Rapper 50 Cent and his son Marquise have a strained relationship. Two years ago, Vibe reported that Marquise had escalated their family feud with his comments about 50 Cent’s child support.
Marquise jumped on Instagram Live to talk about his problems with his dad. When he was trying to explain why he and 50 Cent had fallen out, he spoke about child support payments that the rapper had made when he was growing up.
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According to Marquise, he received $6700 a month, which he claims was not enough to live in New York City. He said, “You’re talking about a Forbes lister; you’re talking about someone that has problems with everybody. You can’t just live anywhere.”
Marquise and 50 Cent Fought Over Social Media
50 Cent was quick to respond to this with a post on his own Instagram. It was a video of him in a bathtub after a workout with the TV on in the background. The TV showed Marquise talking about the payments.
50 Cent then turned the TV off and questioned why Marquise was “still talking” about child support payments as a 25-year-old man. The video then showed 50 Cent answering the door to fellow G-Unit members Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda, who mockingly asked if he could give them $6700, too.
This back-and-forth quickly got a lot of attention, with many of 50 Cent’s fans commenting to show support for the rapper. They said that Marquise had been “disrespectful” to complain about the money that 50 Cent had sent him while he was growing up. And that Marquise claiming that $6700 a month was not enough made him look really entitled.
Marquise soon responded to this on his Instagram.
In the caption, he made an offer to his dad. He wrote that if $6700 was as much as people were saying it was, he was willing to pay that amount to 50 Cent if he was willing to “spend 24 hours” with his son.
He said he wanted to “use that time to do all the things he had wanted to do with his dad as a kid.” 50 Cent had never been around at the time.
50 Cent and His Son Have a History of Arguments
After he posted this, TMZ claimed that the offer was an olive branch. Marquise wanted to try to reach out to his dad, seeing as they were now both grown men who “should be able to agree or disagree” while maintaining a good relationship at the same time. Marquise also said that it was less about the money at this stage than it was about their relationship.
The father and son had had a previous spat on social media back in 2017. According to Vibe, 50 Cent made it public news that he had completed all of his child support payments.
After appearing to “celebrate” the news online, he shared another Instagram post in which he apologized for his words. He wrote, “Excuse me if I seem a little insensitive at times. I’m different. I came up a little harder than these guys. I make no excuses.”
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In a conversation with XXL’s Van Lathan on Instagram Live, 50 Cent explained what he believed to be the start of his feud with Marquise. He claimed that it all started with his son’s mom.
His ex-wife and baby mama, Shaniqua Tompkins, took him to court after he’d promised to always take care of her. The lawsuit was unsuccessful, but, in 50 Cent’s opinion, it explained where Marquise’s feelings toward him came from. 50 Cent claimed that they were projected onto his son by Shaniqua constantly claiming that 50 Cent could do more for them.
50 Cent and Shaniqua separated in 2008 when Marquise was still a young child. A custody agreement was eventually reached, and this allowed 50 Cent to see his son just once a month. As time went on, they were driven further apart.
Marquise Has Followed in His Father’s Footsteps
One of their biggest fallouts came after Marquise was pictured with convicted crime lord Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Supreme had had a longstanding feud with 50 Cent. Federal agents alleged that he was behind the horrific attack on 50 Cent in 2000.
Seeing his son with Supreme did not sit well with 50 Cent. In response to the picture, he actually stated that if his son was hit by a bus, he wouldn’t have a bad day.
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In his conversation with Van Lathan, 50 Cent was also asked if he loved his son. He answered that he “used to.” And he admitted that this whole fallout was a “sad situation”.
Despite their beef, Marquise has followed his father into music. In 2017, he dropped his first single, Different, on February 6.
This got a lot of attention, as some thought that it was a tribute to the release date of 50 Cent’s official debut studio album, which came out on February 6, 2003. At one point in his song, Marquise raps, “Lost my dad, he’s still alive.” It remains to be seen if 50 Cent and his son can find their way back to each other.
