Benzino Claims 50 Cent Has A Secret Reason For Hating Diddy

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P. Diddy presents 50 Cent with the Best Video Award at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards (Photo by Chris Polk/FilmMagic)
Benzino thinks a woman is behind the 50 and Diddy beef.

50 Cent despises Sean "Diddy" Combs. It's become a hip-hop factoid at this point, and given the latter's criminal charges, 50 seems to be in the right. The "In da Club" rapper has clowned Diddy relentlessly on social media and has even announced plans to release a documentary about Diddy's assault allegations. 50's feelings don't really warrant a closer look, right? Well, according to Benzino, they do. The ex-editor of The Source claims that 50 has a personal reason for hating Diddy (beyond his crimes). It may have to do with a woman.

Benzino went on the We In Miami podcast on April 25. He made lots of bold claims, as he always does, but things really heated up when he mentioned Diddy. He asserted that Diddy and 50 dislike one another because they were both involved with the same woman, Daphne Joy. 50 Cent had a child with Joy, who then went on to date Diddy. In Benzino's estimation, 50's lingering feelings for his baby mama led to him developing a hatred for the Bad Boy mogul.

Benzino Blames The Feud On A Love Triangle

"When you see the circumstances of Diddy messing with his baby mother," he theorized. "You know that has a lot to do with it." Benzino admitted that he would probably feel the same under the circumstances. "If me and my girl break up, and then, two months later, he’s banging out my girl," he posited. "Then, I might still have feelings for my girl."

The word that the former Source editor arrived at for 50 Cent is "salty." He told We In Miami that the G-Unit honcho has been taking shots at Diddy because of Joy, rather than moral outrage. "A lot of n**gas are going to try to play like you don’t," he conceded. "But you gonna be a little salty, you know what I’m saying? So he’s… to me? He’s a little salty."

It's worth noting that 50 Cent has denied having feelings for Joy in the past. During a recent Twitter exchange, the rapper stated that he was happy bring friends with the mother of his child and nothing more. "Me and puff fight over business sh*t," he wrote. "If he like the girl, he like the girl I don’t give a f*ck!"

Who do you believe?

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Elias Andrews is a music and entertainment writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH in 2024 as the lead night shift contributor, which means he covers new music releases on a weekly basis. In the year since joining, Elias has covered some of the biggest and most turbulent stories in the world of music. He covered the Drake and Kendrick Lamar battle, and the release of the disses “Family Matters” and “Meet the Grahams,” in particular, in real time. He has also detailed the ongoing list of allegations and criminal charges made against Diddy. Elias’ favorite artists are Andre 3000, MF Doom, pre-808s Kanye West and Tyler, The Creator. He loves L.A. hip-hop but not L.A. sports teams. The first album he ever bought was Big Willie Style by Will Smith, which he maintains is still a pretty good listen.
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