50 Cent is keeping it all the way real when it comes to his thoughts on Diddy as he gears up to produce his forthcoming documentary about the disgraced producer and businessman.
Speaking in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the “Power” mogul explained why he was never interested in forging a friendship with the Bad Boy mogul, taking the time to point out the difference between the two as musical businessmen.
“I didn’t ever party or hang out with him. Puff is a businessperson; when [people call him] a producer, I see people that were taken advantage of, who produced things that he took from them,” 50, legally Curtis Jackson, said. “He got the credit. He’s not a producer. He’s been able to take advantage of the business and the creatives in it. I don’t have any interest in doing that. I actually fall under the creative. So I just didn’t take to hanging out with that.”
Fif also touched on why he’s not afraid to call Diddy out for his alleged dastardly deeds (namely, the myriad sexual assault lawsuits that have been lobbed against him since last fall), and why he believes others have chosen to stay silent on the matter.
Some of them were involved, at the parties and enjoyed themselves, so they don’t know what the fuck is on tape or what’s not on tape, so they’re not going to say anything because they might have had too much fun. And then you’ve got other people who look and go, ‘Well, that’s not my business and I don’t want to be in it.’
Then you’ve got a part of our culture that says, ‘That’s snitching’ or ‘dry snitching’ or shit like that. It’s not uncomfortable for me to say what I said because I’ve been saying this shit for four years, five years. I been telling you, ‘I don’t fuck with him. I don’t like the way he moving. This is a little crazy.’ Everybody else is not going to be as comfortable as I am saying it.
Elsewhere in the conversation, 50 gave an update on where he stands with Daphne Joy, the mother of his nearly 12-year-old son Sire. As previously reported by The Root back in March, Joy accused him of rape and abuse in an Instagram post. In response, 50 filed a defamation suit against her the following month. He’s seeking more than $1 million in monetary damages.
However, now it appears that the two parents may have worked something out or at the very least, come to some sort of agreement as it relates to their son. Choosing his response carefully, 50 explained:
“The allegations that came out—she posted things to her page saying some crazy shit—but this comes eight hours after I filed for custody for my son. And she put that up in response to that, and I’m like, ‘Ugh.’ In this climate, you know how quickly they pass judgment. Things have worked out since she’s said those things. I had my son on Father’s Day, and we chilled. I’d like to respond and say some wild shit, but I’ve got to sustain that for my son.”
He concluded, “It is damaging. It is damaging just to have anything said about you at this point. Because you have people out there who don’t believe in your intentions, and if things are going in a positive direction for you and something pops up, they go (gasps), ‘This is what we have been waiting for.’ For entertainment purposes, they exploit that as much as possible, but there is no merit to it.”