50 Cent has taken shots at Lloyd Banks and Young Buck while on the road for his Final Lap Tour.
In a video recap of his recent show in New Jersey posted to Instagram on Thursday (September 21), 50 dissed his former G-Unit soldiers by jabbing their careers.
“They think this is something? Wait ‘til they see Lloyd Banks’ tour,” he joked while backstage at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.
Fif then targeted Young Buck by saying: “Wait ‘til they see Straight Outta Cashville,” referencing the Tennessee native’s debut album.
50 Cent has been vocal about his grievances with his former G-Unit signees for years. In his 2020 book Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, the Power mogul said he felt like he could have done a better job at teaching Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo “how to evolve and change their habits,” claiming they had “unfulfilled potential.”
“While I was out hustling, Banks was more content staying on his porch and watching the world from there,” he wrote. “Banks wanted things to come to him, as opposed to going out and getting them for himself.
“That’s not me trying to assassinate his character — the guy has ‘Lazy Lloyd’ tattooed on his arm. He literally wears his laziness on his sleeve.”
During an appearance on The Breakfast Club in August 2022, he shut down a potential G-Unit reunion, saying he was “done carrying them”.
Lloyd Banks responded to 50’s “lazy” comments on his The Course of the Inevitable song “Stranger Things,” which dropped in 2021.
“When you’re fucked up, behavior turns irregular quick, sometimes the pressure overwhelms when you’re the head of the clique/ But don’t get ahead of yourself, I ain’t bending for shit/ Nobody sees your vision until you’re successful,” he rapped.
“Your favorite’s nowhere near me when I’m dedicated/ Always humble, usually disciplined and never hated/ Call me quiet, call me lazy, talent never faded/ It’s frustrating when your grindin’ ain’t appreciated/ Should have been dead in my twenties, shit, at least I made it/ Guess I gotta prove myself again, increase your payment.”
Banks, who officially departed G-Unit Records in 2018, further opened up about his relationship with 50 Cent during an interview with GQ last year.
“It’s the same. We’re brothers,” he said. “We came into this together — we’re never all going to be doing the same thing at the same time at this point in our careers. You know what I mean? The last conversation I had with 50 was basically him telling me to get whatever I left out there. Because some hiatuses were planned and some weren’t.”
He continued: “But I can’t sit and cry about spilled milk. I’ve gotta go out there and make it happen. We did something special that will never be done again. Honestly, there are more positive moments than anything else. That’s where I’m at with [50 Cent and Tony Yayo]: We’re brothers and it’s always going to be that way.”
Tony Yayo, on the other hand, has remained a loyal comrade to 50 Cent and serves as a supporting act on the Final Lap Tour alongside Busta Rhymes, Jeremih and Uncle Murda.
Young Buck Straight Outta CA$H tour
Dissing two of his best artists he’s had while touring with two of the worst from NY. Can’t make this up.
Mf got money, but he’s always been a HATER.Honestly, after his first album, he crashed.I have zero respect for him and as far as Yayo, he needs to get off of his knees and stop d×ckridin’
@SouthernSlang I’m sure 50 will be devastated when he finds out ur opinion of him lol 🤡
@u southern fried idiot “you aren’t a rich and famous artist, so you can’t be a critic of someone’s music”…. me: lil uzi is trash… probably you: yeah, well he’s rich, and you’re not! Yeah, doesn’t change the fact that he’s trash. Quit dick riding artists. Ppl have their opinions, who cares.
Best? They’re literally on ice! I love Banks but even when you listen to him, he’s subtly telling you that he was missing at times. Buck had a loyalty problem. The old man 50 has the biggest hip hop show right now, simply because he made better decisions
For you to say Banks has been on ice just shows you aren’t knowledgeable enough to touch this subject. Banks has dropped 3 incredible albums in the last 3 years. Where the fuck gave you been?
facts. dnt argue wit this goober
@Jay aka Gay- Shut up, you angry little virgin
Yeah.. G-Units best.. only other is Game. No other artist to go through G-Unit can touch those three on the mic.
Banks and Bucc would rap circles around the new Unit, 50 should focus on getting his money and leave them boys alone especially Banks cuz been minding his business from the jump
What does skill have to do with laziness and poor decisions? 50 is saying they could’ve been so much more had they went for it! The problem comes in when one is not able to take constructive criticism and all the talent in the world won’t replace character
So Young Buck had financial problems, which caused him to call 50 to beg for help while he was crying. What does 50 do? He records the conversation and releases it for no apparent reason.
When the Games album came out he went to every radio station to talk about how many songs he wrote for the album. It was more about him than the Game.
Banks has never came at 50 sideways, he just moved on. He doesn’t even mention 50. However that’s still not good enough for 50.
50 released the convo after Buck disrespected the group at a show.
He also made them all rich, and dragged them kicking and screaming to the top of the charts. So a little chastisement comes with it, so what? Is it petty? A little. But there are worse arrangements. Every athlete, performer, and artist is subjected to a little bit of embarrassment and slander. It’s what you sign up for when you become a public figure, and start cashing those checks. Peace.
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Dude is 48 years old and still acts like an immature kid, taking shots at everyone he can for no reason. Got millions of dollars and probably zero real friends. His own kids don’t even like him… but it’s always someone else’s fault to him. At some point, adults need to realize when they’re the problem, and he seems too arrogant to ever own up to that.
You sound hurt bro. You ok ?
“You sound hurt bro?” “You mad bro?”, every moron’s response to any critique of anything.
@T. – Trying to be, yes. Thank you for your concern.
FACTS!! And the sad thing is 50 probably has to keep working and staying busy cuz at the end of the day he has no one.
Too much hate, negativity, and divisiveness in hip hop and black communities
True speak.
That lazy quote from 50 hasnt aged well. Lloyd Banks got that tattoo as a homage to Lazie Bone who he feels has the illest flow. Also, considering how dope Lloyds COTI run is I’ll never accept any negatives aimed in Lloyds direction. Dude is a monster.
It not Good to put people down when they’re fuck up cause what goes around come around. Some people get it and some don’t and some never fall off so it is what it s.
Does 50 Cent realize Lloyd Banks dropped a classic trilogy over the last 4 years while all 50 did was play dress up with the C listers and book himself a retirement tour. Oh and 50 couldn’t even finish 16 bars for a Nas collab. That’s how out of touch 50 is, he talks about being the best all these years and then what happens when he finals gets on a song with Nas? He raps struggle bars for 8 bars and just talks the other half of the 16. that just exposed 50’s rapping ability he literally can’t rap anymore it’s sad. Meanwhile Banks is rapping harder than majority of the new acts that are blowing up.
Yayo brought Banks to 50, 50 never respected Banks personally so that’s why he treats him like that. Yayo sold drugs with 50, Banks was just a rapper. Its dumb ass logic but 50 been using that logic his whole career.
Ross actually supports his artists. He even supports 50’s kids more than 50 himself
Whatever 50, they’re still better rappers than you ya dope. One good album basically curated for you and a lifetime of trash after.
people wonder why do rappers hip hop etc….. want to shoot each other they want ”black excellence” like the naacp come on 50 don’t speak on this shit
“..seasons change,different months of the year,we all from the place of homelessness,lost a few friends,some doing life stretch,we fall down but let’s get up..”
Idk why anyone would f*** with this guy, he’s been a snake to basically everyone he’s worked with
yeah yeah says you