Ja Rule and 50 Cent

50 Cent and Ja Dominion have been feuding for a long fourth dimension (Picture: Getty)

In case you missed information technology, 50 Cent recently reignited our interest in his long-standing rivalry with Ja Rule when he said that he would rather battle against Snoop Dogg – and we are so hither for the drama.

The P.I.M.P rapper threw down the gauntlet when he made it very clear that he did not recollect his old nemesis was worthy of his competition in Timbaland and Swizz Beatz's Verzuz Instagram Live Battle series.

Explaining his reasoning, 50 Cent told Large Boy on Big Boy's Neighborhood: 'It would make more sense catalogue-wise, me and Snoop.

'Cause nosotros could compete every step of the way. Ja Rule? He got like v, six practiced duets…'

Ja Rule quickly responded on Instagram, writing: 'He don't desire that pressure… ?" and Snoop [out] ya league bra!!!??'

So as the pair'southward feud has gained our attention again, let'south take a expect back at the history of this very brilliant but nuanced rivalry.

Ja Rule

Ja Rule and 50 Cent take different versions of how the beef started (Picture: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

How did it begin?

Both rappers accept given different reasons to how their feud began, just l Cent detailed the fallout in his 2005 autobiography From Pieces to Weight.

Co-ordinate to him, their feud dates back to 1999 when Ja Dominion saw 50 Cent with a human being who had robbed him of his jewellery.

50 Cent, existent name Curtis Jackson, wrote: 'Ja saw me in a club with the child who robbed him. I went over to say, "What'southward up" to Ja, and he acted like he had a trouble with me. But I'thou non the one who robbed him.'

Ja Rule, existent name Jeffrey Atkins, admitted the robbery did occur but claimed he never saw Curtis with the robber and insisted the rift began when fifty was snubbed by the Murder Inc'south (a once-booming record label founded by Chris and Irv Gotti) entourage during a music video shoot for Ja'due south song Murda four Life.

1999-2005

We all know from his Instagram that Curtis is non one to dorsum downwardly, so information technology was no surprise when he released diss track Life's On The Line aimed at Ja and Murder Inc, leaving fans gasping for air.

In 2000, the 2 were booked at the same nightclub to perform and they ended up brawling. No biggie.

A few months later Ja Rule heard that Fiddy was recording music at the Hit Mill studios in New York City and took his coiffure to pay him a little visit.

50 Cent was stabbed and both Ja Rule and Murder Inc rapper Blackness Child were arrested. Not your average feud later all, right?

50 Cent

50 released many diss tracks most Ja (Picture: Manny Carabel/WireImage)

Irv Gotti claimed in 2002 that the Get Rich Or Die Tryin' star signed an club of protection against Irv and Ja Rule, but it was actually issued for l Cent by the NYPD.

And would y'all look at that, he responded in the most Fiddy way possible, releasing I Smell P***y , which chosen out Irv, Ja Dominion, Black Kid and Cadillac Tah.

His debut anthology had the track Dorsum Down, which questioned the street cred of both Ja Rule and Murder Inc. Yikes. Then came Ja's diss track Loose Change which attacked hip hop group G-Unit and used some homophobic slurs that would have had the world in a frenzy if released today.

Simply expect at that place'due south more than. fifty Cent, Eminem and Busta Rhymes attacked back with Hail Mary, mocking Ja' Rule'southward obsession with Tupac Shakur.

2006-2015

In May 2011, information technology was confirmed that both Ja Rule and fifty Cent had called time on their feud.

The yr 2013 was a big step for both rappers, with Ja Rule admitting l Cent won the feud during an interview with Hot 97.

The aforementioned year, the ii New York stars randomly ended up on the same aisle on the same flying but there was no atmospherics between the two.

Can you imagine?

Ja Rule later released his memoir in the July of that year, and one section claimed it was the 21 Questions rapper'due south info that led to a federal investigation into Murder Inc – an accusation that 50 Cent denied.

2016 – nowadays mean solar day

2017 was a keen year for fifty Cent, who took reward by making jokes about Ja Rule when the Always On Time rapper got defenseless up in the Fyre Festival chaos.

Yes, it's hard to forget about the disaster when a fancy festival tried to get away with feeding festival-goers a piece of cheese with salad.

In 2018 – after 50 mocked him yet over again – Ja Rule wrote a series of tweets saying 50 owes him his life, and that he 'owned his soul' equally 'you're my b***h!.'

The pettiest revenge yet was when 50 Cent bought 200 front row tickets to Ja Rule's concert in Las Vegas so that it would be empty.

It was an absolute baller move and we have to say, fair play, only still – harsh.

On the bright side, Ja Dominion was tickled and tweeted: 'I get under @50cent pare… I dearest information technology.'

So, given recent events, information technology seems we are far from seeing the end of Ja Rule's and 50 Cent's 21-yr-long feud. So settle in and grab your popcorn, folks: information technology's going to be a long one.

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