50 Cent's Diddy dislike

Aug 20, 2007, 13:10 GMT

If you believe everything you hear, Curtis is 50 Cent\'s bid to be hip-hop king--the rumor goes that he issued it the same day Kanye West released his Graduation CD to spawn a sales race and thus, a) establish superiority, or b) retire with his head hung low. But here\'s what might not have occurred to 50: Given enough talent and a fully loaded speed-dial--the kind that can raise Timbaland, ...more

50 Cent dislikes P. Diddy and Jay-Z.

The rapper - real name Curtis Jackson - has no desire to be friends with the two music moguls.

When asked if he ever feels competitive towards Diddy and Jay-Z's business ventures, he replied: "Nah. I don't even like them."

The hip-hop star refused to retract his words when it was suggested they could be misconstrued, saying: "I don't give a f**k."

50 insisted he "respected" Diddy but won't be phoning him to ask for advice.

He told hip-hop website SOHH.com: "In business, I respect what he does. But if we liked each other, we'd call each other to talk for no reason. And me and Puffy, we don't have conversations."

Diddy and Jay-Z are not the first to feel 50's wrath. He has also been involved in a war of words with Kanye West.

The two hip-hop heavyweights are due to do battle in the charts next month when their new albums - 50's 'Curtis' and West's 'Graduation - are both released on September 11.

50 is so confident he will win the sales war, he has threatened to quit music if his rival outsells him.

He said: "Let's raise the stakes. If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer perform music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out any more solo albums."

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