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50 Cent took one other shot at his longtime enemy Ja Rule, this time over the latter’s efficiency on the BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards.
Ja, 47, seemingly referenced Jesus Christ’s crucifixion throughout his efficiency on the Wednesday, September 6, occasion in Miami Seaside. At one level, he was lashed to a wood column as backup vocalists — carrying white choir robes — surrounded him.
50 couldn’t resist mocking his fellow rapper’s show, sharing his scathing evaluation of the efficiency through Instagram on Thursday, September 7. “Take a look at this s–thead,” wrote the 48-year-old alongside a video from the awards present. “Is he alleged to be Jesus. 😆 WTF you may’t make this s–t up. LOL so silly!”
50’s brutal tackle the present is simply the most recent skirmish within the pair’s long-running feud, which dates again to 1999 when Ja was allegedly robbed by considered one of 50’s associates. The duo have traded barbs of their lyrics over time, however 50 — whose actual title is Curtis Jackson — has extra not too long ago made headlines for his elaborate strategies of pranking Ja.
In October 2018, for instance, 50 bought 200 tickets to considered one of Ja’s concert events, scoring the seats for $15 every in a Groupon deal. The seats have been then unused, leaving the primary 4 rows empty at Ja’s Arlington, Texas, efficiency.
Ja — whose actual title is Jeffrey Atkins — publicly took the incident in stride, tweeting, “I get beneath @50cent pores and skin… 😜 I find it irresistible!!!”
50 later mentioned the prank “wasn’t a giant deal” regardless of the headlines it made. “Now you gotta check your showmanship, while you come and there ain’t no person within the entrance seats,” he defined throughout a January 2019 interview on The Late Present With Stephen Colbert. “You gotta nonetheless carry out like all people’s right here.”
Host Stephen Colbert accurately summed up the state of affairs, joking, “You don’t want to f–okay with you. That’s lovely.”
Two years earlier, 50 weighed in after Ja was concerned within the Fyre Competition debacle, which led to cofounder Billy McFarland serving greater than three years in jail after he was convicted of wire fraud. “Can’t do nothing proper,” 50 wrote through Instagram in April 2017. “LOL.”
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The 2017 Fyre Competition grew to become a punchline after defrauding its attendees and simply usually being a whole catastrophe. The thought for the music pageant within the Bahamas got here to entrepreneur Billy McFarland, who needed to advertise his Fyre app, which helped customers guide music expertise. McFarland partnered with Ja Rule to create the occasion. The […]
Ja, who co-organized the failed occasion, initially confronted greater than a dozen lawsuits over his involvement, however he was dismissed from a class-action lawsuit in opposition to the occasion’s organizers in 2019.
McFarland, 31, not too long ago introduced plans for a second Fyre Competition, which he claims will happen in 2024. Tickets started promoting final month, with costs starting from $499 to $7,999, even if the occasion doesn’t but have a venue or date.
