Kings of New York, Worlds Apart: The Truth Behind 50 Cent’s “No Relationship” with Jay-Z
By Tendai Keith Guvamombe
“We don’t have those kinds of relationships,” Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson famously declared back in 2011, drawing a permanent line in the sand between himself and Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. For over two decades, the two titans of New York hip-hop have existed in a state of high-stakes “frenemy” friction—a cold war where business acumen meets street-bred ego. While they occupy the same elite boardroom circles, Fif has always made it clear that being peers in the game doesn’t equate to being “day-ones.”
