50 Cent on P.Diddy and Jay-Z: "I Don't Like Them"

Mon, 20 August 2007 12:00:00 ET

50 Cent on P.Diddy and Jay-Z:
50 Cent dislikes P. Diddy and Jay-Z. The rapper - real name Curtis Jackson - has no desire to be friends with the two music moguls.

When asked if he ever feels competitive towards Diddy and Jay-Z's business ventures, he replied: "Nah. I don't even like them." The hip-hop star refused to retract his words when it was suggested they could be misconstrued, saying: "I don't give a f**k."

50 insisted he "respected" Diddy but won't be phoning him to ask for advice. He told hip-hop website SOHH.com: "In business, I respect what he does. But if we liked each other, we'd call each other to talk for no reason. And me and Puffy, we don't have conversations."

Diddy and Jay-Z are not the first to feel 50's wrath. He has also been involved in a war of words with Kanye West. The two hip-hop heavyweights are due to do battle in the charts next month when their new albums - 50's 'Curtis' and West's 'Graduation' - are both released on September 11.

50 is so confident he will win the sales war, he has threatened to quit music if his rival outsells him. He said: "Let's raise the stakes. If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer perform music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out any more solo albums."