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Fat Joe will face off against Ja Rule in a Verzuz later this month and says fear has nothing to do with 50 Cent's decision not to participate.

N.O.R.E. Sparks Beef With Wu-Tang Killa Beez Following 'Drink Champs' Diss Amanda Edwards/Getty Images Fat Joe Denies 50 Cent Is 'Scared' To Do A Verzuz As Ja Rule Battle Inches Closer Published on:Sep 5, 2021, 2:37 PM by 0 Ja Rule challenged longtime foe 50 Centto a Verzuz battle last December, a matchup that wouldve undoubtedly gone down in the Hip Hop history books. But 50 Centdeclined and instead, clowned Ja Rule in the most 50 Cent way possible with a meme. During an exclusive interview with HipHopDX at the time, the Murder Inc. vet implied 50 Centwas simply scared to hop in the virtual arena with him. Listen, man, he said. Everybody dont want the smoke. Everybody dont want this smoke. I got heat. Let me tell you something, when I do my shows, I can rock. Im telling you, its like an hour of straight hit records. No filler. All crab meat, n-gga. This aint the joints with the you know what Im saying? All meat in that muthafucking crab cake, n-gga. Its all meat, n-gga. But Fat Joe, who will actually face off against Ja Rulelater this month, says fear has nothing to do with 50 Cents decision not to participate. Why yall keep asking me about 50 Cent? We gave him the option, he said on Instagram Live. He did not want to go against me He not doing the Verzuz. He continued, You keep askin me some shit I cant help you with. And so, he dont wanna do it. Its not cause he scared or hes not one of the greatest who ever lived, he just aint fucking with that. I tell you what 50 Centgon be a billionaire, a real billionaire. You gotta understand, 50 Cent got a bunch of TV shows. TV. Thats not rap music. Thats a different type of money. View this post on Instagram Fat Joe and 50 Centwere on bad terms for years and a lot of it had to do with Ja Rule. Speaking to Chanel West Coast last fall, Fat Joe explained after Ja Rule had given Fat Joe a song, he decided to work with him, even though people warned him working with Ja Rule would lead to trouble. Read more