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Kanye West Brushes Off 50 Cent’s Jabs as “Before I Self Destruct” Gets Pushed Back To March 2009

1/23/09, 12:32 pm EST

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Kanye West has finally responded to 50 Cent’s disses, but rather than fuel the fire, West took the high road by complimenting 50 and expressing disappointment that the Queens MC is starting beef yet again. As you may recall, when the two rappers released dueling albums in September 2007, 50 Cent dissed Kanye and attempt to start a feud. Last week, 50 Cent mocked Kanye’s singing skills on 808s & Heartbreak and called the album a “brick.” “Just as a real human being, I can’t say that it doesn’t affect me. I was such a fan of 50,” West told Bossip.com. “50 is one of those rappers that I said was the end all be all of what rap what supposed to be. Like a true iconic rapper.

“So, for me as a fan of him I felt like if he said something negative and tried to make it like I’m negative,” West said. “It’s almost like if a little kid walks up to you at the airport and is like, ‘Man, I love you so much,’ and then you spit on him.” Kanye wasn’t 50’s only target in the rapper’s recent barrage: Fiddy also called Lil Wayne a “junkie” and said Weezy’s over-saturation in the public eye would eventually end in his downfall.

Keep in mind, 50 Cent was supposed to have a new album out next week, Before I Self Destruct. We say “supposed to” because absolutely no one is talking about this record outside of those reporting on 50’s shit-talking. Perhaps that’s the reason why the album was pushed back to early 2009 without any fanfare (50 Cent mentioned the delay at Sundance, to HollyScoop).

“I could never have beef with anybody. I’m not here to beef with anybody. I’m trying to bring people together,” West said, unwilling to get into a war of words. “I realize that my success and my mouth and everything rub people the wrong way every now and then, but I’m not gonna have beef with anybody.”

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Crowe | 1/23/2009, 1:13 pm EST

Classy reply by Ye, though if you told me he spat on a kid in an airport, I’d believe you.

Kevin the Robot | 1/23/2009, 2:20 pm EST

“Weezy’s over-saturation in the public eye would eventually end in his downfall.” How true. I was thinking about this same thing when I was playing 50’s video game. Then I spilled some Vitamin water on my G-Unit shirt. I decided to turn in with a good book and movie. It’s too bad ‘From Pieces to Weight’ and ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ are neither of those.

Pharaoh4 | 1/23/2009, 3:00 pm EST

Yeah, I like how Rolling Stone acts like no one cares 50’s album is coming out. Just fucking wait till that shit drops and set the world on fire again. We haven’t heard a response from Lil Wayne cause he IS a junkie and he IS too fucked up to reply, RIGHT NOW.

Joe | 1/23/2009, 3:39 pm EST

No one cares about 50’s album after that last mess he tried to pass off. Now “Relapse”, on the other hand…..

Anonymous | 1/23/2009, 5:14 pm EST

Congrats to kanye for being the bigger man here.50 lives off beef,he tries to start hype for his albums…as for wayne he is a junkie

addiicttedd | 1/23/2009, 5:30 pm EST

50 is trash, & kanye must be on crack. its crazy how, so called “fiddy” be on dat corny hood shit dat nobody cares about anymore. all these dumb rappers wanna get attention in a bad way so thay can look tough but their music is dumb weak. dont get me wrong, I love kanye but he be on some other shit sometimes. PLUS I don’t think 50 realizes how stupid he looks by dropping “before I self destruct” after he publicly lost the album battle to west. maybe these clowns should really retire when they say they will or just shut da hell up and continue to make wack music. HIP HOP needs a major makeover…

KrazzeMan | 1/24/2009, 1:19 am EST

I would not pay fifty cents for fiftys album why would i want to pay to hear the same old over played so calle rap music that fifty makes his new albums is gonna sound just like his first album he jsut trying to use the star power of a true artist KANYE who is a diverse artist who can master any style he attempts .. and promote his crap album i pay almost a dollar for blank CDRs and i wouldent pay 50 cents for 50s album so maybe he would make more if he just shut up

Fifty 50 | 1/24/2009, 3:41 am EST

Man, there some slow people out there. I’m the man, and always will be!

Anonymous | 1/24/2009, 12:36 pm EST

Is 50 serious about this high school drama? 50’s era came and passed and due to the fact that he’s trying to get back into a game that he hasn’t played in since his last best selling album came out, he has to cause controversy to even get his name out there again. It’s pathetic. Respect other artists like Lil Wayne and great rappers like Kanye and stop with the immature bullshit that you keep trying to pull. It’s pathetic 50. You can be so much better.

alo | 1/24/2009, 4:58 pm EST

hip hop is dead!

Psychic Nigga | 1/25/2009, 3:59 am EST

Good looks on Kanye for his response. This truly is the end of 50 Cent. haha

whatthehell | 1/25/2009, 4:56 am EST

is “Hollyscoop” and how can we make it go away? That interview was worse than anything you see on E! (which is hard to do).

yikes.

fuck 50 | 1/25/2009, 1:39 pm EST

fiddy aint no musican. just a product. seriously how can he say lil wayne over saturateing the public, hes a fuckin musican and writes music, unlike 50 who stars on a reality show and has a shity video game and movie.

Mark | 1/25/2009, 7:51 pm EST

how the FUCK can 50 cent talk about kanye! kanye only been out 5 years and he’s switch his style at least 4 times respectively. 50 cent has been in the game for over a decade and he’s STILL sayin da same shit! HIS CAREER IS THROUGH! Massacre was his last hit, which was pretty weak in my opinion! JUS BOW OUT GRACEFULLY!

kanye | 1/26/2009, 12:34 am EST

does nyone rember the g unit album that came out in the summer ahahahahaha

rap rip | 1/26/2009, 9:18 am EST

I think rap beefs are getting a little lame. And when music is in a crisis,we certainly don’t need 50 cent of all people talking trash. Kanye, Lil’ Wayne, 50 cent, and the whole list of rappers aren’t anything.

Anthony | 1/26/2009, 9:50 am EST

You motherfuckers dont have any clue about 50. Hes the ONLY reason hip hop is still alive without him hip hop would be done a while ago so u bitches need to stop talkin shit cause 50 would destroy u motha fuckers in a heart beat. u guys are bitin off more than u can chew and that causes mad problems. back the fuck down

Ry | 1/27/2009, 2:47 pm EST

why does everybody call him 50? it could be 50 dildos as it is cents, im sorry 50 cenT. i forgot that more than one is the new singular..

rachella allen | 1/27/2009, 5:22 pm EST

u guys r crazy and need to stop fighting and growup!^ ilove u 50

JR | 1/28/2009, 12:00 pm EST

Antony’s cracking me up. 50 cent keeping hip hop alive. Wat a load of crap. The only rappers people are interested in these days and therefore keeping it alive are kanye, lil wayne and jay z. People are tired of hearing 50 drone on about getting shot 9 times and getting loads of money. No one cares, just like no one cares he has a new album coming out. Apart from antony maybe.

Anthony | 1/28/2009, 5:51 pm EST

First off JR. JAY-Z kisses ass to get any single song out there cause hes horrible. And 2 we’ll see who is keepin it alive when 50 breaks lil waynes neck in this beef goin on right now. So getcha facts straight before ya come at me with this cause just like 50’s gonna do to lil wayne in raps ill do to you in real life.

JR | 1/28/2009, 6:27 pm EST

Jay z may kiss ass but at least people are interested in him. 50 cent, more like 50 who, I bet he won’t even sell 250,000 first week cos he’s a chump. As for lil wayne’s new album, I for one can’t wait. Maybe 50 should stop whining and start paying attention, he could learn a lot from kanye and wayne. Actually 50 could learn from vanilla ice.

Anthony | 1/28/2009, 11:05 pm EST

Yea nice try trying to completely avoid what i just mentioned bout weezy. That 50 cent will deestroy him. And i dont know where u get ur facts from but they must be real screwy cause that certainly aint the facts. 50’s single ALONE sold over 50,000 so youre in for a big surprise when he sends his whole album out.

JR | 1/29/2009, 10:16 am EST

Face it antony. 50 cent is just gonna bend over and take it from lil wayne just like he took it from kanye in 2007. If he sells more than 250k I’ll admit I’m wrong, but I doubt it. And as for 50 destroying lil wayne. No chance!

OFDHZE | 1/29/2009, 11:18 am EST

Fuck 50. I wish 2pac was still alive so he can’t start beef with 50 and put him in his place and send him home where he need to be.

Im sure 50 won’t be the way he is today if pac was around.
The bottom line is that 50 never made hiphop and is not keeping hiphop alive, pac did and we all know that.

Hip hop died a long time ago, when 2pac died. R.I.P HOME BOY.

There is 1 nigga u can’t fuck around with and that would be ICE CUBE. Now lets see if 50 will fuck around with cube ha ha ha, yeah ice cube is the oldest, respectful rapper in the industry after Pac. He is keeping hiphop alive.

Anthony | 1/29/2009, 11:31 pm EST

OK yea good luck with fuckin ice cube. That little fag soulja boy told his ass off. And we’ll see who becomes the greatest out of Pac Biggie Nas every rapper like that 50’s gonna be above em all.

OFDHZE | 1/30/2009, 10:50 am EST

Man, anthony u don’t know shit about rap or the greatest 2pac if u think 50 is better then Pac, ur a fool man.

Soulja boy, fake ass rapper. No comment about him.

Ha ha 50 last 2 albums were shit man and I stopped buying his albums cause he says the same shit man and says the same words over and over again. Str8 out bro his shit and after his next and final album no1 is gonna care that he was in the music industry.

Now as for ice cube I wasn’t talking about SB dissing cube. Read my comments and stick to it cuz. I was talking about 50 dissing cube. Cuz u would not see that happening, EVER cause cube is hip hop bro, his got the hole crew under him and the power.

Now holla at me when 50 is nothing and an unknown person.

My cousin raps better then him check him out.

JR | 1/30/2009, 5:20 pm EST

face it antony your talking shit, just like 50.

Dr. Blinky | 1/30/2009, 10:19 pm EST

Good thing Curtis doesn’t know about irony, or else his comments about over-saturation leading to a downfall might be misconstrued. Let’s see, Curtis: bricked T.O.S.: bricked BISD: pushed back harder than Baby pushing Wayne’s shit. 50 lost. Forever.

lil trip | 1/31/2009, 9:49 am EST

ahyt this is the thing , 50 cent was the greatest , is the greatest , will forever be the greatest thats just the way it is niggaz . now on the other hand weezy & kanye are good but they just don’t measure up to ‘THE MAN’ 50 CENT . Holla to all 50 Cent fans.

kanye=legend | 1/31/2009, 7:25 pm EST

I’m a fan of both artists but I’m just bored of 50 cent atm. although he’s consistent he just doesn’t push himself artisticly like kanye. I think he’s just lost the plot!!! He’s not as relevant as he used to be (proven as his single get up currently lies at 65th!!!). Eminems return couldn’t come any sooner for this guy… Otherwise his status as a TOP hip hop artist will be soon over!!!

G-unit Baby Girl | 2/1/2009, 12:57 pm EST

smfh all yall and ya dumb ass comments
listen 50 didnt start beef with kanye he clearly sayd hes messing around with him if you dont know wat kinda person 50 is by now then read up on ya fucking info.
and for the record 50 won the battle with kanye internationally and thats more then just one country so actually thats better then oh kanye winning in america besides ya lame ass niggas into fucking wack ass retro-ness and plaided scarfs nd kanye glasses of course ya lame bitches gunna bow down 2 kanye but ya wack and he not even hip-hop he rnb gotdamn and 50 did well on all his solo albums and the massacre is the only album 2 reach 1.6 mill in its first week ya fuckin talk bout wayne goin platinum and shit on the carter III and that shit was ass. and ya wayne heads is fuckn stupid cant even name his first album which by the way isnt the carter I. and dat nigga been out since he was 11 wat 13 or 14 yrs and he just goin platinum nah i think ya fans is just killn hiphop thats why. wayne ass now and he cant even admit hes gay smfh!

so dont even talk
and if 2pac was alive shit would still go the same way it is now aint shit gunna change bcus the ppl who made biggie and pac are still around. and 2 say hiphop died when pac died is dumb bcus he wasnt the first and hes not the last. but r.i.p 2 biggie and pac

but anywaysz 50 better then kanye and wayne ya just to into the fucking retro shit 2 realize ya been killed hip-hop by listening 2 wayne and kanye and do they wack trends.

G-unit Baby Girl | 2/1/2009, 1:13 pm EST

For The Record Kanye Doesnt Rap Therefore He is Not A Rapper smfh Next Mofucka Who Says Hes a Rapper is Finna Git Slapped Through The Computer. Nah im Lyin But Still He is Not a Rapper and Ya Needa Realize That.
and Weezy Doesnt Write His Own Music and Hes Still Trapped in The Closet With his Sexuality and He swears hes The Best Rapper Alive But Sings Shit Like lollipop and Comfortable. OoO and You Can Thank Suburb White Ppl Who Are Not From The Hood For lil Wayne’s Sucess On The Carter III.

but Lemme Stop Typing Bcus i Realized i Cant Get Thru 2 Wayne Heads.Consider Yaselfs Brain Washed.

kanye=legend | 2/2/2009, 1:09 pm EST

g-unit babygirl, chill out!!! I agree that kanye has verged away from rapping and frequently refers to himself as a pop artist but the fact still remains… 50 has lost the sales power he once had in his prime. Everything the guys does seems like a pr stunt, to extent were people just don’t believe him anymore.

Also, I’m afraid your mistaken in thinking that 50’s more popular internationlly. I’m an African going to boarding school in England and my friends in Africa are just sick of the same old “I’m a rich gangster bully” persona he tries to promote to rich suburban kids , who buy his fake music looking for an escape.

The rich kids who actually buy his music r just bored of him now and lost intrest. Kanye’s continuous reinvention of his music will keep at the top for years to come.

Anyway I thought he was going to retire if LOST to kanye… Well guess what, u lost so pack ur bags and go home!!!!

kanabis | 2/6/2009, 1:14 pm EST

ahah you my kiss my dikg

g unit baby girl = hood rat | 2/18/2009, 3:08 pm EST

g unit baby girl..if you think 50 cent says anything relevant then your world must be as big as the hood ass block you live on. 2. Kanye West was is and will always be a rapper but over all that he’s an artist. thats where curtis stops and he keeps going. if you don’t think kanye west is a rapper then you need to buy his first three albums. If you think 50 is hardcore you need to re-listen to candy shop, amusement park, etc. 50 cent = small sales for small minds. Nobodys checkin for Before i self destruct dummie. Ye’s almost double platinum. Facts are facts sweetie

"g unit baby bitch" is dumb | 4/5/2009, 9:59 pm EST

50 CENT – IS – WACK. as ridiculous as rick ross’s comments about 50 sounded, he’s actually completely right. when u think of 50, u think 2003-2005. now when u think of him, u think of an uncreative and uninspiring rapper who can’t release solid shit anymore. get over it, 50 is done.

HiP-hOp iS dEaD | 6/19/2009, 9:50 am EST

well G-unit Baby Girl you can’t just come here and convince anyone 2 listen to anything.. everybody have there own fukin opinions.. and in my opinion if you love 50 cent you know shit about hip-hip. you just fukin around here and tellin everybody they’re killing hip-hop?? well to be honest 50 cent is killing hiphop, wayne, soulja boy r killin hiphop.. if ya wanna know what real hiphop is all about go listen 2 nas, biggie, tupac.. does fiddy stands anywhere near them?? fuck no.. 50 is goin retard by dissin everyone.. i mean cmon he even tried 2 beef with nas.. wtf.. n if you still loves 50 who gives a shit!!

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