Last year around this time, the ever controversial machine known to the masses as 50 Cent was busy sending disrespectful rhymes in the direction pointed at fellow New York rap superstar Jay-Z. For the past months the Queens native had been baiting the god MC on wax with the assistance of former Roc-A-Fella artist Beanie Sigel.

Following Jay And Eminem’s opening night of their “Home And Home” tour at Detroit’s Comerica Park, Fif and Jay-Z deaded their beef backstage after the two ran into each other.

“We got a chance to kick it for a minute,” 50 told MTV News. “I know people were interested in what that conversation was like. But they can ask Jay-Z. I take people’s actions as if it’s genuinely how they feel. I can only use what I saw you do as if that’s what you meant. I can’t understand what your motivation was prior to that.”

As things appeared to have taken a more peaceful route following the union, the G-Unit general may have just re-opened that can of worms. In a recent interview with MTV UK, Fif calls his relationship with Jay-Z “business” and says he uses it as leverage for his own interests.

“We don’t have those kinds of relationships” 50 declared. “These people are people I associate with. We are in the same business. We are not necessarily friends. We don’t call each other for no reason.”

“It’s not like we have something against each other to make us enemies,” Fiddy continued. “Me and Jay[-Z] will use each other. Repeatedly. For energy.

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Two men in Buffalo, New York, were sent to the hospital with stab wounds after a brawl broke out during after a concert featuring G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks.

According to police, Lloyd Banks was performing at The Town Ballroom on Saturday (March 5th) when two men were stabbed in two separate incidents, inside the venue.

Clayton Webster, 23 and Anthony Marshall, 21, were both stabbed repeatedly inside of the venue, police confirmed.

While Marshall is in stable condition, Webster is still in critical condition at the Erie County Medical Center.

Investigators are attempting to determine if the two incidents are connected, or if one of the stabbings was a retaliatory act for the other.

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Posted: Friday – April 23, 2010

Has anyone ever had that girlfriend/boyfriend that just wouldn’t get over the past and continue to bring up, even years down the line?

With Shyne’s recent attack on 50 Cent and Game attempting to deliver a knockout on “400 Bars”, it is evident that these two rappers still have some sort of fixation with the G-Unit general.

There’s such an enormous amount of hate, one would think that 50 got their baby’s mothers pregnant or something. After awhile, the relentless dissing just sounds like a mosquito that keeps buzzing around a person’s ear…annoying.

During an interview with VIBE, the leader of the G-Unot campaign spoke on Shyne’s attack on his former labelmate.

“That’s him man [with the beef], and I’m glad he can take that 50 Cent beef with him. I’m slowly but surely phasing it out, and I might poke a little fun here and there but for the most part I’m over it.”

So, is there like a 12 step program or a detox to get 50 Cent out of a person’s system?

He also commented on Shyne’s “bumpy” return to rap.

“I’m sure he’s rough around the edges. It’s kinda like if Kobe [Bryant] just decides to sit it down, and you come back out your first three, it’s probably gonna be an airball, you know? You just gotta give him a little room, a little space, let him breathe and I’m sure you’ll get the old Shyne back.”

Making the comparison to Kobe might have been a little over the top and it might be better to just call it Michael Jordan when he returned and moved to the Wizards.

Man, what if they were to team up and go at 50? I don’t know about you, but a diss the length of a sitcom would surely only make them both come off a little questionable if all these bars are for one man.

Rappers, spending so much time holding a grudge for years can’t be beneficial health wise. What’s done is done, so move on.

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Posted: Thursday – April 22, 2010

Recently released rapper Shyne is continuing his attack on 50 Cent and G-Unit with his latest track, There Will Be Blood. The song comes less than a week after the Belizean-bred rapper released a freestyle over Alicia Keys’ single Unthinkable on which he dedicated a one line diss to Fif, and finds him insinuating that 50 works with the feds and referring to G-Unit members as “chipmunks.”

“The champ is here and not a minute too quickly, like Mike, I’m back to the city to drop 50. Upon my return, I empty the cartridge, got fat while I was gone, now I’ma send you where God is,” raps Shyne. “Ah-hem, let me clear my throat — when you talk to the Feds, spell my name with a ‘y’/I hate rats and chumps, you guys ain’t gorillas, you’re fucking chipmunks/FYI, I’m the king of the jungle.”

The beef, which started more than six years ago, is reportedly a result of a failed business deal between the two. While Shyne was incarcerated, Fif was trying to recruit him into G-Unit, but Shyne instead chose to establish his own label under the Def Jam Island Records label. Shortly afterwards, 50 started sending shots Shyne’s way during interviews and most notably during a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 radio show. Shyne responded via the track For The Record, which was featured on his Godfather Buried Alive album, and Fif subsequently released Piggy Bank.

The war between the two had died down until recently, when Shyne began releasing freestyles. 50 has yet to respond.

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Posted: Tuesday – April 13, 2010

“I think he’s just the sexiest, and a brilliant writer. And I know he’s gay.” – Rufus Wainwright

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson might just want to think twice before he starts anymore beefs with rappers as his own sexuality is being placed into question.

According to singer Rufus Wainwright, who has already professed his love for the rapper, he makes the claims that 50 might have more than just a sweet tooth for candy.

People always did wonder about those G-Unit tank tops too…

Speaking with Details Magazine, Wainwright elaborated more on his fantasy where the lead role is none other than Jackson.

“That cute little voice of his. It’s okay, 50 Cent. Feel free to call me anytime. My boyfriend and I are experts. You can come over for dinner. And maybe dessert,” Wainwright said.

Well 50, might want to stand clear and be aware of exactly what that international love is from here on out. Female groupies are one thing to handle, but dudes can only mean even more trouble brewing.

Go shorty…It’s your birthday.

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Posted: Friday – February 12, 2010

As it was reported earlier, rapper Game made the announcement that everything had truly come full circle as he was now rolling with Dr. Dre once again and joined the team of Aftermath Records once again.

Apparently, there are rumors swirling that Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson isn’t sitting too well with having his enemy on the same label as him and has stated that he will not stay on the label now that the West Coast rapper is back.

It’s even been taken as far as saying that he won’t even work with Dre while Game is signed back to the team.

Now, for the record, 50 hasn’t seemed to be in a pleasant relationship with the producer for some time as the years have progressed. On Before I Self Destruct, the rapper pointed out the fact that Dre didn’t do anything when Game betrayed G-Unit on “So Disrespectful”.

It can also be noted that Dre started working with Ashanti, which was once his enemy due to her allegiance with Ja Rule.
Adding more politics, Jackson had already made the statement that he was ready to leave Interscope due to the shady business that he’s had to deal with during his music career. Yayo made that statement that himself and Banks were now free agents, so why not just round it out and lead the G-Unit movement on an independent route?

It seems that may have been true in his sentiments off of his last album because it seems now like the walls are caving in from all sides with no way out. There is, however, nothing wrong with going back to step 1 and starting from scratch.

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