50 Cent's brand is built out of controversy. In fact, before making it big under Eminem's Shady and Dr. Dre's Aftermath joint deal, 50 gained notoriety for dropping famous names and wanting to rob them in "How to Rob." Intended as the single from his supposed debut album Power of the Dollar, "How to Rob" catapulted his name in New York's hip-hop scene.

Although 50 Cent was shot nine times and subsequently dropped from the label because of the controversy, the rapper's mark in the rap game was still seen. 50 still adopted the same hustler mentality, even after signing with Eminem and Dr. Dre, thus making him an immovable object. Nobody wants to mess with 50 Cent, because he would not be scared of anyone. However, these rappers and celebs still had the nerve to go at him. So, who are they? And, why were they beefing with 50 Cent?

6 50 Cent Vs. Floyd Mayweather

It's difficult to pinpoint the turning point of the 50 Cent - Floyd Mayweather feud, but one thing is that both of them were in the boxing business in the 2010s. The rapper even walked Money to the right for his fight against Oscar De la Hoya in 2007 and were good friends for a while.

However, their relationship started shifting when Floyd was serving time in prison. 50 Cent claimed that the boxing champ asked him to run his promotion company, but he ended up "flirting" with Floyd's rival Manny Pacquiao to form their own promotion company. Their disagreement in business extended to the point where they started throwing childish jabs on social media. 50 made fun of Floyd's lack of formal education, while Floyd called 50 Cent's current state irrelevant in the rap game.

5 Reason For 50 Cent And The Game's Feud

Once upon a time, fellow rapper The Game was a close business colleague to 50 Cent, having signed to G-Unit back in late 2003. It was Dr. Dre and Interscope's Jimmy Iovine's idea to place the rapper among 50's crewmates, and they marketed him as the loyal dog in 50's camp. However, tensions between the two rap heavyweights rose, as 50 felt like his sophomore album, The Massacre, was neglected by Interscope to accommodate The Game's debut, The Documentary. He further claimed that he helped write more records in The Documentary than what he was originally credited for.

"I did so much on his record, I did six records," 50 told MTV. "To take the time and energy from what I'm doing on my record and create his record, then have him go off at his mouth like that and be disrespectful ... He'll wake up when it's time for him to do his next record."

4 What Happened Between 50 Cent And Lloyd Banks

Not even 50 Cent's former G-Unit comrade, Lloyd Banks, has been immune to his verbal grenade. Lloyd Banks was a prolific writer of G-Unit back in the days, but according to 50, Lloyd and fellow G-Unit soldier Tony Yayo had unfulfilled potential. He details it further in his book Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, "I always felt that if I had maybe done a better job teaching Banks and Yayo how to evolve and change their habits, they each would be in better places right now. While I was out hustling, Banks was more content staying on his porch and watching the world from there."

Lloyd took no time to respond to the allegation. On the track "Stranger Things" from his recent 2022 album The Course of the Inevitable, the rapper says, "Call me quiet, call me lazy, talent never faded / It's frustrating when your grindin' ain't appreciated / Should have been dead in my twenties, s**t, at least I made it / Guess I gotta prove myself again, increase your payment."

3 50 Cent And DJ Khaled's Relationship

50 Cent found himself in another murky battle against Rick Ross, and DJ Khaled, who happened to be on the crossroad between the two rap heavyweights, got the sap. 50 Cent wanted to torment Rick Ross so much that he began to hunt his associates, including Khaled.

In the video for the diss track "A Psychic Told Me," 50 threatens Khaled and his mother with several playful yet aggressive narratives. The two did squash their feud in 2017, though, as they bumped into each other at backstage the Atlanta stop of The Lox's tour with Uncle Murda. Surprisingly, Rick Ross was also in attendance at the time.

2 Why Fat Joe And 50 Cent Have Beef

50 Cent and Fat Joe's feud is another case of "the friend of my enemy is my enemy." Fat Joe was a close associate to Ja Rule, 50's nemesis, and the two have collaborated on songs together, including in the remix version of Joe's 2001 chart-topping hit "What's Luv" from his Jealous Ones Still Envy album. The ordeal was getting worse and worse, as their egos got in the way of making amends until Chris Lighty's death in 2012 put things into perspective.

"I never thought in my life I would squash the beef with 50 Cent. If we would have bumped heads somewhere, it would have went down physically 100 percent," he recalled in an interview, "When Chris Lighty died, I went to the funeral by myself. I show up, and 50 Cent is there. He's on the other side, I don't see him."

1 50 Cent Vs. Ja Rule

50 Cent and Ja Rule's feud is probably the second-biggest hip-hop feud after Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., as they've continued exchanging words even to this day. It all started when Ja was robbed at gunpoint while shooting a video in Southside Jamaica, which was 50 Cent's turf. The man who robbed him was 50's associate, as the rapper admitted in his 2005 biography From Pieces to Weight. Fast-forward to 2022, and the beef is still far from over as they've continuously exchanged not-so-nice words about each other.

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