RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2005–2025
50 Cent vs. DJ Khaled
Fat Joe loyalty, G-Unit trolling, and a golf-course truce
Khaled’s loyalty to Fat Joe puts him in G-Unit’s orbit during the mid-2000s war. What begins with a Tony Yayo radio-station refusal later turns into 50 Cent’s dark trolling videos, before a public 2025 hug settles the old tension.
THE RECORD
The moments
Interview · disputed account
Khaled refuses a Tony Yayo handshake
During the G-Unit–Fat Joe war, Tony Yayo visits Khaled’s Miami station. Yayo and Khaled later recount that Khaled declined the friendly greeting out of loyalty to Fat Joe.
“Fat Joe is my brother.”DJ Khaled, Club Shay Shay
Read the receipt ↗Social media · disputed account
50 turns the proxy conflict into dark trolling
50 Cent makes a horror-styled online “psychic” video involving Khaled and his family as his wider conflicts with Miami allies rage. It is remembered as intimidation-style trolling rather than a standard diss record.
Read the receipt ↗Reconciliation
Khaled says the old issue is all love
On Club Shay Shay, Khaled confirms the Yayo story while stressing that his relationship with 50 has moved beyond the earlier Fat Joe loyalty battle.
Read the receipt ↗Reconciliation
A Florida golf-event hug makes the truce public
50 Cent and DJ Khaled greet each other warmly and hug at Reggie Jackson’s charity golf event. Both publicly frame the moment as love and respect, closing the decades-old proxy feud.
▶ Read about the 50 Cent × DJ Khaled truce
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Yahoo — DJ Khaled confirms the Tony Yayo radio-station incident ↗Billboard — 50 Cent and DJ Khaled squash their feud ↗ARTIST LENSES