50 Cent Explains Why He Won’t Rap Back At Fabolous

[MajesticLion]

ha @ parroting the storyteller lie to try dodging the fact that Fab would eviscerate you

 

[FlimFlam]

His rap disses to ja rule were wack in and of themselves. He didn't defeat murder inc through a music standoff... that nuance seems to be getting lost by history

Remember the pre hype for the massacre when it was initially supposed to be The St Valentines Day massacre cause he was supposedly going to massacre a bunch of foes...supposedly lol. Then he dropped that dud Piggy Bank

50 never was anything other than a hype job spectacle

 

[Rayzah]

50 a smart dude. There's no money in rap for him. He's following the money. Tf is a battle with Fab gonna do except give Fab exposure. 50 is already rich and moved on from making music. That Fab verse came and went like most of his albums.

TL;DR:


50 doesn’t respond because he doesn’t care anymore and there’s no reason he should. Rap was the vehicle, not the destination. He already put out a decade’s worth of music in a short run, got rich, won his battles, and moved on. At 50 years old, TV makes him far more money than rap ever could. Same with Joe Budden ,why go back to an industry that didn’t pay when talking pays better? Fans confuse growth with fear. He’s not scared of rapping, he’s just over it.



The problem is people think that because they discovered 50 as a rapper, he’s obligated to keep living up to their idea of what a “great rapper” should be. That’s the wrong frame. He isn’t trying to be a great rapper anymore.

The real question is: what’s the reward for him to care?


People love to say he only had a five-year run or that his last couple projects weren’t great, but that ignores two things:

1. He put out almost a decade’s worth of music in that short window.
2. He lost interest after the success and the wars. He already won.

Rap was never the end goal—it was the vehicle.

At this point, staying “credible” in rap does nothing for him financially or creatively. Even if he went diamond tomorrow, it wouldn’t touch what he makes from TV. And ironically, he’s still telling the same stories—just with bigger budgets and longer arcs.


Look at Joe Budden. Why would someone go back to an industry that rejected them when they’re making tens of millions doing something else? And why is “successful rapper” treated as more valid than “successful podcaster” or “successful producer”? That hierarchy only exists in fans’ heads.


There’s no upside for 50 to trade bars with Fab or do a nostalgia-versus moment. That’s entertainment for the audience, not progression for him. So when people say he’s “scared,” that’s just frustration talking. He’s not afraid—he’s over it.


Fans don’t like growth. They like repetition. And when you stop performing the version of yourself they’re attached to, they rewrite it as failure. But that’s not fear—that’s evolution

 

[the artist known az]

Fab is damn near 50 himself wtf is he talking about? Fab talked about your baby mom getting smutted out and pissed on and you weren't ready to get embarrassed more

 

[OJ Simpsom]

50 lives by the 48 Laws of Power. If you don't know that by now He already won

 

[Monoblock]

Ever since Ross embarrassed him and trolled him to death 50 been scared to ever go back in the booth. He know not to even mention his name and better yet go back to making music. Its no money in it for him. Smart but we already know.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

TL;DR:


50 doesn’t respond because he doesn’t care anymore and there’s no reason he should. Rap was the vehicle, not the destination. He already put out a decade’s worth of music in a short run, got rich, won his battles, and moved on. At 50 years old, TV makes him far more money than rap ever could. Same with Joe Budden ,why go back to an industry that didn’t pay when talking pays better? Fans confuse growth with fear. He’s not scared of rapping, he’s just over it.



The problem is people think that because they discovered 50 as a rapper, he’s obligated to keep living up to their idea of what a “great rapper” should be. That’s the wrong frame. He isn’t trying to be a great rapper anymore.

The real question is: what’s the reward for him to care?


People love to say he only had a five-year run or that his last couple projects weren’t great, but that ignores two things:

1. He put out almost a decade’s worth of music in that short window.
2. He lost interest after the success and the wars. He already won.

Rap was never the end goal—it was the vehicle.

At this point, staying “credible” in rap does nothing for him financially or creatively. Even if he went diamond tomorrow, it wouldn’t touch what he makes from TV. And ironically, he’s still telling the same stories—just with bigger budgets and longer arcs.


Look at Joe Budden. Why would someone go back to an industry that rejected them when they’re making tens of millions doing something else? And why is “successful rapper” treated as more valid than “successful podcaster” or “successful producer”? That hierarchy only exists in fans’ heads.


There’s no upside for 50 to trade bars with Fab or do a nostalgia-versus moment. That’s entertainment for the audience, not progression for him. So when people say he’s “scared,” that’s just frustration talking. He’s not afraid—he’s over it.


Fans don’t like growth. They like repetition. And when you stop performing the version of yourself they’re attached to, they rewrite it as failure. But that’s not fear—that’s evolution

Blah blah blah, yes in 2026 MCing is his weak spot and that's how he should be responded to when trying to troll someone. Growth would be growing up and stopping the trolling. But if you want to act like your 13 someone else can act like they did when they were in their 20s and shyt on him lyrically. All he can do is suck his teeth and say , "So?!". lol

 

[Harry B]

If rappers had gotten rich of strictly rapping,they wouldn’t have to go to the movies.


Yall nikkaz ain’t gonna buy the album anyways especially with all these smartphone critics.

Look at J. Cole.

He puts out a album that folks have been waiting for and folks are still mad.

Master P gave cats like 50 the ok to pivot into movies and tv. Him and Jay-Z have the self awareness that no one wants to keep putting out albums to make money speaking about stuff u said 20 years ago.

Rappers can get rich of strictly rapping, but why limit yourself if you can do more things? It’s not like they are garbage men for another 100k or doing days of our life every morning. 50 probably made more of his tours and albums than his series, given that he didn’t have a ‘slave deal’

 

[the artist known az]

Blah blah blah, yes in 2026 MCing is his weak spot and that's how he should be responded to when trying to troll someone. Growth would be growing up and stopping the trolling. But if you want to act like your 13 someone else can act like they did when they were in their 20s and shyt on him lyrically. All he can do is suck his teeth and so , "So?!". lol

"How these nikkas get all brolic and not solid? How is these grown men acting childish?"

 

[Standing on business]

50 don’t love rap like that. It was a hustle for him.

Idk, Power of the dollar sounded like he loved rapping

 

[PatCake]

His rap disses to ja rule were wack in and of themselves. He didn't defeat murder inc through a music standoff... that nuance seems to be getting lost by history

Remember the pre hype for the massacre when it was initially supposed to be The St Valentines Day massacre cause he was supposedly going to massacre a bunch of foes...supposedly lol. Then he dropped that dud Piggy Bank

50 never was anything other than a hype job spectacle

I agree with your post outside of this. 50 cent is a great rap artist. We don't have to reduce his whole career to hype. He was great at a lot of things. The real Massacre album was stripped-down coz he did stuff for Game, Buck, Banks and G-Unit in between GRDT and The Massacre.

He was causing havoc during his mixtape run too. He has a classic under his belt and monster hits everyone knows.To say one of the most Iconic rappers of the 2000s was never anything but hype is a lie.

 

[Rayzah]

Blah blah blah, yes in 2026 MCing is his weak spot and that's how he should be responded to when trying to troll someone. Growth would be growing up and stopping the trolling. But if you want to act like you’re 13 someone else can act like they did when they were in their 20s and shyt on him lyrically. All he can do is suck his teeth and say , "So?!". lol

No that’s not how it works.
It takes 2 seconds and maybe even less time if he has a team to make a post. It takes a lot of effort to write a verse only for it to be forgotten about in a week or so.

Rap ain’t worth it to him but a quick tweet is.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

No that’s not how it works.
It takes 2 seconds and maybe even less time if he has a team to make a post. It takes a lot of effort to write a verse only for it to be forgotten about in a week or so.

Rap ain’t worth it to him but a quick tweet is.

I think a dope verse is more memorable that a tweet. It's not worth it because he can't do it in a confident way anymore. For a lot of MCs writing rhymes is kinda effortless.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

50 a smart dude. There's no money in rap for him. He's following the money. Tf is a battle with Fab gonna do except give Fab exposure. 50 is already rich and moved on from making music. That Fab verse came and went like most of his albums.

I don’t really think that’s the point though. The point is in 2026, 50 Cent is totally incapable of making appealing music unless it’s for a TV show. Fab can get in the booth right now like he has. 50 is Marlo at the end of The Wire — loaded with money and nothing else.

 

[FlimFlam]

I agree with your post outside of this. 50 cent is a great rap artist. We don't have to reduce his whole career to hype. He was great at a lot of things. The real Massacre album was stripped-down coz he did stuff for Game, Buck, Banks and G-Unit in between GRDT and The Massacre.

He was causing havoc during his mixtape run too. He has a classic under his belt and monster hits everyone knows.To say one of the most Iconic rappers of the 2000s was never anything but hype is a lie.

Once the funding and controversy went away his reverence went away with it.

I wont deny he was iconic, im saying his iconic status wasn't because of music. 50 has a dramatic back story... he was like a real life super hero. Remove that and there's no 50 cent. He be another Red Cafe or something.

He was kinda like a proto drill artist in the sense that his music was the secondary product. Which is why he conducts himself like he does now as the surrounding spectacle was always his selling point. This is more than just his "personality" its all he has to offer as a commodity lol smh. That equals hype job to me

But we all got our own vantage points