Producer Benzino says he has some insight as to why 50 Cent has become the biggest critic of Sean “Diddy” Combs amid recent legal woes and allegations.
During a recent appearance on the We In Miami podcast, Benzino said beef between the two rappers may have something to do with 50 Cent’s ex, Daphne Joy. The former couple share a child, and following their split, Joy was linked to Diddy.
Benzino believes that 50 Cent still harbors some anger towards Diddy over the situation with Joy. “When you see the circumstances of Diddy messing with his baby mother, you know that has a lot to do with it,” Benzino explained. “if me and my girl break up, and then two months later, he’s banging my girl, then I might still have feelings for my girl.”
Benzino then pointed out that 50 Cent is “salty” and is constantly slamming Diddy because of Joy. “A lot of n— are going to try to play like you don’t,” Benzino explained. “But you gonna be a little salty, you know what I’m saying? So he’s… to me? He’s a little salty.”
Hot New Hip Hop reported that 50 Cent had previously denied having any feelings for Joy. He pointed out that the beef between him and Diddy has more to do with business. “Me and puff fight over business s—,” he previously stated. “If he like the girl, he like the girl. I don’t give a f—.”
50 Cent has publicly slammed Diddy over the past few months over sex trafficking and sexual assault allegations.
Benzino’s Comments Occurred After 50 Cent Made Claims About Daphne Joy Being Sex Worker
Although the woman theory from Benzino may be valid, 50 Cent previously called out Daphne Joy after she was accused of being a sex worker for Diddy.
In his recent lawsuit against Diddy, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones claimed that Joy was among three sex workers victimized by an alleged sex trafficking operation linked to Diddy.
Not long after the details about Jones’ legal allegations surfaced, 50 Cent threw shade at the mother of his 11-year-old son. “I didn’t know you was a sex worker, you little sex worker,” he declared on Instagram. “LOL Yo this s—t is a movie.”
Joy called out her ex for his comments by throwing an accusation of her own. “Let’s put the real focus on your true evil actions of raping me and physically abusing me,” she declared. “You are no longer my oppressor and my God will handle you from this point on.”
Joy and 50 Cent dated from 2011 to 2012. They called it quits right after the birth of their son, Sire. Nearly a decade after the break-up, Joy was romantically linked to Diddy.