50 CENT'S MOST INFAMOUS BEEFS

50 Cent sure knows how to fight 'em.

Not every rapper is the same when it comes to starting or finishing beefs. Some of them avoid beefs at all costs, squashing them as soon as they come up. Others seem to start a beef at the smallest drop of a hat that can last for years.

50 Cent might not be the rapper with the most beefs, but he’s certainly up there on that list. Here are ten of the rapper’s most infamous beefs.

Versus Ja Rule

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50 Cent and Ja Rule’s beef wasn’t really like other industry beefs; these guys seriously hated one another. Before they started exchanging shade on public records and before they took it to the music world, they got in physical fights more than once.

50 Cent actually opened up about him and Ja Rule’s conflicts in his biography, and the origins go back before their music started.

The Beef’s Beginnings

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According to his biography, one of his friends robbed Ja Rule’s chain. Ever since then, Ja Rule had a serious beef with 50 Cent.

The beginnings of the beef lasted for years to come. In 2000, when the two performed together, they were found fighting in a hotel parking lot. It also included beefs back and forth on tracks, including, “Wanksta,” “Clap Back,” and “Hail Mary.”

That said, the two seem to be okay now.

Versus Jimmy Iovine

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50 Cent and Jimmy Iovine used to get along fine before things took a turn for the worse. It’s not clear exactly what happened that started their drift. At some point, 50 Cent threatened to leak Dr. Dre’s next single, and that’s where things got really out of hand.

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50 Cent and Jimmy Iovine co-founded Interscope Records, which eventually drove them apart. 50 Cent lashed out at the label after he felt that they screwed up some opportunities linked to his album Street King Immortal.

50 Cent eventually moved to Capitol and Iovine left Interscope, but there’s probably still bad blood between them.

Versus Fat Joe

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Even though 50 Cent and Fat Joe’s fighting started out small, it snowballed pretty quickly and soon got out of hand. In 2004, Fat Joe agreed to be on Ja Rule’s song “New York,” making Fat Joe align on the wrong side of 50’s beef with Ja.

Back and Forth

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50 Cent and Fat Joe went back and forth with “Piggy Bank” and “Lean Back.”

In 2012 — eight years after it started — 50 Cent and Fat Joe seemed to have made up when they performed together along with A Tribe Called Quest, Missy Elliot and Busta Rhymes. Later, Fat Joe told Hot 107.9’s DJ Q Deezy that there were people who wanted them to make up all along, but they were both too “stubborn.”

Versus Cam’ron

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It all started when 50 called Koch Entertainment a graveyard and bragged that he could shut down any Koch project.

Koch’s general manager, Alan Grunblatt, called a radio station while it was interviewing 50, and 50 asked to talk to Cam. The two argued back and forth on the air.

“Funeral Music”

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50 Cent wasted no time. It only took him a week to put out his diss track against Cam’ron, “Funeral Music.” Cam was quick on the uptake, and put out his own diss track, “Curtis,” which would later be the name of one of 50 Cent’s albums.

The beef would eventually get squashed after Cam’ron took time off to take care of his sick mother; 50 Cent and Cam’ron reportedly hang out all the time now.

Versus Nas

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Nas and 50 Cent are both Kings of beef, so it’s not surprising that they’ve gotten into it with each other once or twice.

50 Cent has dissed Nas’s tattoo of Kelis on his track “Piggy Bank,” and Nas shot back with “Queens Get The Money,” calling 50 Cent a “porch monkey.”

Queens Kings

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This all supposedly started because 50 Cent thought that Nas got Fif kicked off of a remix of JL’s “I’m Gonna Be Alright.” Whether or not that’s true is still up in the air, but it spurned one of the most drawn-out rap conflicts we’ve seen.

All seems to be well between the two Kings from Queens because Nas gave an intro for 50 Cent’s performance during one of Hot 97’s annual festivals.

In Poor Taste

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When Rick Ross made fun of 50 Cent’s family’s loss, Fif was not having it.

50 Cent managed to do an interview with Ross’s baby mama for his website. She confirmed that Rick Ross used to work as a correctional officer. Afterwards, 50 Cent started a character known as “Officer Ricky” to make fun of Ross. Of course, Ross shot back, calling 50 Cent “Curly.”

Versus Rick Ross

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If there’s one thing most reasonable people know not to mess with, even in the world of rap beefs, it’s their competitor’s spouses, children, and families.

Yet and still, Rick Ross made fun of 50 Cent’s child Shaniqua Tompkins’ house burning down in May 2008.

Needless to say, a beef ensued.

In Poor Taste

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When Rick Ross made fun of 50 Cent’s family’s loss, Fif was not having it.

50 Cent managed to do an interview with Ross’s baby mama for his website. She confirmed that Rick Ross used to work as a correctional officer. Afterwards, 50 Cent started a character known as “Officer Ricky” to make fun of Ross. Of course, Ross shot back, calling 50 Cent “Curly.”