Ja Rule and 50 Cent

　　杰鲁与50美分

　　Meek Mill’s accusations of Drake ghostwriting pale in comparison to this rap beef,which peaked in the early 2000s. The 50 Cent/Ja Rule feud went beyond dueling records into real-life altercations. Ja Rule’s associates, for example, were implicated in a 2000 stabbing of 50 Cent, and were known to threaten DJs for playing 50 Cent’s music.

　　除了Drake与Mill之间的饶舌歌手冲突之外，这一对饶舌歌手的矛盾发生在2000年早期。两人的纷争从事业上的攀比又到现实生活的冲突。当时闹的特别轰动的一件事，在2000年的时候，Ja Rule当时带着一批人和50 Cent打架，还刺伤了50 Cent，还威胁DJ不要播放50 Cent的歌曲。

　　As with all rap beefs, it’s hard to tell how much was exaggerated to sell records. The fiery feud cooled off as years went by and the two rappers receded into the background of hip-hop, but then the Drake-Meek Mill beef’s social media dominanceheated it back up. 50 Cent and Ja Rule traded dueling Instagram posts arguing about old details, such as who exactly beat who with a baseball bat.

　　可见不论过去还是当今，饶舌歌手间的大大小小冲突总是不断，可想而知他们要推行自己的唱片是有多么难。多年过去，双方也逐渐淡出了音乐圈，两人之间的斗争也才开始慢慢消停下来，但当今年Drake与Mill的一事发生了，两人的成年往事又被挑起，两人还在Instagram上互相挑衅对方，争吵不断。(两人在很早就已结下梁子，两人当时住的也十分近，在地方各有各的势力，难免发生冲突。)