50 Cent and embattled music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs initially had a working relationship as the In Da Club rapper used to help ghostwrite some songs for the Bad Boy Records founder. But over the last few years, 50 Cent – whose real name is Curtis Jackson – has repeatedly and publicly made it known that he wants nothing to do with Combs.
And though 50 Cent has repeatedly trolled Combs on social media, the 54-year-old’s legal woes added more fuel to the former’s agenda. As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Combs is currently facing multiple sexual assault lawsuits after his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura filed a similar complaint against him. He is also accused of sex trafficking.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, 50 Cent touched on Combs’ current predicaments and also explained why he never attended any of the music executive’s parties.
“I’ve been very vocal about not going to Puffy [Diddy] parties and doing sh*t like that,” he stated. “I’ve been staying out of that sh*t for years. It’s just an uncomfortable energy connected to it.”
The 49-year-old rapper cum television producer also spoke about the apology Combs’ rendered on social media after CNN shared a video of him assaulting Cassie at a hotel in 2016. “First, he denied that it even happened, and then the tape comes out — so that means everything that n—a says is a lie,” the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ rapper claimed.
“When someone watches that, if they have a daughter and they can imagine her being under those circumstances, that sh*t is crazy. Like, they let him get away with it. With all the influence and power you have, the person you’re with is supposed to want to be a part of your life, not be forced.”
Elsewhere in the interview, 50 Cent expatiated on why he never attended Combs’ parties. “He asked to take me shopping. I thought that was the weirdest sh*t in the world because that might be something that a man says to a woman” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
“And I’m just like, ‘Naw, I’m not f**k**g with this weird energy or weird sh*t,’ coming off the way he was just moving. From that, I wasn’t comfortable around him.”
50 Cent was also asked to clarify if he and Combs were ever friends during their collaborative period. “It was mostly work. I wouldn’t call it a friendship because there wouldn’t be disappointment between us if we didn’t speak to each other,” he explained.
“Puff [Diddy] is a businessperson; when [people call him] a producer, I see people that were taken advantage of, who produced things that he took from them. He got the credit. He’s not a producer,” he also said. “He’s been able to take advantage of the business and the creatives in it. I don’t have any interest in doing that. I actually fall under the creative. So I just didn’t take to hanging out with that.”
Though 50 Cent has publicly made his feelings known about the recent allegations brought against Combs, other celebrities and entertainers who know the 54-year-old have remained mum.
When he was asked the reason behind that, he said, “Some of them were involved, at the parties and enjoyed themselves, so they don’t know what the f*ck is on tape or what’s not on tape, so they’re not going to say anything because they might have had too much fun.”
He added: “And then you’ve got other people who look and go, ‘Well, that’s not my business and I don’t want to be in it.’ Then you’ve got a part of our culture that says, ‘That’s snitching’ or ‘dry snitching’ or sh*t like that.
“It’s not uncomfortable for me to say what I said because I’ve been saying this sh*t for four years, five years. I been telling you, ‘I don’t f*ck with him. I don’t like the way he moving. This is a little crazy.’ Everybody else is not going to be as comfortable as I am saying it.”
