How exactly did the beef between 50 cent and murder inc. Start?
And why were they trying to kill dude?
It started over 50 dissing Ja on the original, "
Your Life's on the Line". 50 has stated that he attacked Ja because of how Ja, allegedly, treated him after witnessing 50 with a person who robbed him in the past. However, Ja says that explanation is pure fantasy. He also theorizes that 50, most likely, dissed him to create attention for his album like he did with "
How To Rob".
Me personally, I think Ja's explanation makes the most sense when you examine 50's actions at the time. First, the reception to
How To Rob, by the public, garnered more attention for 50 than any of his other singles, which were flops. The success of that record gave 50 a reason to start randomly dissing rappers. To him, naming-names was his winning formula to create cheap heat for himself and POAD, and he points that out his music,
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Since 'How to Rob' a lot of nikkas been naming names
Monkey see monkey do, I done changed the game"
.Working off that premise, and taking into account that POAD was getting pushed back, his singles were still flopping, and that he attacked Mr. cheeks, Onyx, and Ja rule on the OG version of Your Life's on the Line. You can start to see that Ja rule's point has real merit. There is enough evidence there to conclude that
Your Life's On Line, OG version, was meant to be a spiritual successor To How to Rob, in terms of drawing big attention to 50.
This is kinda beside the point, but i'm sure, if Ja rule just ignored 50, he would've just moved on. Actually, there is even evidence to suggest he was...
"
Yo, no more freestyles and verses killin' Sticky and Ja
I've movin' on now, I got bigger fish to fry"
Once Fif realized that he could bait Jay Z, he forget all about Ja. It wasn't until the ATL incident were Ja checked his ass that everything changed. Unfortunately for Ja, Preme hired a shooter who couldn't aim, the culture had heavy bias for a artist with a "street" perception/persona, 50 was making great music, and weaven ridiculous narratives that ppl believed just off his word.
When you really think about it, Ja just got unlucky.