Rapper 50 Cent was name-dropped at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bombshell federal trial Tuesday — during shocking testimony that touched on the longstanding feud between the hip-hop legends.
The Bad Boy Records founder had griped to his former manager Chris Lighty about his feud with 50 Cent after the two rappers left an MTV press event, Combs’ ex-assistant Capricorn Clark told jurors in Manhattan federal court.
“I don’t like all the back and forth … I like guns,” Clark recalled Combs telling Lighty in an elevator leaving the event.
50 Cent famously was shot nine times during a 2000 shooting in Queens.
The tale from Clark adds yet another wrinkle between the hip-hop stars’ beef, which began nearly 20 years ago.
50 Cent released a diss track — “The Bomb” — in 2006 that accused Combs of knowing who killed the Notorious B.I.G.
He has since gleefully roasted Combs over the torrent of accusations that erupted after the “Mo Money Mo Problems” singer’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura dropped a bombshell lawsuit outlining alleged abuse and degrading “freak-off” sex parties.
The trolling continued over Combs’ racketeering and sex-trafficking trial, as Ventura alleged he once made her climb into an inflatable pool filled with baby oil.
“This s–t crazier th[a]n regular crazy,” 50 Cent posted on Instagram, along with two AI-generated images of Combs in a pools brimming with baby oil.
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The “Candy Shop” hip-hop legend — besides razzing his rival’s love of lubricants — is producing an as-yet-unreleased Netflix documentary about the sexual assault accusations against Combs.
He has said the proceeds will go toward victims of sexual assault and rape.
Lighty, the manager to whom Combs allegedly made the gun remark, died in 2014 from a self-inflicted gunshot, police have said.
50 Cent, however, had hired a private investigator to dig into Lighty’s death, Ebony reported.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty.