In a recent conversation with Talib Kweli for his podcast, "The People's Party," Ja Rule talked about his beef with 50 Cent. During the interview Ja mentioned his side of the story saying 50 played "both sides."
"When he came out and attacked my style and character, people ran with it," said Ja. "He was with a juggernaut with Interscope, Em and Dre. There was a lot of behind-the-scenes shit people don't know about. A lot of exec fighting between Lyor and Jimmy Iovine. Fighting for Doug Morris' position. There was a lot going on. It made for a difficult time for me. On top of it all, people love to leave this part out of the story, but we was being investigated by the feds. It's the biggest part of the story!"
"They fuck your world up," reveals Ja. "They shut down everything for Murder Inc. People like to credit homeboy. N***a please, stop it. We've seen a hundred billion rap beefs. No one man shuts down stop it. What really hurt us was the feds. When the feds come, they take all your resources. They take your money. They take the people who give you money sever their ties. Def Jam severed all ties with us. We didn't have anything anymore, and then this n***a's on full attack."
"I don't care what anybody says," he continues. "[50] was playing both sides of the fence. You playing victim to the feds and the police, telling us 'those guys that are with Supreme Mcgriff did this to me, got me shot.' And then, over here you playing the bully role. The tough guy role. For me, it was a very difficult moment. A hard thing for me to go through when everything was crumbling." He laments that he wasn't able to make the records he wanted to make, presumably those of a more violent thematic nature, given that the feds were watching him and his entire team. "By the time I was able to make those records," Ja laughs. "He had already won."
To check out the full conversation between Talib Kweli and Ja Rule, watch here.
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