’t friends anymore. There’s different channels I have to go through. He has lawyers appointed to him through the court. So I have to talk to his lawyer to get things situated for me to actually get him.”
50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins.Todd DeChalus/REX/Shutterstock; Shaniqua Tompkins
Though the rapper has attempted to mend his strained relationship with Marquise several times, his son says the constant drama with Tompkins pushed him away.
“It completely went south when I was probably like 10 or 11,” Marquise toldRap-Upin an interview last year. “He wasn’t really around enough. It kind of dwindled down as time went on and certain events happened.”
“For me, I just started feeling differently about him because growing up, my dad was my superhero,” he continued. “He’s on television, he does this, he does this, he would take me to school. It was like having a father who’s Superman, more or less.”
“But then, as I got older, you start realizing things or you start seeing certain patterns and it takes an effect on your relationship with people,” Marquise added. “That’s what happened with me and my father. He’s still alive but I can’t tell you our last conversation or the last time we even had a dialogue.”
In December 2018, 50 Cent posted a disturbing comment on an Instagram photo of his son Marquise hanging out with the son of his longtime rival, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Criminal investigators previously alleged McGriff was involved in a plot to kill 50 Cent which culminated in the rapper’s May 2000 shooting, a search warrant unsealed in 2005 revealed,according to CBS News. McGriff is currently serving a life sentence on unrelated charges.
Kanye West
Fiddy staged whatRolling Stonefamously called the “Clash of Rap Titans” in September 2007 when he challengedKanye Westto a battle of album sales. With his ownCurtisdue to be released the same day as Yeezy’sGraduation, he made the ultimate bet. “IfKanye Westsells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer write music,” he said. “I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t put out any more solo albums.”
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Diddy appeared to be correct, as Fiddy sent heartfelt wishes the rapper’s way after the death of his longtime love in mid-November. “R.I.P. to Kim Porter, I send my condolences to her friends and family. She was loved and will be missed dearly,” the rapperwrote on Twitter. “I know Puff is hit right now he loved her for real, soul mate type s—. Chin up Puff, positive vibes only.”
Lil Wayne
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Lil Wayne responded with some subliminal disses on the track “Louisianimal,” rapping in part: “All about a dollar, f— two quarters/Bitch I’ll pour syrup in that Vitamin Water/I hope you die ugly and tonight’ll be gorgeous/Feed me your organs, bitch I’m starving.”
Ja Rule
Floyd Mayweather
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The feud remained quiet for years, before sparking back up in the spring of 2018 after Mayweather reportedly booked Teairra Mari —who was suing 50 Cent for revenge porn— to perform at his strip club. The back and forth continued over the summer, with Mayweather posting an open letter on Instagram claiming that 50’s own son doesn’t want to spend time with him.
“You haven’t had a hit song on radio in who knows when and you’re definitely not hot enough to even sell records anymore so Interscope dropped you,” he wrote. “You are jealous of any rapper, athlete or entertainer that’s hot or got something going on for themselves. You are a certified snitch and we got paperwork to prove it.”
In an interview with TMZ this summer, 50 Cent referred to the boxing champ — for not the first time — ashis “little brother.”
source: people.com
