50
Cent and Sean "Diddy" Combs ended their feud Wednesday after mutual
acquaintances of the two moguls persuaded them to end their beef, official sources
said.Sources
close to the negotiations told AllHipHop.com that the two spoke in person last
night (Sept. 6) about their verbal jabs at each other on upcoming albums and mixtapes."We
are definitely doing a ‘cease fire,’" Chris Lighty, CEO of Violator Management,
told AllHipHop.com. According
to sources, 50 Cent’s complaint with Combs emerged after the Bad Boy mogul refused
to release Bad Boy recording artist Mase from contractual binds so that he could
sign to 50 Cent’s G-Unit imprint.50
Cent lashed out at Combs on Hip-Hop Is Dead: G-Unit Radio Part 22, a new
mixtape.Who
shot Biggie Smalls/If we don’t get them they’re gonna kill us all/Man, Puffy know
who hit that ni**a, man, that n***a saw him/He’s scared ‘dem boys from the West
Side will break him off, jump on his ass,so he run to Harlem to shake ’em off,"
50 Cent raps on the song "Hip-Hop.
Elsewhereon the mixtape, the track called "Get Down," featuring Tony Yayo and
Hot Rod, finds 50 Cent taking more jabs at Combs.However,
an unreleased version of the intro track to Combs’ upcoming album Press Play
began circulating the internet, leading to speculation that Diddy’s yelling of
"I’m richer, b***h!" on the song was directed at 50 Cent. Sources
said that the track was recorded before Combs’ and 50’s beef went public. In an
interview with Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex, Combs downplayed the turmoil between
himself and 50.