RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2007–present
50 Cent vs. Floyd Mayweather
Best friends, big money, bad blood
They walked into a title fight together, built a business lane together, then turned Instagram into a private group chat with millions of spectators. The money talk was real; the jokes were historic.
THE RECORD
The moments
Performance
The ring walk
50 Cent led Mayweather into the De La Hoya fight while performing “Straight to the Bank.” It looked less like a cameo than a victory lap.
Read the receipt ↗Business dispute
TMT is over
50 Cent announced that The Money Team promotion venture was finished; ESPN reported that the business partnership had ended.
Read the receipt ↗Social media
The Harry Potter challenge
50 turned an Ice Bucket Challenge into a $750,000 charity dare, then let Instagram do the rest.
“Read one full page of a Harry Potter book.”XXL — the $750K reading challenge
▶ Play the original challenge videoRead the receipt ↗Social media
The $72 million counter-punch
Mayweather answered the reading jokes with a photo of massive checks. It was the rare reply that spoke the language of the feud: numbers, flexing, and a caption built for reposts.
“Read this $72,276,000.00. God bless.”XXL — the $750K reading challenge
▶ Watch the response eraRead the receipt ↗Reconciliation
The first peace photo
The two posed together again before the Pacquiao fight. 50 called Floyd his “younger brother” and made clear the relationship had thawed—at least for a minute.
“We've been good.”BET — “We've been good”
▶ Watch the 2015 reunion coverageRead the receipt ↗Social media
Floyd writes an open letter. 50 pounces.
Mayweather posted a long Instagram broadside. 50’s reply went straight back to the reading jokes—because of course it did.
Read the receipt ↗Reconciliation
A comedy-show reconnection
50 later described reconnecting with Mayweather and previewed another public appearance together. The beef had not vanished; it had changed temperature.
Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
XXL — 50 Cent leads Mayweather to the ring ↗ESPN — 50 Cent and Mayweather call TMT relationship over ↗XXL — the $750K reading challenge ↗XXL — 2018 Instagram round ↗BET — “We've been good” ↗iHeart — 50 Cent on reconnecting with Mayweather ↗ARTIST LENSES