RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 1999–2021
50 Cent vs. DMX
“How to Rob” and early-era credibility shots
50 Cent’s “How to Rob” names DMX in its comic industry roll call. DMX later criticizes 50’s commercialized gangsta image, but the verbal tension fades into separate career eras and posthumous respect after DMX’s death.
THE RECORD
The moments
Diss track
“How to Rob” names DMX in the industry roll call
50 Cent’s breakout diss record jokingly imagines robbing DMX, using the rapper’s signature phrase as part of its satirical target list.
▶ Watch “How to Rob”Read the receipt ↗Interview · disputed account
DMX questions 50’s commercial street image
DMX criticizes 50 Cent’s version of gangsta rap in radio and freestyle commentary; 50 answers with scattered mixtape-era subliminals rather than a sustained record war.
Read the receipt ↗Reconciliation
50 pays tribute after DMX’s death
Following DMX’s death, 50 Cent publicly honors him as a major hip-hop figure, closing the old verbal tension with respect.
Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
50 Cent × DMX — supplied retrospective and public interviews ↗ARTIST LENSES