Rapper and hip-hop world troll Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson took a second to acknowledge the demise of producer Irv Gotti this week by throwing one final little bit of shade on the Homicide Inc founder on Instagram, the place he posted a photograph suggesting he was smoking the late mogul’s ashes.
50 Cent, whose authorized title is Curtis Jackson, posted a picture of himself on Thursday seated in entrance of a hookah and beside a tomb studying RIP. Exhaling smoke within the picture, the rapper identified for taking low photographs at his rivals on social media captioned the picture: “I’m smoking on dat Gotti pack, nah God bless him 🕊️LOL.” A second picture within the publish exhibits Irv Gotti flashing his large smile throughout a photograph alternative.
Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo was a longtime participant on the earth of rap and hip hop. After years as a expertise scout, throughout which era he introduced Jay-Z to Def Jam, he based Homicide, Inc. after incomes an government producer credit score on DMX’s debut album. The label launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti.
Jackson and Lorenzo reportedly had a longstanding feud by affiliation — specifically, due to Lorenzo’s shut relationship with Ja Rule. That beef dates again to the late Nineteen Nineties when the then-fledgling rapper’s buddy stole a sequence from Ja Rule. The 2 rappers had subsequent, violent run-ins over time, as Jackson recalled in his autobiography From Items To Weight, at nightclubs and as soon as on the Hit Manufacturing unit recording studio.
The dangerous blood between them has not ended, it appears. Their beef stays one among hip hop’s most infamous rivalries.
Lorenzo died on Wednesday in his hometown of New York Metropolis, in response to an announcement from his household. The Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner has not but launched his reason behind demise as of Friday. The rap mogul had a stroke in 2024 and had been utilizing a cane since; in response to Web page Six, he’s additionally been open about his struggles with diabetes, admitting to neglecting to take insulin as wanted. Lorenzo was 54 years previous on the time of his demise.
Response to Jackson’s publish was robust on either side, with some tut-tutting his troll, whereas others claiming it’s justified.
“Dying is nothing to play with watch out, God watching you !! 🙏🏽,” one consumer wrote; one other mentioned, “Mocking somebody that handed away is evil work.”
One commenter defended Jackson, writing: “I’ve no canine on this struggle, however Yall [sic] neglect they tried to blackball this man within the trade… How do yall need this man to react.”
