50 Cent Looks Back with Regret on Past Conflicts with Cam'ron, Fat Joe, and Jadakiss: 'We wasted too much time arguing'
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, hip-hop icon 50 Cent opened up about his complicated history of feuds with fellow New York rappers, including Cam’ron, Fat Joe, and Jadakiss.
Notably, 50 admitted that he regrets the time spent in conflict, particularly during the early 2000s.
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When the “In Da Club” hitmaker was asked if he has any regrets from his tumultuous career, he didn't hold back.
“Look, I think we wasted too much time arguing, me and Fat Joe, me and Cam’ron. There’s other guys like Jada[kiss], we cleared it up easier. But we wasted time because it was just the competitive nature. It wasn’t like we crossed paths and had real heat for each other.”
50 Cent Confesses He Regrets Feuding with Cam'ron, Fat Joe, and Jadakiss:
Delving deeper into his issues with Fat Joe, 50 Cent acknowledged the significant role their personalities played in their feud.
“It went on more with Joe because he’s more like me, he’s closer in character to me. When we’re at odds, we are at odds, and we did that for a long time."
Their rivalry was intensified by Fat Joe's connections with Irv Gotti and Ja Rule, which contributed to the tension.
“And because of his loyalty to Irv [Gotti] and Ja [Rule], because he worked with them, I was seeing him not be happy from the things that were making me happy. It’s easy for me to say, ‘Fuck you’ if what makes me happy makes you unhappy, then we’re not on the same page and it turns into some shit, and I couldn’t pinpoint what exactly happened.”
Looking back, 50 Cent expressed confusion over the origins of their conflict.
“When you look back at it, you go, ‘Wait, what happened?’ Because we didn’t even have no altercation or no specific thing that created it. Now he’s like my friend, and I don’t care that he has relationships with people that I don’t, because he’s always had those relationships.”
He emphasized that their friendship has grown strong enough that he no longer feels threatened by Joe's relationships with others in the industry.
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50 Cent recalled their past exchanges with a sense of disbelief, recalling tracks like “Piggy Bank” and “My FoFo” that exemplified their rivalry.
This prolonged dispute even escalated to a near-physical altercation at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, showcasing how personal the rivalry had become.
In reflecting on these past experiences, 50 Cent underscores a key takeaway for artists in the rap game: the importance of camaraderie over rivalry.
While competition is an inherent aspect of hip-hop, the time wasted on beefs can overshadow the positive attributes of collaboration and friendship.
With their past behind them, 50 Cent and Fat Joe now represent a narrative of reconciliation within a genre often marred by conflict.