{"id":102226,"date":"2026-01-16T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102226\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:30:21","slug":"50-cent-drops-footage-of-jim-jones-bronx-facility-without-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102226\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Cent Drops Footage Of Jim Jones’ Bronx Facility Without Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

50 Cent and Jim Jones\u2019 beef continues<\/a>; the mogul is once again proving that no moment is too small to flip into a punchline.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 15, the Jamaica Queens mogul shared a clip on social media that blended comedy, branding, and old-school rap rivalry, using a staged power outage to take a not-so-subtle shot at longtime foe Jim Jones. Jones has been promoting the building of his creative hub since rumors of his power outrage originated<\/a> last week. <\/p>\n

The video shows 50 in executive mode during what appears to be a mock production tied to a Super Bowl 60 collaboration for his Branson cognac brand. Standing in front of an unseen crowd, he sets the scene with classic hype energy. <\/p>\n

\u201cLadies and gentlemens, are you ready for Super Bowl 60? Are you ready for the excitement, the adrenaline, Branson cognac\u2026\u201d he says. <\/p>\n

Moments later, the lights abruptly shut off. \u201cWhat the fuck?! What happened with the lights, man?\u201d 50 yells, turning the sudden blackout into the centerpiece of the skit.<\/p>\n

The gag mirrors a real-life situation involving Jim Jones\u2019 IFC building in the Bronx, which recently lost power while operating as a growing creative hub. The space is home to Jones\u2019 podcast Let\u2019s Rap About It<\/a>, co-hosted by Fabolous, Dave East, and Maino, and is intended to expand into a larger media center. <\/p>\n

Shortly before posting the Branson clip, 50 escalated the joke by sharing unreleased footage showing Jones and his entourage sitting in darkness inside the IFC building, relying on flashlights.<\/p>\n

50 framed the moment as pure comedy on Instagram. In one post, he wrote, \u201cLOL \ud83d\ude06 @mr_camron turned the lights off, them bum ass \ud83e\udd77\ud83c\udffe in there with flash lights. \ud83d\udd26 @50centaction,\u201d pulling Cam\u2019ron into the mix and reviving Dipset-era tension. <\/p>\n

A second post featured animated eyes floating in the dark, captioned, \u201c\ud83d\ude06they in there like all we got is us. LOL WE ALL WE GOT! @bransoncognac,\u201d twisting a familiar rap slogan into another jab.<\/p>\n

He capped it off with a third post that read, \u201c\ud83d\ude06Turn off the lights @bransoncognac.\u201d<\/p>\n

The posts reflect 50 Cent\u2019s long-running playbook. He turns real-life mishaps into viral moments, blends beef with business, and keeps himself at the center of the conversation. <\/p>\n

For 50, the lights going out wasn\u2019t a problem. It was the setup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"50 Cent and Jim Jones\u2019 beef continues; the mogul is once again proving that no moment is too…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[41583,128,46783,46784,46785,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-102226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-50-cent","tag-bronx","tag-camron","tag-dipset","tag-jim-jones","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}