With Diddy on trial, 50 Cent reignites their beef by poking fun at Jay-Z. Here’s a timeline of the decadeslong feud.

Jay-Z

Jay-Z

In December, an unnamed plaintiff filed an amended complaint accusing Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, and Combs of drugging and raping her in 2000, when she was 13 years old.

The incident occurred at a house party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, the amended complaint alleges.

The complaint was initially filed in October and referred to Jay-Z as “Celebrity A.” A third celebrity — as yet unnamed — “stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor,” the complaint says.

Carter has strongly denied the allegations.

50 Cent and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP/Kathy Willens/AP

50 Cent and Sean “Diddy” Combs. Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP/Kathy Willens/AP

With Sean “Diddy” Combs on trial over charges including racketeering and sex trafficking, 50 Cent has been gleefully fanning the flames of their two decadeslong feud.

The trial is separate to a civil lawsuit filed by Diddy’s ex partner Cassie in November 2023, accusing him of rape, sexual assault, and human trafficking (which she said was settled for $20 million). Diddy has denied the allegations.

The beef between the two rappers kicked off publicly in 2006 when 50 Cent released a diss track called “The Bomb,” which accused Diddy of knowing who shot and killed The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997.

Since then, the pair have taken numerous jabs at one another. In 2010, Diddy described 50 Cent as a “hating ass crap” after he became the manager of Rick Ross in 2009 — another rapper who 50 Cent had beef with.

Here are some key moments from the beef, and who else has become tangled up in it.

50 Cent joked about Diddy and Jay-Z’s friendship

On Wednesday, 50 Cent shared an Instagram post showing photos of Jay-Z and Diddy over the years.

“Friends till the end, Jay you still there? We blew up Kid cudi’s car to show him who’s the BOSS! LOL,” 50 Cent wrote in the caption speaking as Diddy.

Cassie’s 2023 lawsuit against Diddy claimed that he was responsible for blowing up Kid Cudi’s car. In her testimony during Diddy’s ongoing trial, Cassie said she admitted to Diddy she cheated on him with Kid Cudi in 2011.

50 Cent commissioned a documentary about Diddy soon after Cassie filed her lawsuit

After Cassie filed her November 2023 lawsuit, by December 50 Cent’s production company had started work on a documentary about the allegations.

50 Cent later posted a clip from the documentary featuring the Bad Boy Records rapper Mark Curry, alleging that Diddy spiked girls’ drinks at parties.

50 Cent confirmed to Variety in September 2024 that he’s making the documentary for Netflix. It’s unclear when it will be released.

A representative from Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider about the documentary.

50 Cent taunted Diddy when he was arrested

When the details of a federal indictment emerged, alleging that law enforcement seized narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant during raids on Diddy’s mansions in March 2024, 50 Cent wasn’t silent for long.

He wrote on X: “Here I am keeping good company with @DrewBarrymoreTV and I don’t have 1,000 bottles of lube at the house.”

 

50 Cent made fun of Diddy after the authorities raided his mansions

50 Cent also taunted Diddy when federal officers raided his properties. In a since-deleted Instagram post from March 2024, he shared a screenshot of a TMZ article about the raids and wrote: “Now it’s not Diddy do it, it’s Diddy Done. They don’t come like that unless they got a case.”

 

Page Six reported at the time that 50 Cent also posted a screenshot of Diddy’s two sons, Justin and King Combs, in handcuffs, but that post was also deleted.

In the caption, Page Six reported he wrote: “Shit just got real. The Fed’s in all the cribs, damn they got the kids in cuffs.”

In December 2024, Diddy posted a statement on X that read: “Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family, and for the truth.”

Representatives for 50 Cent and Diddy did not respond to requests for comment from BI.