The Recreation is reflecting on one among hip hop’s most infamous rivalries and says he as soon as believed it could finish with deadly penalties. In a current interview with VIBE Journal, the Los Angeles rapper spoke candidly with Datwon Thomas concerning the depth of his battle with 50 Cent in the course of the mid 2000s.
“On the top of it, I used to be ready to die in that beef,” he stated. “I used to be virtually 100% positive that me and 50 was going to die in that. I for positive thought it. I simply knew it…”
Recreation defined that the dynamic mirrored an earlier period of rap historical past, drawing parallels to the East Coast West Coast tensions of the Nineteen Nineties. On the time, he considered himself because the dominant rapper on the West Coast whereas 50 Cent held that place within the East. “Had been each younger, in our 20s, and I simply thought that we wouldn’t make it out of that.”
Earlier than the fallout, Recreation had maintained relationships with members of G-Unit, however tensions escalated as his debut album The Documentary approached launch. Points reportedly intensified amid 50 Cent’s ongoing feud with Fats Joe, with Recreation feeling he was penalized for not absolutely aligning himself. He was quickly pushed out of the group.
“The factor about it’s, I didn’t give a fuck, as a result of I hated that n*gga a lot for attempting to play me,” Recreation stated.
Recalling the extremes of that interval, he described confrontational actions and escalating hostility. “And once more, Biggie and Pac, this sh*t is actual. It’s actual. I do know 50. He ain’t taking part in, he’s for actual. I used to be able to actually go all the way in which out… I used to be severe, man.”
The rivalry included a taking pictures on the HOT 97 studio that left somebody from Recreation’s camp wounded. Whereas the 2 artists finally held a press convention to chill tensions, the battle lingered till 2016. Trying again, Recreation stated, “Recreation and 50 made it out, however n*ggas died. Like, folks died in that beef. It was that severe. And I believed it could be me or him.”
