50 Cent was slammed by netizens for making fun of Irv Gotti’s death following their longtime feud.
After the Murder Inc. co-founder’s passing was reported Wednesday, the “In da Club” rapper paid tribute to him with a shady post.
“I’m smoking on dat Gotti pack, nah God bless him 🕊️LOL,” he captioned a photo of himself smoking hookah next to a tombstone that read, “RIP.”
In the second slide of the post, 50 — born Curtis Jackson III — posted a photo of Gotti, whose real name was Irving Lorenzo Jr..
Following the G Unit founder’s joke, many fans criticized his remarks in the comments section.
“Death is nothing to play with be careful, God watching you !! 🙏🏽,” one user wrote.
“Mocking someone that passed away is evil work,” another added, while a fourth said, “This is wrong.”
One netizen even slammed the “21 Questions” emcee, 49, as a “disgusting person.”
However, other fans defended 50’s trolling, citing the longstanding beef between the two musicians.
“I have no dog in this fight, but Yall forget they tried to blackball this man in the industry, and the n–a was rolling with the n–a that literally tried to kill him. How do yall want this man to react,” one user noted.
“If 50 had died when he was shot 9 times, IRV would have celebrated his death in the same way, so I don’t see any problem here,” another theorized.
The beef between 50 and Gotti dates back to 1999 when Ja Rule, who was one of Murder Inc.’s biggest artists, was allegedly robbed by one of the “Candy Shop” rapper’s associates in Queens, New York.
At the time, 50 was just breaking out as a rapper and he later released the song “Your Life’s on the Line,” dissing Ja — born Jeffrey Atkins — and Gotti’s whole Murder Inc. label.
The following year, a fight broke out between 50 and the “Always On Time” emcee, 48, while they were at the Hit Factory studio in New York.
The “Power” executive producer was stabbed during the altercation by Murder Inc. rapper Black Child, who claimed he acted in self-defense.
In May 2000, 50 was shot nine times while sitting in front of his grandmother’s home in Queens.
A federal investigation revealed that Queens drug lord Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff and members of Murder Inc. plotted to kill the “50th Law” author in response to him mentioning McGriff, who was Gotti’s good friend, in a diss song.
On Wednesday, a source close to Gotti, who was responsible for the careers of Ja, DMX and Ashanti, told the Hollywood Reporter that he had passed away. He was 54.
According to TMZ, the record producer had been having health issues after suffering from a stroke last year and even needed the help of a cane to walk.
Gotti had also been open about his struggles with diabetes, even admitting that he had not been consistently taking his insulin.
