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In October 1999, 50 Cent dropped the song “Your Life’s on the Line,” which dissed Ja Rule and his label, Murder Inc. The backstory behind the track is pretty unclear, although 50 believes “the beef originally started” when his friend allegedly robbed Ja Rule, which he discussed in his 2005 book, From Pieces to Weight. “My man robbed him for a chain, and then this guy named Brown came and he got the chain back for Ja,” he wrote. “Later, Ja saw me in a club with the kid who had robbed him. I went over to say “What’s up” to Ja, and he acted like he had a problem with me. But I’m not the one who robbed him.”
In 2003, Ja Rule denied in an interview with Nation of Islam’s Minister Louis Farrakhan that his issues with 50 Cent have anything to do with a third party, explaining, “If someone does some harm to you, don’t get mad at the person that’s with them, he has nothing to do with it. He’s just an innocent bystander.” Ja Rule clearly stated, “It’s him I have the problem with.” In the same interview, Ja Rule attributed the beef to not including 50 in a music video he supposedly wanted a part in.
Chalk this feud up to a classic case of he said, he said.
Written by: Nicki
