Early 2000s: On the Rise
In the early 2000s, 50 Cent was rising up in the hip-hop circle in New York, while Diddy (then Puff Daddy) had been an established star since the ’90s.
After departing Columbia Records and being shot nine times, 50 took up ghostwriting for other artists.
50 reportedly ghostwrote a verse for Diddy on G. Dep‘s “Let’s Get It” in 2001, marking one of the first times they interacted.
At that point, their relationship was professional.
In 2022, 50 claimed on The Breakfast Club that he ghostwrote the verse.
2002: The First Name Drop & Light Disses
50 Cent references Diddy for the first time on the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ song “U Not Like Me.”
“Hoes be like ’50, you so witty’/ On the d—k like they heard I ghostwrite for P. Diddy,” he rapped.
Later on a remix of Notorious B.I.G. song “Realest N–s” for the Bad Boys II soundtrack, in which DJ WhooKid reportedly used a track he worked on with Diddy featuring unreleased Notorious B.I.G. vocals, 50 Cent declares in his verse: “I run the city, and I don’t dance around like Diddy.”
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