More than two decades after their rivalry first reshaped the landscape of early-2000s hip-hop, Ja Rule says he has made peace with the idea that he and 50 Cent may never reconcile. In a recent interview with TMZ, the rapper spoke candidly about the stalemate between himself, 50 Cent, and Tony Yayo, framing it less as an active battle and more as a long-standing divide. “Sometimes in life, people have enemies, and that’s okay. That’s okay to have enemies. Everybody can’t be friends. A friend of everybody is an enemy to himself,” he said. “But what I’m saying is, we don’t also have to be at war.”
He described his current stance as one of distance rather than hostility. “There’s room for us to be not friends and also not be at war. That’s where I’m at with it right now. I don’t deal with that side. I don’t fck with them; they don’t fck with me. That’s fine. But, I also don’t have to be at war.” It was less a call for reunion than an acknowledgment that some conflicts simply settle into permanence.
Around the same time, 50 Cent posted a characteristically sharp message on Instagram about turning rivals into fuel. “Good morning let your enemies become motivation,” he wrote. “Make them watch your success till they snap. Then get the Fvck out the way before they crash out. LOL.” While he did not mention Ja Rule by name, the remark circulated widely given the timing.
Ja Rule Addresses Viral Clash as an Old Feud Finds New Ground
The renewed attention follows a recent midair dispute involving Ja Rule, Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda that quickly spread online. After footage of the confrontation went viral, Ja Rule addressed the episode with visible regret. “I’m not proud of my behavior it’s goofy to me,” he said. “I’m a grown man about to be a grandfather and I wish that video of me wasn’t out there either. I don’t like people taking me out of my character so for that I apologize to my wife, family, fans, business and investment partners. I want people to know at the end of the day I’m still a man and I’m going to stand my ground. I don’t start trouble.” Notably, this episode is yet another chapter in Ja Rule’s public interactions with Cent, reinforcing the unique role of 50 in media coverage.
Time has altered the tone of the feud, if not its existence. What once played out in diss tracks and radio interviews now surfaces in interviews and social media posts, tempered by age and experience. The animosity remains, but it appears to have shifted into something quieter—a boundary both sides seem prepared to live with, much like the gradual acceptance of what happened over the past 50 years in hip-hop rivalries.
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