Ja Rule has admitted that he resisted the urge to blast back at 50 Cent after his old rival mocked the death of Murder Inc founder Irv Gotti.
Gotti passed away in February, aged just 54 and while much of Hip Hop mourned the death of the influential producer and record executive, 50 refused to squash their decades long beef, appearing to have a gleeful smoke after the news broke.
Appearing on The Breakfast Club, Ja addressed 50’s comments for the first time, saying: “I don’t bring him up per se at all. I think that’s because he’s a troll and he keeps it going. I’ll go to the circus once in a while, you know, but I really like to stay clear of that shit.”
However, he admitted that 50’s remarks about Gotti affected him: “I was hot, I was ready to go nuclear and shit.”
“I was hurt, I was ready to go nuclear,” Ja Rule shares how he felt when 50 Cent mocked the death of Irv Gotti.
He denies having had anything to do with his shooting.
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Ja then revealed that he relied on advice from Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff to navigate his anger: “Prem said it best. He said, ‘Rule, you got to understand who we are and what we are. We are masters of self-defense.’ I don’t want to start trouble, make trouble with people. But if we gotta get into it, make it, I’ll fucking end it.”
He concluded: “You protect your family, your home, your honor, your name, your reputation. That’s who we are as men.”
Shortly after news of Gotti’s sudden passing at 54 was made public in February, the G-Unit boss uploaded a picture of himself smoking a hookah pipe while sat next to a mock gravestone.
He captioned the inflammatory post: “I’m smoking on dat Gotti pack, nah God bless him LOL.”
50 also trolled Gotti the day before after it was reported that he had suffered a second stroke, commenting on Instagram: “Damn I wanted him to see my new shows yo!”
Some of the loudest criticism that 50 received came from Supreme McGriff Jr., the son of the convicted Queens, New York drug lord who was partnered with Gotti’s Murder Inc and is widely believed to be behind the time Fif was shot nine times.
“If I said I was smoking on your mother and your grandfather pack, n-ggas would be telling me I’m wrong, right? If I said I was smoking on your mother, I’d be wrong, right?” McGriff Jr. said in an Instagram video, referencing 50’s deceased relatives.
Then he should have
Not worth it. It fuels 50.
ja rule aka nuclear midget aka cookie monster
It’s all social media “beef”. No different than who schoolgirls gossip and talk crap.
I’m sure Ja Rule was talking to Supreme not DJ Premier! 🤦🏽♂️
Woooooow. DEE EX Goofies 🤡 Im embarassed for Sam Moore.
Let me see if I got this, Irv tried to take 50 out but he survived. So now 50 has to show sympathy in Irv’s death 🤔. Maybe it was uncalled for but still can’t respect a person who tried to end my life. Carry On!!!
50 could have just said nothing. Everybody knows 50 hated Irv for good reason but once a person is dead its over.
Weak
He sound like my uncle that always said he could do something, but never did. Gggg Ghggg G-unit
He sound like my uncle that always said he could do something, but never did. Gggg Ghggg G-unit
Would’ve should’ve could’ve . Yawn. Ja remains irrelevant
But yall started it…..he ain’t gonna let that go, nor should he.
Go nuclear how? A Twitter rant?
Unlike 50 media a** he can easily make him stop walking
I’m sure he ‘wanted’ to…. He just can’t. Doesn’t have the intellect. 50 obliterated him and he’s never recovered.
It was a good Ja Rule interview where he baaaarely mentioned 50 Cent at all, yet this is the narrative Sam wants to push in his article. What a “journalist”! Instigators exist within our culture, if it benefits them.
no one cares about Ja unless he talking about 50. thats all his career is now. 50s victim.
50 made himself a shame these days . Coming from a hardcore 50 cent fan