This one is a little hazy, admittedly, because it revolves around a lot of tiptoeing and evasive wording. But hey, if 50 found it in himself to welcome Buck back to the fold and re-unite the Unit after years of issues in 2014, anything is possible. The feud with 50 “ended” earlier this year when the two buried the hatchet at a club, but considering the history of this battle it’s unlikely to ever truly be over. With so many touch points and flare-ups, it’s impossible to explain it all. What followed was one of the most extensive, extended beefs in hip-hop history: dozens of diss tracks, some of them excellent Game’s protracted “G-UNOT” campaign 50’s G-Unit Radio 21: Hate It or Love It mixtape that had a doctored image of Game in a thong on the cover and called him a male stripper several rejected peace treaties, mostly from Game’s side and separate branches of the beef that directly involved Tony Yayo, Young Buck and Lloyd Banks, among others, in various ways. Game had no problem piling on against the Ja Rules and Joe Buddens of the world, but he drew the line at Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Nas - none of whom Game had issues with, and all of whom were targeted in 50’s song “Piggy Bank.” So 50, with his perpetual flair for the dramatic, officially kicked Game out of G-Unit live on the air at Hot 97 in an interview that was cut off prematurely due to a shooting outside the station involving Game’s crew (which had arrived outside the station’s headquarters during the interview). But 50’s demands for complete crew loyalty included an ultimatum that everyone in the Unit join him in taking on his many, many beefs within the industry, regardless of the context or history. When Game signed to Aftermath Entertainment in 2003, then-Interscope chief Jimmy Iovine placed the young MC into 50 Cent’s G-Unit camp, which at that time was effectively running the rap game. Ironically, The Game’s biggest and longest-running beef stemmed, at least initially, from his unwillingness to beef in the first place.
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