What battles did 50 handle “himself” though?
50 in his prime was a force, but come on.
Against Ja Rule it was a full court press with 50, Eminem, Lloyd Banks, Yayo, Buck, Busta Rhymes, D12, Obie Trice, DMX, Dr. Dre, and they even repurposed a Tupac verse and used it on a diss track to Ja.
This is not to say 50 wasn’t in there putting in work. Just that “handled himself” sounds like revisionist history.
His later beefs didn’t go nearly as well with Ross, D Block, Camron, Fat Joe, and more leaving unscathed. If you look it in terms of “by himself” the most effort he gave post ja rule was going at Ross; making full skits, going on press runs, disses back to back, but with the turmoil at G Unit, and no one else jumping in to help send shots, Ross wasn’t even moved in the slightest. Banks had the best diss against Ross (arguably one of the best disses in hip hop) and a lot of people never even heard it (probably including Ross himself).