- 50 Cent mocked Ja Rule on Instagram after the latter's latest performance.
- At the 2023 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on Wednesday, Ja performed a song while tied to a wooden column.
50 Cent has taken a shot at longtime rival Ja Rule over a recent performance during which the "Always On Time" rapper tied himself to a wooden column.
During a rendition of his song "One of Us" at the 2023 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Miami on Wednesday night, Ja was tied to a wooden pole with his hands above his head — an apparent reference to paintings that depict the flagellation of Jesus Christ.
In video footage of the performance, Ja can be seen surrounded by singers dressed in white robes while a sunset is depicted behind them on stage.
Sharing a clip of the performance to his Instagram on Thursday, 50 described it as "so stupid."
"look at this shit head, is he supposed to be Jesus," he wrote alongside the video. " WTF you can't make this shit up."
In the comments section of 50's post, 50's comrades Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda both posted a series of laughing emojis, while Mix Master Mike, a former DJ for the Beastie Boys, wrote: "Shits cray fif."
Ja has yet to respond to 50's post.
50 Cent and Ja Rule have now been clashing with one another for over two decades, though the pair have conflicting stories over how their feud started.
In his 2005 memoir "From Pieces to Weight," 50 said it was because a friend of his robbed Ja for his necklace in 1999.
Ja, however, told MTV in 2003 that it stemmed from him unknowingly snubbing 50 during a music video shoot in New York.
Regardless of how it started, they've since exchanged countless diss tracks, had a fight in an Atlanta nightclub, and in 2000, 50 was stabbed in New York after an altercation with people affiliated with Murder Inc., Ja's record label. Murder Inc. rapper Black Child claimed responsibility for the attack.
It's not always been as serious as that, however.
In 2018, 50 purchased 200 front-row tickets to a Ja Rule concert so that the seats would remain empty.
Despite their seemingly endless beef, Ja said in an interview with The Shade Room in April that things aren't as bad between him and 50 as people may think.
"If 50 Cent was to walk in here right now, what do you think would happen?" he asked the interviewer.
When the interviewer replied, "Well, nothing, obviously," Ja said: "Exactly! That's what the fuck I'm saying. We don't have an issue. We don't have a problem."