Ja Rule and 50 Cent Beef
In case you missed it, 50 Cent recently reignited our interest in his long-standing rivalry with Ja Rule when he said that he would rather battle against Snoop Dogg – and we are so here for the drama.
The P.I.M.P rapper threw down the gauntlet when he made it very clear that he did not think his old nemesis was worthy of his competition in Timbaland and Swizz Beatz's Verzuz Instagram Live Battle series.
Explaining his reasoning, 50 Cent told Big Boy on Big Boy's Neighborhood: 'It would make more sense catalogue-wise, me and Snoop.
'Cause we could compete every step of the way. Ja Rule? He got like five, six good duets…'
Ja Rule quickly responded on Instagram, writing: 'He don't want that pressure… ?" and Snoop [out] ya league bra!!!??'
So as the pair's feud has gained our attention again, let's take a look back at the history of this very brilliant but nuanced rivalry.
How did it begin?
Both rappers have given different reasons to how their feud began, but 50 Cent detailed the fallout in his 2005 autobiography From Pieces to Weight.
According to him, their feud dates back to 1999 when Ja Rule saw 50 Cent with a man who had robbed him of his jewellery.
50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, wrote: 'Ja saw me in a club with the kid who robbed him. I went over to say, "What's up" to Ja, and he acted like he had a problem with me. But I'm not the one who robbed him.'
Ja Rule, real name Jeffrey Atkins, admitted the robbery did occur but claimed he never saw Curtis with the robber and insisted the rift began when 50 was snubbed by the Murder Inc's (a once-booming record label founded by Chris and Irv Gotti) entourage during a music video shoot for Ja's song Murda 4 Life.
1999-2005
We all know from his Instagram that Curtis is not one to back down, so it was no surprise when he released diss track Life's On The Line aimed at Ja and Murder Inc, leaving fans gasping for air.
In 2000, the two were booked at the same nightclub to perform and they ended up brawling. No biggie.
A few months later Ja Rule heard that Fiddy was recording music at the Hit Factory studios in New York City and took his crew to pay him a little visit.
50 Cent was stabbed and both Ja Rule and Murder Inc rapper Black Child were arrested. Not your average feud after all, right?
Irv Gotti claimed in 2002 that the Get Rich Or Die Tryin' star signed an order of protection against Irv and Ja Rule, but it was actually issued for 50 Cent by the NYPD.
And would you look at that, he responded in the most Fiddy way possible, releasing I Smell P***y , which called out Irv, Ja Rule, Black Child and Cadillac Tah.
His debut album had the track Back Down, which questioned the street cred of both Ja Rule and Murder Inc. Yikes. Then came Ja's diss track Loose Change which attacked hip hop group G-Unit and used some homophobic slurs that would have had the world in a frenzy if released today.
But wait there's more. 50 Cent, Eminem and Busta Rhymes attacked back with Hail Mary, mocking Ja' Rule's obsession with Tupac Shakur.
2006-2015
In May 2011, it was confirmed that both Ja Rule and 50 Cent had called time on their feud.
The year 2013 was a big step for both rappers, with Ja Rule admitting 50 Cent won the feud during an interview with Hot 97.
The same year, the two New York stars randomly ended up on the same aisle on the same flight but there was no altercation between the two.
Can you imagine?
Ja Rule later released his memoir in the July of that year, and one section claimed it was the 21 Questions rapper's info that led to a federal investigation into Murder Inc – an accusation that 50 Cent denied.
2016 – present day
2017 was a great year for 50 Cent, who took advantage by making jokes about Ja Rule when the Always On Time rapper got caught up in the Fyre Festival chaos.
Yeah, it's hard to forget about the disaster when a fancy festival tried to get away with feeding festival-goers a slice of cheese with salad.
In 2018 – after 50 mocked him yet again – Ja Rule wrote a series of tweets saying 50 owes him his life, and that he 'owned his soul' as 'you're my b***h!.'
The pettiest revenge yet was when 50 Cent bought 200 front row tickets to Ja Rule's concert in Las Vegas so that it would be empty.
It was an absolute baller move and we have to say, fair play, but still – harsh.
On the bright side, Ja Rule was amused and tweeted: 'I get under @50cent skin… I love it.'
So, given recent events, it seems we are far from seeing the end of Ja Rule's and 50 Cent's 21-year-long feud. So settle in and grab your popcorn, folks: it's going to be a long one.
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Source: https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/04/entire-history-50-cent-ja-rules-long-running-feud-two-compete-better-rapper-12651222/