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50 Cent Talks Rick Ross Beef

11:17 a.m. · November 8, 2011 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Is there any debate left over who won the Rick Ross and 50 Cent beef? I mean, Rick Ross is appearing on Kanye West and Drake albums, and 50 is writing children's books. But apparently 50 is still wanting to talk about it, even after Rick Ross has moved on to foes like Kreayshawn. 

In an interview with MTV, he assured MTV that he doesn't wish death on Ross, and he discusses why he think their beef started. Basically, he thinks Ross wanted to move up. And he did. Here's an excerpt:

50 said he believes Ross started the feud to raise his own rap profile: "He says it started because I looked at him the wrong way," Fif recalled of an incident on the red carpet for the 2009 BET Awards. "That just means he wanted to compete, he wanted to move up, he wanted to create an awareness for himself, and he did it."

While the two did trade insults, specifically on Rozay's "Mafia Music" and Fif's "Officer Ricky," the G-Unit general said he didn't take the barbs personally, and in his mind, the two had a battle — not a beef. "This is why they changed the terminology from 'battling' to 'beefing.' It was always that battling was a part of the culture; they didn't do that until Tupac and Biggie Smalls' situation," he said. "That's when it became taboo to actually mention an artist's name."

This doesn't mention the porn part of this "battle," but still. You can hear more from 50 Cent here.