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G-Unit head 50 Cent might not be thinking of making things better with estranged group members Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks but recently revealed he has strengthened his ties to one-time rap foe Nas.
According to Fif, they have kept in contact over the recent weeks in the lead-up to Nas’ new Time Is Illmatic documentary premiere.
“We good. I went to see him,” 50 Cent said when asked about Nas. “He was in New York recently at The Beacon Theatre…It was the 20th anniversary of Illmatic. I didn’t go to the concert. I went to see him ahead of the concert when he was actually doing his rehearsals and stuff. He called earlier that week…He was just saying ‘I know you got something crazy planned. I just gotta make sure we in the loop. We know what’s going on.'” (Hot 97)
Recently, G-Unit’s DJ Whoo Kidd revealed any issues he had with Nas were buried following an awkward encounter at last month’s South By Southwest music festival.
“Man the sh*t was crazy. I actually ran into Nas and I haven’t seen him since forever… I said some sh*t in the past, but we both from Queens and we worked together in the past. I wasn’t sure if we were cool now or not, so when I saw him I hid behind a bush. Nas saw me and he was like, “Man, come from outta those bushes.” I guess we are all good now, we are about to work together on some sh*t. There’s an exclusive for you!! Pow. N*ggas know I’m versatile, I’m the only dude that can interview Kermit the Frog, smoke weed with Snoop and be in video games.” (Baller Status)
Back in 2011, Whoo Kid did not hold back on trashing Nasir Jones.
“The only person that I really hate is probably Nas but it’s some fake hate. It’s not even real hate. I just hate him for no reason. That’s what hip-hop beef is about. You beef for nothing. [Rick] Ross is no beef. He shops at the same Kid Robot store that I get my toys from. So it’s not like there’s beef. I don’t even know why we’re fighting — hip-hop [has] unnecessary beef but it’s good for us. We love it, it’s funny and usually motherf*ckers will never confront each other. Guaranteed. It’s not [late rappers] Biggie and 2Pac. That’s real sh*t — all this other sh*t is WWF [wrestling].” (Hip Hop Beef)
A year prior, Whoo Kid talked to SOHH and said one of his biggest regrets was not hitting up Nas after publicly taunting him on his Shade 45 radio show.
“I would say me dissing Nas was probably one of my biggest regrets. But you want to know what it is, this guy really can’t take a joke. I think he thinks I’m serious but I was really joking and society made it serious [when I said him declining to appear on my Shade 45 show was ‘p*ssy.’] I mostly regret not calling him and letting him know that it was a joke. But at the end of the day, he got me pissed off too because I went through a lot. I get hooked up on everything I do and I’ve been in this game for so many years, so when you get a close connect to him to ask a question and he still says no, it’s just mind-boggling. And what I needed from him was really nothing. I really knew him all the way before the sh*t [with him and 50 Cent]. I knew him way before anything.” (SOHH Guest Star)
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