50 Cent has explained why he’s long avoided spending time with Diddy, chalking it up to a “weird” encounter with the Harlem mogul.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Fif spoke candidly about his issues with Puffy, who he has been mercilessly trolling since he was accused by multiple women (and even a male producer) of sexual assault.
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Asked why he has “made a point of not attending Diddy’s parties,” the G-Unit boss replied: “He asked to take me shopping. I thought that was the weirdest shit in the world because that might be something that a man says to a woman.
“And I’m just like, ‘Naw, I’m not fucking with this weird energy or weird shit,’ coming off the way he was just moving. From that, I wasn’t comfortable around him.”
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50 also set the record straight on his relationship with Diddy, with whom he’s collaborated with in the past on songs such as “Victory 2004” and the “I Get Money” remix.
“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 clarified. “[Diddy’s ex] Jennifer Lopez actually told him he should work with me as songwriter in the beginning.
“[H]e’d call me to write. I remember Diddy would call, and my son’s mom would answer, and I didn’t want to get on the phone like, ‘No, no, no.’ And she was like, ‘What the fuck? We need money.’ She’s looking at me, like, ‘What? Why don’t you want to talk to him?'”
He added: “I didn’t ever party or hang out with him. Puff 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.
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“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.”
50 Cent previously referenced Diddy’s alleged “shopping” request while mocking the Bad Boy boss on social media earlier this year.
He posted a video of a pretend text conversation with Puffy in which the embattled mogul began by writing: “Hello daddy. come over for a drink” and later said: “I’ll take you shopping tomorrow. Come.”
The Queens, New York native also previously said that he avoided attending Diddy’s parties due to alleged homoerotic advances.
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“Nuh uh. That n-gga hug you from the front and the back at the same time? Fuck you talkin’ ’bout?” he joked during a performance last year.
“I mean, if you into that, you into that. I’m fine with it. I’m just saying this ain’t my motherfuckin’ kind of party. I’m uncomfortable. I think I belong in the girl’s bathroom.”
