A Brief History Of Tension

50 Cent ended the 12 months with no scarcity of beef to hold over into 2026, and the identical will be stated about Jim Jones. The two have had an extremely attention-grabbing relationship that stems again to New York’s reign within the 2000s when Fif and Dipset had been on the peak of their careers. However, no matter camaraderie they as soon as shared is definitely out the window, and that’s been evident over the past decade, a minimum of. Fif, whose on-line trolling efforts have ruffled quite a lot of feathers, hasn’t given Jim Jones a break. 

The friction has been creating for a number of years at this level, however this 12 months, it’s been a recurring headline within the hip-hop media cycle and maybe probably the most notable beefs to have occurred. The probabilities of it turning into one thing the place two vet commerce diss songs appears extremely unlikely because the lion’s share of sh*t speaking has occurred through social media. So, whether or not it’s linking up with Cam’ron, exposing the Let’s Rap About It podcast’s alleged debt to the studio landlord, or that includes footage of Jones and Diddy collectively earlier than Puff’s arrest, 50 Cent has labored extra time to attempt to get underneath Jim Jones’ pores and skin. But under, we’ll be exploring the transient historical past of how issues finally hit the fan between the 2. 

The earliest fault strains appeared throughout the mid-2000s, when G-Unit and Dipset had been two of New York’s most seen forces. In 2007, 50 Cent overtly feuded with Cam’ron, criticizing Dipset’s affiliation with Koch Records and questioning their business relevance. Amid that stress, Jim Jones and Juelz Santana appeared onstage with 50 at a live performance.

At the time, the second was broadly seen as a betrayal inside Dipset. Years later, 50 overtly admitted the transfer was calculated. In a 2024 interview, he revealed that he deliberately pulled Jones into the efficiency to destabilize Cam’ron’s place. Jones has since minimized the incident, but it surely crystallized a recurring theme: in 50’s world, alliances are momentary instruments.

Even a decade after that entire incident, the 2 remained quite cordial, even when there was a little bit of on-line friction. Jim Jones posted a video on Instagram displaying himself weightlifting within the fitness center, challenging 50 Cent to a contest. Dismissing Jim Jones, 50 Cent shortly responded on Instagram, writing, “He don’t need none of this,”  paired with exercise photographs of his personal. It was a light-hearted change. In a 2018 interview with HotNewHipHop, Jones revealed that they’ve a “nice relationship.” 

However, issues shortly turned bitter between the 2. Fif continued heckling Jim Jones to the purpose the place the Dipset rapper proposed settling the score in a boxing ring. Nothing actually got here out of that problem however 50 and Jim continued throwing petty pictures at one another.

Among the brand new technology of artists, Jim Jones and 50 Cent each shared ties to Tekashi 6ix9ine in his ascension to stardom. During 6ix9ine’s federal RICO trial, he testified that Jim Jones, whom he described as a “retired rapper,” was a member of the Nine Trey Gangster Bloods. The prosecutors additionally performed a recorded cellphone name the place Jim Jones and Mel Murda mentioned 6ix9ine, and calling for somebody to “violate shorty”–a remark that was interpreted as some form of authorization to commit a violent act in opposition to Tekashi.

Of course, as this shortly went viral, 50 Cent chimed in. And whereas he discovered all of this to be wildly humorous, he additionally made some fairly main accusations, specifically suggesting that Jones might have cooperated with authorities. In subsequent interviews, Jim Jones addressed their beef and fired again over claims that he was an informant in any capability, and that exact declare from 50 created the kind of stress that’s troublesome to easily chuckle off. “You need to be careful for these so name actual ones thts routing for rats to return residence and And wanna see actual n*ghas go to jail. Any n*gha th must strive n tarnish one other mans identify for private achieve has to b a hoe why else would he have my d*ck up to now down his throat lol 😂 pause,” Jones later wrote on an Instagram publish. 

Though issues had been quite calm between them in subsequent years after the trial, the subject of Dipset vs. G-Unit’s mixtape reign turned broadly debated. Jim Jones, particularly, steered that Dipset “began the mixtape motion. “We put the Dipset mixtape out first earlier than G-Unit put their mixtape out. Now go Google it,” he stated. Fif didn’t essentially really feel offended however he did name out Jones, writing, “he mendacity. LOL.” Fast ahead a 12 months later, 50 Cent continued to troll Jim Jones after Jones went viral for an airport brawl. 

The stress between the 2 remained underneath the radar till December 2024, when 50 Cent appeared on Cam’ron’s You’re Welcome community. The two artists patched out no matter variations that they had prior to now, but it appeared to return to the underlying theme in 50 Cent’s method to beef: alliances are leveraged for warfare. It’s right here the place 50 Cent and Cam’ron mentioned the second the place Jim Jones joined Fif on stage within the 2000s. Though the 2 laughed it off, it changed into a second the place two of Jim Jones’ present foes started piling on, and Jones made it clear that his resolution to hitch Fif on stage was as a result of he didn’t really feel Cam’ron was steering his profession on the correct path.

It didn’t take lengthy for 50 to fireside again by resurfacing allegations of snitching whereas referencing the Nine Trey RICO case. Jones broke his silence shortly after, and as soon as once more, denied that he ever cooperated with the regulation whereas calling for Mel Matrix’s freedom.

The two continued to sling mud at one another in numerous capacities. 50 went off on Jones throughout a Breakfast Club interview whereas Jones previewed a potential diss track in opposition to the GRODT MC. Eventually, Cam and 50 Cent’s relationship appeared to develop stronger as they performed together, and Jim Jones began poking at Tony Yayo.

The most up-to-date escalation unfolded in December 2025, centered on 50 Cent’s Netflix documentary on Diddy, which, apparently sufficient, comprises footage of Jones with the disgraced mogul simply days earlier than his arrest. As the media overestimated the documentary, Jim Jones dismissed it as a “mockumentary” on his podcast with Maino, Dave East, and Fabolous. Of course, this led 50 Cent to go beast mode on Jim Jones. Even whereas Maino tried to chime in, 50 received the final chuckle. He leaked alleged audio from Jones’ landlord claiming unpaid hire for the podcast studio, accusing Jones and his co-hosts of monetary troubles and even providing to purchase the podcast himself. Jones apparently didn’t reply to Fif however the unpaid rent was eventually paid after his stunt.