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<\/p>\nDecades after cementing themselves as rap titans, 50 and Tip are at the center of hip-hop’s first blockbuster feud of 2026. <\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t50 Cent and T.I. during BET Awards – Nominees, Host and Honorees Announcement at Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California on May 16, 2007.<\/p>\n
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\n\t50 Cent\u2019s<\/a> no stranger to contentious feuds and T.I.<\/a> himself isn\u2019t one to back down. Two decades after carving out decorated legacies inside rap\u2019s pantheon, 50 and Tip are now embroiled in an unlikely blockbuster feud to open 2026. <\/p>\n \n\tAs far as rapping goes, this has been a totally one-sided feud, as T.I. has been relentless in stacking 50 Cent diss tracks while 50 has opted for social media fodder and trolling instead of heading to the booth. <\/p>\n \n\tAlthough the pair of rap titans peaked in the aughts from different rap capitals, 50 and Tip had some crossover, but minimal static over the years. Certainly nothing that should\u2019ve lingered over a decade later like Ja Rule\u2019s <\/a>war with G-Unit that led to a pillow fight on a flight <\/a>last month. <\/p>\n \n\tVerzuz was seemingly invented to settle beefs, not start them. The foundation of today\u2019s feud was laid during the COVID-19 pandemic when T.I. repeatedly called out 50 for a battle, but the G-Unit mogul didn\u2019t pay Tip much attention and scoffed at his requests.<\/p>\n \n\tTensions were raised in February when Verzuz became a topic of discussion once again after T.I. joined Nightcap during Super Bowl weekend and claimed that 50 was \u201cducking smoke.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tIn typical 50 fashion, he lived up to his king of pettiness title while turning to an array of social media jabs and memes. The floodgates opened when 50 went beyond T.I. and began taking shots at family members like Tip\u2019s wife, Tiny Harris, and his son, King Harris. <\/p>\n \n\tIn the span of less than a week, T.I. peppered 50 Cent with a handful of diss tracks<\/a> and doesn\u2019t appear to be done with 50 just yet, as he\u2019s parlayed the momentum into the rollout of his upcoming and final album, Kill the King. <\/p>\n \n\tHere\u2019s the history of T.I. and 50 Cent\u2019s relationship and what\u2019s taken place in their current feud. <\/p>\n \t2007: 50 Cent Doesn\u2019t See a \u2018King\u2019 of Hip-Hop<\/p>\n \n\tWith T.I. coming off his chart-topping King album in 2006 and being the self-proclaimed King of the South, Angie Martinez asked 50 who he believed was running hip-hop during an interview at Hot 97. 50 didn\u2019t believe any singular rapper was sitting atop the throne, especially when it\u2019s a title contrived by the artist. \u201cHow you gonna be the king? Who decides that? The fans decide that \u2014 you can\u2019t just call yourself the king,\u201d he replied. At the time, many saw this as a subtle jab at Tip. <\/p>\n \t2008: 50 Cent Questions T.I.\u2019s Sentencing on Federal Gun Charges<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. was pinched on federal gun charges in late 2007 and hit with a one-year sentence, and 50 Cent wondered out loud how Tip received such a lenient sentence. Many tied 50\u2019s jab to accusing T.I. of cooperating with authorities. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWhat\u2019s today\u2019s mathematics\/ S\u2014t ain\u2019t adding up\/ Get knocked with 10 machine guns, only get 12 months\/ Ooh weee, don\u2019t talk to me,\u201d 50 raps on G-Unit cut \u201cYou So Tough.\u201d<\/p>\n \tNovember 2011: T.I. Responds to 50<\/p>\n \n\tNot long after his release, T.I. and his wife, Tiny, were arrested on drug possession charges<\/a> during a traffic stop in September 2010, which resulted in Tip going back to prison for another 11 months. 50 questioned why Tiny didn\u2019t take the fall, and the trap pioneer addressed 50\u2019s comments in a VIBE cover story<\/a> in late 2011. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019ma tell you, 50 Cent and anybody else: we not gonna have no discussion about what my ole lady shoulda, woulda, coulda done for anything as it pertains to me,\u201d he said. \u201cWe ain\u2019t gonna do that. I\u2019m the only one in my family that\u2019s gonna take a lick when it pertains to the legal system.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tTip continued: \u201cSince me, none of my other family members have seen a jail cell. Nobody. I\u2019m the last one. The buck stops here. I feel that a person that stands behind [his woman for a criminal charge] is a coward anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n \tNovember 2011: 50 Addresses His Comments About T.I.\u2019s Arrest<\/p>\n \n\tAfter seeing T.I.\u2019s comments to VIBE<\/a>, 50 hopped on X (formerly Twitter) to clarify what he had to say about the self-proclaimed King of the South. The G-Unit boss essentially explained that the numbers didn\u2019t add up for him when it came to Tip\u2019s sentencing. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMan I just saw something T.I said in VIBE about a tweet I wrote when he caught his drug case. He just got out a jam and caught a new one,\u201d he wrote on Twitter. \u201cAny other time a n\u2014a done. Get caught with 10 machine gun an silencer\u00a0then catch a drug charge. You will f\u2014k around and get natural life.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t50 continued: \u201cThis boy got a get outta jail FREE card. Don\u2019t get emotional over your lady. It a get you in some s\u2014t you don\u2019t want to be in. If U can get 5 years easy 4 some shit and I\u2019m\u00a0the\u00a0support of my family. Why would it be wrong if ya lady had to take probation? S\u2014t she ballin to lol\u201d<\/p>\n \tDecember 2011: 50 and T.I. Squash Beef Over Phone Call<\/p>\n \n\tWith tensions heightened, 50 and T.I. ended up hopping on the phone to not let their feud boil any further, and squashed their beef. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe got mutual friends and I was actually in conversation with one of them, and they were around him,\u201d 50 said to VIBE<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t tell him to get [T.I.] on the phone and [T.I.] didn\u2019t tell him to get me on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n \tJuly 2020: T.I. Wishes 50 Cent a Happy Birthday & Issues Verzuz Challenge<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. wished 50 a happy 45th birthday on Instagram, and his shout-out came with a challenge to step into the Verzuz ring.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cPull your a\u2014 up with 20 of your records, man. Sit across from me, man. And get this work, man,\u201d Tip said. \u201cBut I understand if you don\u2019t want to answer to that challenge, because last time you got challenged, Kanye West dusted your a\u2014 off.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t50 didn\u2019t take Tip too seriously and brushed off his summons. \u201cYo somebody passed T.I. the weed they gave smokey in Friday. L.O.L,\u201d he replied. <\/p>\n \tJuly 2020: T.I. Continues to Poke 50 About Verzuz<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. joined Hot 97 for a virtual interview, wehre the Atlanta rapper continued to poke at 50 while instigating a potential Verzuz battle.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI just think [50] got an ego big enough to withstand my bravado. I don\u2019t think he\u2019d be intimidated by how I pop my s\u2014t. And regardless of how you see me, inside me there\u2019s a 900-pound gorilla,\u201d he said. \u201cWe really are similarly stacked. I don\u2019t have a diamond album, but he don\u2019t have five classic albums.\u201d<\/p>\n \tSeptember 2020: 50 Still Won\u2019t \u2018Pick a Date\u2019<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. implored 50 to \u201cPICK A DATE\u201d for a potential Verzuz battle, but the \u201cIn Da Club\u201d rapper continued to scoff at Tip, while opting for jokes and trolling on social media. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cBro ya beard is not quite connecting like your music. \u2026 you just make sure you\u2019re at work on time,\u201d 50 quipped, before adding in another post, per PEOPLE<\/a>. \u201cMy run permanently damaged the culture, Get Rich or Die Expeditiously, Nah Bra were is my exhibit in the Trap museum. I moved more of that than y\u2019all to Facts!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tStill, Tip remained unmoved by 50\u2019s repeated denials and was still looking for a battle. \u201cI\u2019m DYYYIIINNNN yo Dis n\u2014a @50cent slow af,\u201d T.I. replied. \u201che actually think he got a shot wit that one & 1\/2 albums he got U washed my boi. Now cmon & PULL YO YOUNG BABOON FACE A\u2014 ON UP & GET SERVED CURTIS\u203c\ufe0f @verzuztv #BringMeTheBully.\u201d<\/p>\n \tMarch 2021: 50 Explains Why He\u2019s Out on Verzuz<\/p>\n \n\t50 joined The Morning Hustle show in March 2021, and explained that he felt the moment for Verzuz had passed by, with areas of the U.S. beginning to open up from COVID-19 restrictions. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI thought Verzuz was something we did when we was stuck in the house,\u201d he said, \u201cAs soon as we got out of the house to come back outside, Verzuz didn\u2019t make sense to me. Verzuz to me, that showed up and was the hottest thing. I was paying attention to it, watching it like everybody else. As soon as we could go back outside, I don\u2019t know why we still doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n \tFeb. 6, 2026: T.I. Revives Verzuz Chatter<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. joined a live episode of Shannon Sharpe and Chad Ochocinco\u2019s Nightcap in San Francisco during Super Bowl weekend. Verzuz was among the topics of discussion, where Tip explained he originally wanted to face off with Gucci Mane, but then turned his focus to 50, whom he taunted about not wanting any smoke with him. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI called my man. I said who I wanted. I said I wanted 50,\u201d T.I. said. \u201cHe don\u2019t want no smoke, though. I called my man out, he don\u2019t want no smoke. He ducking smoke. It\u2019s cool.\u201d<\/p>\n \tFeb. 7, 2026: \u2018Keep My Name Out Ya Mouth\u2019<\/p>\n \n\t50 Cent got wind of T.I.\u2019s comments on Nightcap and took to social media with a direct message for Tip: \u201cKeep my name out ya mouth.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t50 clowned T.I. by posting a clip from a 2010\u00a0Crime Stoppers\u00a0ad<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram . \u201cI know Atlanta pick and choose who they support, but yall gotta do better,\u201d 50 wrote. \u201cLOL keep my name out ya mouth !\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe continued to antagonize T.I. with another clip of\u00a0T.I. allegedly testifying<\/a>\u00a0in a case surrounding the 2006 murder of his assistant Philant Johnson in Cincinnati. \u201cNo, no , i don\u2019t like it,\u201d 50 added. \u201cNo verses let\u2019s do (The stay away challenge ) and stay away from me. LOL.\u201d <\/p>\n \tFeb. 12, 2026: T.I. Responds to 50 Calling Him \u2018King Rat\u2019<\/p>\n \n\tHip-hop historian\u00a0Nuface posted<\/a>\u00a0a video of a phone conversation between T.I. and Kevin Hart on Instagram\u00a0on Feb. 10. The video finds Tip flaunting his confidence in a potential Verzuz battle with 50 while telling Hart to get 50 to step into the ring. <\/p>\n \n\tThe post eventually made its way onto 50\u2019s radar and he called out T.I. for snitching in the past while labeling him \u201cKing Rat\u201d in the comment section. <\/p>\n \n\tTip didn\u2019t waste much time to fire back, claiming that 50 was \u201ca rat in real life.\u201d \u201cYou playing on MY NAME when only one of us a rat in real life\u2026you know I got your paperwork right? And my transcript is available online,\u201d he wrote. \u201cYour excuses is useless. Get yo h\u2014 a\u2014 in the box or STFU and live in fear. You soft son. You\u2019ve lost my respect. Fckn [duck emoji].\u201d<\/p>\n \tFeb. 22, 2026: T.I. Says He Lost Respect for 50<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. joined Million Dollaz Worth of Game on Feb. 22, and Verzuz came up once again \u2014\u00a0but this time around, the trap pioneer provided context, claiming that he and 50 Cent discussed battling before the public back-and-forth.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile the duo was traveling around Hollywood locking in TV\/film deals, Tip said that 50 seemed interested behind closed doors in participating in a Verzuz, but sang a different tune on social media, which made T.I. lose respect for Fif.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt was really about celebrating each other\u2019s catalog. Me and this n\u2014a talked about this,\u201d he said. \u201cI just ain\u2019t call him out of the blue. This ain\u2019t come out of nowhere. We were moving around in Los Angeles, selling some shows together.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. continued: \u201cIt\u2019s like, f\u2014k all of it. Now, I question your character. N\u2014a, just say you don\u2019t want to do it. That shit ain\u2019t going to happen. I don\u2019t want to stand on stage with him. I don\u2019t respect him.\u201d<\/p>\n \tFeb. 22, 2026: T.I. Drops \u2018War\u2019 After 50 Mocks Family Members<\/p>\n \n\t50\u2019s mental warfare and petty social media antics picked up when he posted a not-so-flattering photo of T.I.\u2019s wife, Tiny, and then compared his son, King Harris, to the Pepe the Frog meme. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFu*k Ni66a you can post a fat ho in a snowstorm on a unicycle juggling dildos\u2026. You still a HO!!!! #KingSaid That,\u201d T.I. wrote in the comments, according to Complex.<\/p>\n \n\tTip then took it to the studio, where he released the menacing \u201cWar,\u201d which doesn\u2019t address 50 by name, but appears to include several warning shots. \u201cThe bear hibernating, don\u2019t poke him\/ When you see the giant sleeping, shouldn\u2019t have woke him,\u201d he raps.<\/p>\n \tFeb. 23, 2026: T.I. Picks \u2018the Right One\u2019<\/p>\n \n\tWhile 50 stuck to jabbing at Tip and his family with memes, T.I. headed back to the booth. He returned with the bristling \u201cThe Right One\u201d diss track, which leaves no doubt he\u2019s got his crosshairs aimed at the Queens native. <\/p>\n \n\tT.I. covers the board while defending his family and sniping at 50 about his relationship with women, the Black community, being a bully on social media and a rapper unwilling to stand on his catalog.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYou take no issue with them white boys\/ It\u2019s only our people that you find to be an eyesore\/ Duckin\u2019 smoke, he won\u2019t even stand up for his legacy\/ I guess it\u2019s \u2019cause he see ain\u2019t s\u2014t to fight for,\u201d he raps. <\/p>\n \tFeb. 25, 2026: T.I. Wastes No Time Dropping Another Diss Track<\/p>\n \n\tT.I. didn\u2019t let 50 come up for air to close out February. He dropped another diss track, which found a frail version of 50 on the cover art from his role in 2011\u2019s\u00a0All Things Fall Apart. Tip blasts 50 for allegedly being an informant as well as his tendency to antagonize those on their worst days on social media. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMsg to da Dildo dealer: I don\u2019t make memes I MAKE MUSIC!!!! IDGAF what you erase\u2026 You keep posting = it\u2019s Problems!!!! #WhatBully,\u201d he captioned the diss track post. <\/p>\n \n\t50 attempted to deflect from T.I.\u2019s shots and gave the ATL resident the \u201cStupid A\u2014 N\u2014a Award\u201d <\/a>with a photo of a fake diploma on Instagram. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis award goes to old rappers still trying to battle rap, ChatGPT told me that. I don\u2019t need to rap, you need me to rap. LOL get the f\u2014k off my page,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \tFeb. 26, 2026: T.I. Hits 50 With More \u2018Lessons\u2019 & He Backs Down<\/p>\n \n\tEven if 50 wasn\u2019t going to respond, T.I. was going to make sure he was controlling the narrative with his raps and he had plenty more to get off of his chest. Tip returned with \u201cLessons\u201d hours after his last missile was fired at 50. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYeah I changed my mind too FN!!!! I don\u2019t want u to RAP bcuz we all know it\u2019ll be A\u2014 anyway!!! We just want you to answer to these Johnsons you juggling in real life,\u201d he wrote when releasing the diss. \u201cYou can write a poem, draw a picture, do a dance or somn to explain this shit cause we wanna fckn know!!!! Now Keep on posting!!! Ion make memes I make music Pu$$yyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tTip harps on 50\u2019s tendencies of being a bully on social media, but not wanting any smoke with him, and accuses 50 of physically assaulting women in the past. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cEvery time I look up, this ho wanna get into it and beef\/ I hate a bully, p\u2014y n\u2014a, come and do it to me\/ He beat on females, and I know details\/ Could be a free L to hand out but I know he tail\/ He jugglin\u2019 Johnson, huh? Must be on DL,\u201d T.I. raps on the hard-hitting track.<\/p>\n \n\t50 waved a metaphorical white flag <\/a>when removing all posts on his social media pages tied to T.I. and the Harris family. \u201cI\u2019m out of here, you guys hurt my feelings,\u201d he wrote alongside a photo of him hopping on a private jet. <\/p>\n \n\tIt became a family affair with the Harrises, who were taking turns jumping 50, as T.I.\u2019s sons, Domani <\/a>and King, both released diss tracks blasting 50 and mocking his late mother, who passed away when he was just eight years old. <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n \t<\/a><\/p>\n Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tThe Daily\t\t<\/p>\n A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry<\/p>\n \t\tBy providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use<\/a> and our Privacy Policy<\/a>. \t![\"Billboard](\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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