Ja Rule Says 50 Cent Told Him His Plan To Tear Down The Industry

Ja Rule has revisited his bitter rivalry with 50 Cent after the rapper claimed the fellow Queens music legend set out to tear down the industry from the gate.

In a recent conversation with Math Hoffa, Ja Rule detailed a conversation he had with the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ MC decades ago, in which he shared his desire to hop on a record together. Seemingly, everything was cool.

“I use to go over to Jam Master Jay’s studio when he was signed to JMJ because Black Child was over there. He was also signing to JMJ,” began Rule, framing the story for the panel consisting of Hoffa, Mecc, Champ, Bigga, and Gat.

“So I go over there, go see my n-gga Black. And you know… I was already on. I had a record deal with my n-ggas Cash Money Click, so he used to kick it with me,” Ja Rule continued before revealing: “[50 Cent] used to want to do a record with me.” However, the “record never got done,” Ja revealed, citing his busy schedule.

“I got nothing against him but the record never got done. I’m busy, I’m running around, I’m trying to do things. It’s no slight to nobody, it just didn’t happen.”

Check out the interview in full below.

Later, the “Always On Time” recording artist shocked the panel when he revealed he had a convo with Fif, in which he alleged the Power creator shared his plan to step on others in order to reach the top — including initiating one of Hip Hop’s longest-lasting, most-heated beefs.

“We had our first encounter in Atlanta. We had a talk. Uncle Chaz came to me, said, ‘Yo, homie ’bout to pull up. Would you want to have a conversation?’ I said, ‘Alright cool, we’ll have a conversation,'” said Ja.

“And when we had a conversation — ‘Yo, it’s just a record. You know I’m just trying to get out there,'” he added, mimicking Fif’s defense for releasing tracks like his 1999 scathing diss, “Life’s on the Line,” on which he took aim at Ja Rule and Murder Inc.

“Chump shit, wack shit,” Ja continued. “I’m a real artist, n-gga. I’m a real n-gga. This is wack to me, n-gga. I don’t give a fuck. If we’re gonna talk about it. Let’s talk about it. And I know what n-ggas is gonna say at home. ‘Why are you talking about this 30 years later?’ I don’t want to talk about this. My n-ggas right here want to talk about this.

“To me, that’s not a real artist. That’s not a real man. It’s not a real n-gga. You know what I’m saying? To want to pull down other n-ggas to pull yourself up? That ain’t my style. If you a real n-gga, go make your records and shine.”

50 Cent and Ja Rule’s feud dates back to the late ’90s when Ja was allegedly robbed by one of 50’s associates. Things reached a fever pitch in the early 2000s when the pair traded vicious diss tracks like “Wanksta” and “Loose Change,” not to mention actual blows.

While the pair has since transitioned to exchanging shots on social media, Ja recently shared that he’s placing his energy towards the idea of selling off his lucrative catalog but admitted his deal would be structured differently than most artists’ agreements.

The “Put It On Me” rapper sat down with Bloomberg Business earlier last month where he explained his thought process behind selling his catalog in what he hopes to be a reversion deal which will allow part of what’s sold to be returned to his family down the line.