Why 50 Cent Has Always Had Issues with Diddy

50 Cent and Diddy have known each other for years, but their relationship has never been friendly. Long before Diddy was hit with sex trafficking and racketeering charges, 50 already had his reasons for keeping his distance from the Bad Boy mogul.

Their first meeting happened through Jennifer Lopez, who suggested Diddy hire 50 Cent as a writer early in his career. But things quickly got weird for 50.

According to him, Diddy once invited him to go shopping together—something that didn’t sit right with him. “I thought that was the weirdest thing in the world because that’s something a man usually says to a woman,” 50 once said. “I was like, ‘Nah, I’m not messing with this weird energy.’”

That was the start of 50 Cent’s dislike for Diddy.

50 Cent Disses Diddy on “The Bomb”

In 2006, 50 Cent took things further by dissing Diddy on “The Bomb” (also known as “Hip Hop”), a track from the G-Unit Radio 22: Hip Hop Is Dead Verse Two mixtape.

Rapping over Dead Prez’s 1999 instrumental for “Hip-Hop”, 50 Cent questioned who was responsible for the murder of The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997. He even suggested that Diddy knew something about it:

“Who shot Biggie Smalls? We don’t get ‘em, they gon’ kill us all
Man, Puffy know who hit that na, man, that na soft
He scared them boys from the Westside’ll break him off
Dump on his ass, so he run to Harlem, shake ‘em off.”

Later in the song, 50 also mocked Diddy’s famous White Parties—lavish events he hosted in the Hamptons. He made it clear that after dropping the diss track, he wouldn’t be invited anymore. But he didn’t care:

“Oh, I guess this means I won’t be invited to the White Parties in the Hamptons.
I don’t give a f**.
I don’t wanna hang out with you punk ass, no way.”*

50 Cent Has Always Avoided Diddy’s Parties

Fast-forward to 2023, and 50 Cent doubled down on his decision to stay far away from Diddy. As allegations against Diddy started making headlines, he reminded everyone that he never attended his parties.

“I’ve been very vocal about not going to Puffy’s parties and doing stuff like that,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve been staying out of that for years. It’s just an uncomfortable energy connected to it.”

50 even revealed that Diddy used to call his house, but he refused to answer. His ex-girlfriend was confused by his refusal to pick up the phone.

“I remember Diddy would call, and my son’s mom would answer, and I didn’t want to get on the phone. She was like, ‘What the f**? We need money.’ She looked at me like, ‘Why don’t you want to talk to him?’”*

50 Cent Calls Diddy a Businessman, Not a Producer

Beyond his personal issues with Diddy, 50 Cent has also been critical of how Diddy does business.

He believes that Diddy built his career by taking advantage of artists rather than truly producing music.

“Puff is a businessperson,” 50 said. “When people call him a producer, I see people who were taken advantage of. He got credit for things he didn’t actually create.”

He made it clear that he had no interest in working with Diddy, adding:

“I actually fall under the creative side of the industry, so I never had a reason to hang out with him.”