Jadakiss v 50 Cent: The $1 million rap battle that by no means was

Yonkers rapper and former member of The Lox Jadakiss revealed in an interview that in 2020, he wished to battle 50 Cent and even cost viewers $1million to look at the conflict on pay-per-view.

Revealing why he wished to have a lyrical conflict with the rapper-turned-media mogul, Jadakiss (actual identify Jason Phillips) defined that battles are useful for the tradition, explaining, “Battling is therapeutic for hip-hop, but you can’t take it serious. I mean, you got to take it because when you’re preparing your material for your opponent, but when it affects your heart or when you let it get too personal…you got to have fun with it.”

Phillips, who thought it was an excellent concept, sadly, had his supply rejected by 50 Cent (actual identify Curtis Jackson). Nevertheless, Jada figured he would be capable of win it hands-down, telling HipHopDX, “An easy payday.”

“You asking Floyd to fight somebody that had two fights,” he continued. “Not that same comparison saying Fif only had two fights, but lyrically, I thought—especially in the zone that I was in at that time, it was like, I hope one of these promoters or one of these fight guys call me and say, ‘Yo, we got the money. We need you to come do the weigh-in and sign.’ Gotta throw it out there.”

Jadakiss even claimed battling Jackson would have been straightforward for him, claiming, “I felt like that was a walk in the park for me.” Phillips has battled earlier than and, in 2021, took on Cam’Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zekey throughout the LOX vs Dipset ‘VERZUZ’ on the Hulu Theatre at Madison Sq. Backyard.

Regarding his need to battle an Aftermath artist, throughout his interview, Phillips responded to Eminem name-dropping him on The Eminem Present‘s track ‘Till I Collapse.’ On which he references several lyricists, rapping, “I got a list, here’s the order of my list that it’s in; / It goes, Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie / Andre from Outkast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me.”

Responding to the verse, Jadakiss said, “It’s a beautiful thing when your colleagues and dudes like Em mention you in songs on that level, you appreciate it.” You may hear Jada speaking about Eminem under.