Why 50 Cent Has No Love for Irv Gotti, Even After Gotti’s Death

Shortly after the news of Gotti’s death was made public, his biggest rival, 50 Cent, decided to make light of the situation. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, he wrote, “I’m smoking on dat Gotti pack, nah God bless him LOL.”

Included in the post was a picture of 50 smoking hookahs along with a tombstone that reads, “RIP.”

That’s right, amid his passing, 50 Cent isn’t willing to squash any beef he had with the famed music executive in the past and is more than willing to step on his grave.

History of the beef between Irv Gotti and 50 Cent

The beef between Gotti and 50 goes back more than 25 years and involves another MC, Ja Rule, who was the flagship artist for Gotti’s Murder Inc. Records.

In his 2005 book, “From Pieces to Weight,” 50 Cent claims that his issues with that crew started in 1999 when one of his close associates stole Ja’s chain in Queen, New York.

Ja claims that the feud began because he didn’t include the “Many Men” rapper in the music video for his 1999 song, “Murda 4 Life.”

Months after that song was released and Ja was robbed, 50 dropped “Your Life’s on the Line” where he takes multiple shots at the “Pain is Love” rapper and the Murder Inc. crew.

In 2000, a brawl took place at Hit Factory Studio in New York between the G-Unit and Murder Inc. crews that resulted in 50 Cent being stabbed. Black Child, a rapper signed to Gotti’s label, claims he’s the one who stabbed the Queens rapper.

Tensions between the two crews rose even higher in May 2000, when Fiddy was shot nine times while sitting in front of his grandmother’s house. In a federal investigation, authorities accused drug dealer Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff and other people associated with Murder Inc. of shooting the young Queens MC while he was with his family. It’s alleged McGriff shot him in response to 50 naming him on the 2000 track, “Ghetto Qu’ran.”

Although Irv was not alleged to be involved in the shooting, he’s close friends with McGriff and was later indicted by federal authorities for laundering money for the drug kingpin. Although those charges were dropped and McGriff was sentenced to life in prison for an unrelated crime, the feud between 50 Cent, Ja Rule, and Irv Gotti has only continued.