The hip-hop world’s longest beef just caught fire AGAIN—50 Cent and Ja Rule are trading vicious blows after 50 mocked the late Irv Gotti’s death, pushing Ja to the edge of “nuclear” retaliation! From The Breakfast Club confessions to X rants and snitch accusations, Ja’s calling 50 “Boo Boo” and waving alleged paperwork, while 50 laughs off Ja’s 22-year grudge. With deleted posts, street lore, and a 2000 shooting in play, this clash is peak 2000s chaos reborn in 2025. Here’s the full, wild rundown of their latest war and why it’s got fans picking sides!
The Spark: Gotti’s Death
When Irv Gotti, Murder Inc.’s mastermind, passed on February 5, 2025, from a stroke at 54 (Daily Mail), 50 Cent couldn’t resist a jab. His now-deleted IG post flaunted a fake Gotti tombstone: “I’m smoking on dat Gotti pack. Nah God bless him LOL”. Ja Rule, Gotti’s day-one, hit The Breakfast Club April 10, admitting he was “hot” and ready to “go nuclear” until Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff talked him down (Billboard). X erupted—some slammed 50’s disrespect, others cackled at his troll game. But Ja wasn’t laughing.
50’s Taunt, Ja’s Tirade
On April 12, 50 upped the ante, sharing Ja’s interview clip on IG: “The Breakfast Club should be ashamed… This fool has been ready to go what he calls nuclear for 22 years. LOL. Ya man in my Runtz right now!”. That lit Ja’s fuse. April 13, he unleashed on X: “@50cent SUCK MY DICK you bitch ass n-gga… I already ate your lunch shut up!!!” He trashed 50’s career—“1 good album,” Get Rich, then “trash” music, liquor, and “coke stepped on” TV shows like Power. Ja dubbed him “Boo Boo the fool,” a Queens street nickname, and mocked his CB4-esque swagger: “Mc gusto ass n-gga”. X fans were floored: “Ja’s got BARS for 50?!” vs. “He’s yelling into the void.”
The Snitch Card
Ja went for blood, accusing 50 of snitching: “He told the Feds murder inc had him shot and they put us under federal indictment… 🐀.” He posted alleged paperwork naming Curtis Jackson as an “informant” and a 2016 article claiming 50 sought an order of protection against Murder Inc. after a 2000 stabbing tied to their feud. “WE GOT RECEIPTS boo boo… Say I’m lying I DARE YOU,” Ja taunted, alleging 50 even stopped Tony Yayo from spilling. 50’s 2020 Cigar Talk denial resurfaced: “I ain’t never told on no n-gga… My name ain’t in [Preme’s] case.” X’s divided—some scream “paperwork’s real,” others call it Ja’s desperate swing.
A Feud Older Than Wi-Fi
This beef’s ancient—1999 roots over a snatched chain and video snub, per Complex. 50’s 2000 shooting (nine bullets) was pinned on Murder Inc. by rumor, denied by Ja (Breakfast Club). By 2003, 50’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and G-Unit’s rise buried Murder Inc., with feds probing Gotti’s Supreme ties (The Root). 50’s kept jabbing—Gotti’s 2024 stroke, now his death—while Ja stayed quieter… until this blowup. Ja told Billboard in March 2025 social media could’ve flipped their feud’s outcome; now X’s their ring, with 50’s deleted post fueling Ja’s April 13 spree.
@50cent SUCK MY DICK you bitch ass nigga… I already ate your lunch shut up!!!
— Ja Rule (@jarule) April 13, 2025
@50cent Until you do something to the niggas that shot you you can’t troll no more… 🤣 handle your business chump lmao…
— Ja Rule (@jarule) April 13, 2025
@50cent Nigga you’re a used car salesman everything you do is trash music 1 good album after that trash liquor trash tv shows yeah I said it TRASH how many times you gonna make the same show that coke stepped on parenting trash character trash nigga you the garbage man… 🤣
— Ja Rule (@jarule) April 13, 2025
@50cent From now on your name boo boo that’s what they called you on the streets right lmfao… boo boo the fool… 🤣 50 cent is a street nigga from Brooklyn you boo boo from Queens… Mc gusto cb4 ass nigga… 😂
— Ja Rule (@jarule) April 13, 2025
You’re right he told the Feds murder inc had him shot and they put us under federal indictment… 🐀 https://t.co/JwePNOrTxB
— Ja Rule (@jarule) April 13, 2025
@50cent Go ahead and lie tell these good people tell the paperwork fake so I can send this next shot… WE GOT RECEIPTS boo boo… 😳🤣 pic.twitter.com/2mXja9DMFc
— Ja Rule (@jarule) April 14, 2025
@50cent Say I’m lying nigga I DARE YOU… nigga said he had to talk yayo out of telling 🤣😂😭 you can’t make this shit up… pic.twitter.com/CfQ5QJIUKY
— Ja Rule (@jarule) April 14, 2025