Hip-Hop mogul 50 Cent has revealed he intentionally used a recent ABC News interview to send a message to Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently incarcerated at Fort Dix Federal Prison.
In an Instagram post, 50 Cent admitted he agreed to the sit-down because ABC is one of the few channels accessible to inmates.
“Finding out 50 Cent agreed to do an interview with ABC news station only because it’s one of the few stations they’re allowed to watch in prison. He’s a menace,” the post read, with 50 Cent adding, “I thought about it, what’s wrong with that?”
During the interview, 50 Cent referred to Diddy as his “favorite villain” while insisting there is no personal feud between them. “I don’t know him to be tough,” he said. “Like, we haven’t even had problems. Me and him. They all say we’ve had beef for 20 years, but I have hired both of his sons for different projects that I worked on… I don’t have that energy towards him where we were trying to hurt each other.”
The remarks come amid the release of Sean Combs: The Reckoning, the Netflix docuseries executive produced by 50 Cent that examines long-standing controversies surrounding the Bad Boy Records founder.
Adding to the drama, 50 Cent recently claimed that Diddy sent him flowers while he was performing at Miami’s E11EVEN nightclub, calling the gesture “ominous” and posting about it humorously on social media.
The interview and social media posts highlight 50 Cent’s unique approach to media and his willingness to use it to provoke even from outside the prison system.
