50 Cent Dissed JAY-Z, R. Kelly, Nas, Cam’ron, & More On Original Version Of "Back Down," Sha Money XL Claims

50 Cent apparently dissed JAY-Z, R. Kelly, Nas, and Cam'ron, among others on an original version of his track, "Back Down." One of the producers on Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Sha Money XL, discussed an unreleased version of “Back Down,” for Diverse Mentality's documentary on 50's iconic debut album.

“That record is his traditional patterns of ‘How to Rob,’ your ‘Life’s on the Line,’ ‘Ghetto Quran,'” he said. “Certain names is being mentioned, certain nerves being pinched. That’s his marketing tool – Fif has a marketing tool within music. He knows how to make records that’s gonna get you to talk, listen and fuck with him."

50 Cent With Dr. Dre & Eminem

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 28: (L to R) Rappers 50 Cent, Eminem and Dr. Dre arrive at the Shady National Convention to launch Shade 45, a new satellite radio station, at the Roseland Ballroom October 28, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

From there, Sha Money XL explained that Dre had to tell 50 to put on a filter, but that he still has the original version. “This is one of the ones that I don’t know anyone else that did a record to it. Like, Dre had records that other people do… Rakim or D12. This one, nah. This one was fresh. Fresh. And we went to my crib, cut that shit. Fif had no filter. Get to L.A. and played it, Dre put the filter on him, like, ‘Hold up, bro. Hold up, bro. Nah, bro. You going too far, man,'” Sha Money XL continued. “And we had to re-record that shit. I still got the version where he’s spazzing, man.”

While 50 initially planned to target Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, JAY-Z, R. Kelly, Nas, Cam’ron, and others, in the end, he only dissed Ja Rule and Murder Inc. on the track. “That shit was blackdown, he was going black on that, blacking out, bro. Whylin’ on these motherfuckas,” Sha Money XL went on. “The shit he was saying, it was like, ‘Bro, you can’t say that, what you doing? Yo, come on, Nas is still the homie.’ But he wanted to take everybody, man. It was like, ‘You can’t go after the God, bro.’ Everybody’s getting it. Cam, everybody. Back the fuck down. And that shit was well-received, man. That shit was hard as fuck.”

50 Cent's Final Version Of "Back Down"

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent is embarking on a global tour. He's mentioned that it could be his last for the foreseeable future as the 47-year-old continues to focus on other endeavors.

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