It appears that 50 Cent has decided to end his long feud with Floyd Mayweather. After years of beefing both on and offline, the rapper posted a picture on Instagram which seems to suggest that the two have made up.
50’s post features a photo of Floyd with the “Confirmed Tycoon” stamp over the picture. “Yeah Champ said he gonna pull on me for Tycoon so you know we gonna go crazy. Big bags coming out TMT floydmayweather BOOM,” the caption read.
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50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather have fired shots at one another on social media and in interviews for years. The beef reached new heights in February when 50 said that he would be open to a boxing match with Floyd. The rapper’s only concern was being able to make weight.
“I’d fight Floyd if I could get down there. Or he could just let me not have to get down to 150. I could make about 180. He walking around 150, maybe 147,” 50 said. As for “Pretty Boy” Floyd, he said that he would do the fight regardless of weight class.
“If [50 Cent] wants to lace up at the end of the year we can do an exhibition then. I don’t care about weight class with any of these guys. The Paul brothers will make great money with the events, but with 50 Cent it has to be Winner Takes All,” Floyd said on social media.
The two are expected to link up next weekend at 50’s new Tycoon Comedy Music Festival in Houston. The festival will take place at the Toyota Center from August 25-28. The lineup consists of well-known comedians such as B-Simone, DC Youngfly, Karlous Miller and Michael Blackson.
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The background of 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather’s beef
There isn’t a definite reason for the feud between 50 and Floyd. In 2014, the rapper went viral when he bet $750,000 that Mayweather couldn’t read a Harry Potter book. The incident led to shots between the entertainers, who were once close friends.
The two appeared to bury the hatchet in 2015. However, by 2018 they were beefing once again. Mayweather has even stated that even he doesn’t know how the feud started.
“We could have stayed friends,” the boxer said on Drink Champs in 2020. “I never asked him to be a part of G-Unit. I just thought we had a genuine friendship. That’s what I thought. It is what it is.”
Written by Olan Bryant