Why Marlon Wayans’ Ai meme war never stood a chance against 50 Cent

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00:00Who would have thought in 2025 the biggest internet beef would be a cage match between

00:04comedian legend Marlon Wayans and 50 Cent over P. Diddy? Let's break down the drama that has the

00:09internet asking, was silence not an option Marlon? On one side you have Marlon Wayans,

00:14who is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for films like White Chicks

00:19and Scary Movie. And on the other side you have 50 Cent, a Grammy-winning American rapper,

00:25actor, and television producer, who has seen great success with his own label G-Unit and

00:30produced shows like Power and the new Netflix documentary Sean Combs' The Reckoning.

00:41Which chronicles the rise and fall of Sean Diddy Combs, exposing a pattern of alleged abuse,

00:46sex trafficking, and criminal activity within his bad boy empire. The doc also featured newly

00:50obtained footage and testimonies from accusers like Cassie Ventura and Aubrey O'Day.

00:55I don't know the dynamic of that situation either. Overall, the series provides a critical

01:00examination of Diddy's life leading up to his recent conviction and prison sentence.

01:04And for those new to the internet, you have to understand you don't fight 50 Cent.

01:08This isn't just a rap beef, this is the quote King of Petty. This is the man who challenged Floyd

01:12Mayweather to read one page of Harry Potter for charity.

01:15I got a phone call from my man Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy said if Floyd accepts the challenge that

01:20he'll put it on the actual show so you can read it on the show. We don't want to put pressure on you.

01:24We know you can't pronounce those words in that Harry Potter book, so we're gonna let you read

01:27Cat in the Hat. And the man who allegedly bought the first 200 tickets to a Ja Rule concert just to

01:33leave the seats empty so the venue would look barren.

01:35Yeah, I bought the first four rolls.

01:36How many did you buy if you say you bought the first four rolls? Is that a couple hundred?

01:41Yeah, it was cheap though. It was cheap tickets, so it was something to do.

01:44So many know you do not challenge this man unless you have bulletproof armor.

01:48So naturally, Marlon Wayans brought a paper shield.

01:51Now, this current explosion started after Marlon Wayans appeared on the cruise show.

01:55While discussing the 50 Cent Produced documentary, Marlon took a controversial stance.

01:58And before it's between him and Puff, it's between both of them and God. Just the way Puff is down

02:02on his luck, and 50's kicking a man when he's down. Marlon even tried to take the moral high

02:07ground, sending a warning to 50 Cent about, quote, karma. If 50 ever luck turned up on 50,

02:13you know, you gotta be careful what you put out. But here's what Marlon missed. To 50 Cent,

02:17this isn't just, quote, kicking a man while he's down. This is a victory lap he's been running for 20

02:23years. See, 50's beef with Diddy goes way back. It started over business contracts with the rapper Mace,

02:28who was originally a part of Diddy's label, Bad Boy, before trying to join 50's label, G-Unit.

02:33The feud escalated during the vodka wars between Ciroc and Effin, and got personal when 50 claimed

02:39Diddy once offered to take him shopping, an offer 50 found weird and uncomfortable.

02:43You got close when he offered to take him shopping.

02:45Yeah, you see, the amicus in the same shirt. He's out there in the same shirt.

02:50So when Marlon talks about karma, he's poking a bear that's been waiting for this exact moment,

02:55and the bear woke up immediately. 50 Cent didn't just respond, he proved how calculated he is.

03:00We're talking about a guy who admitted he chose to promote his new Diddy documentary on ABC News,

03:05specifically because it's one of the few channels prisoners are allowed to watch.

03:10He literally wanted to make sure Diddy saw him on TV from his cell. That is a different level of

03:15petty. So when Marlon tried to check him, the meme war began. 50 posted a photo from the movie White

03:20Chicks with a caption, keep my name out your mouth. Marlon then fired back with a poster of

03:2412 Years of Slave, with 50 Space edited onto it, captioned, now let's think about this 50.

03:30Then 50 brought the receipts. He pulled up an edited clip from Club Shay Shay,

03:34where Marlon admitted to attending Diddy parties, but claimed he always, quote, left early.

03:39I never, never, those aren't the type of parties that I, I go to.

03:44That clip highlighted an old tweet from 2009, where Marlon wrote,

03:48been doing Diddy parties for 15 years, and I must say you never let me down, Puff. Ain't no party like

03:53a Diddy party. And this is where most people would fold, but Marlon decided to double down.

03:58And unfortunately, this is also where the strategy fell apart. See, Marlon didn't just dig a deeper

04:03hole. He seemed to have invited a friend to help him dig. Enter Ja Rule, 50 Cent's eternal nemesis.

04:09Ja Rule jumped into the fray, posting a carousel of images with a caption,

04:12I'm your karma chump. And the photo showed 50 Cent and Diddy in compromising positions,

04:16including one of them sitting shoulder to shoulder in a hot tub. Marlon Wayne saw this

04:21and decided to copy-paste the strategy. He shared Ja Rule's hot tub photo with a caption,

04:25Just for the record, bro, let's correct the narratives, Curtis. Rub-a-dub-dub, stop.

04:30Since it's felt like a massive reveal, one comment read,

04:32Comedians are hard to defeat. There was just one massive problem.

04:36According to Complex, while the first photo in Ja Rule's carousel was real,

04:40the hot tub photo Marlon bet his reputation on was created with artificial intelligence.

04:44So Marlon and Ja Rule literally brought AI to a gunfight. And 50 Cent responded the only way he

04:50knows how, with real photos. Late Tuesday night, 50 posted a carousel Marlon Wayne's from an old

04:55rainbow-themed photo shoot with a brutal caption,

04:57Diddy got this fool trying to get at me? No AI. That's your vibe, boy.

05:01And the internet's reaction was swift. One user wrote,

05:04He can't say it's AI either because I definitely remember seeing him flood my timeline with these

05:08rainbow pics. Realizing the AI photo strategy was failing, Marlon tried to flip the script using

05:1350's own music. He dug up the music video from 50's song Window Shopper, pointing out that in the

05:18video, 50 Cent takes the rapper Mace shopping. Marlon's point, you called Diddy weird for

05:23offering to take you shopping, but you did the exact same thing. Marlon even posted a shirtless

05:28photo of 50 asking, where you get all that baby oil from, Curtis? Trying to flip the Diddy freak

05:33off narrative back onto 50. But when the jokes didn't stick, Marlon and Ja Rule hit the panic

05:38button. They decided to stop making jokes and start digging up rap sheets. In a video posted

05:42from a golf course, Marlon stated, quote, I don't condone any abuse of women, unlike some people who

05:48have a track record of domestic violence. And Ja Rule echoed this, accusing 50 of hypocrisy by

05:53dragging up his 2013 arrest involving his ex-girlfriend, Daphne Joy. And they didn't just

05:58drop a headline. They pulled the files. The specific allegations from that 2013 incident involved 50

06:04Cent kicking open a locked door where Joy was hiding and destroying over $7,000 worth of property,

06:09including chandeliers and furniture. While 50 Cent has always denied the assault allegations,

06:14he did cut a deal. The rapper pleaded no contest to one count of vandalism. In exchange, the domestic

06:20violence charge was dropped, but he was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to complete

06:2452 weeks of domestic violence counseling. By bringing this up, Marlon and Ja Rule are trying

06:29to flip the narrative. Their argument is essentially, how can you expose Diddy when you have this on your

06:34record? But Marlon also seems to realize the optics are bad, issuing a clarification saying,

06:40I'm not here defending Diddy. I got dragged into this. But the internet isn't letting them off the

06:45hood. The general consensus? You can't defend Diddy, who faced federal charges for racketeering and sex

06:50trafficking and was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution by simply

06:55attacking 50 Cent's character. As one user stated, Diddy literally kicked a woman while she was down,

07:01and you're butthurt because someone is deciding to shine light on that. And following the Netflix

07:05documentary, rumors are circulating that Diddy could face new charges, including involvement in

07:10the murder of Tupac Shakur. For now, it seems Marlon and Ja Rule try to fight fire with fire,

07:15but when you're defending Diddy, the audience may only see smoke. So was this a strategic disaster for

07:20Marlon, or are the pair right about 50 Cent being a hypocrite? Share your thoughts and follow us

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