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50 Cent Responds to T.I.'s 'Verzuz' Request: 'Keep My Name Out Ya Mouth'

The rapper and media mogul reacted to T.I. saying that Fif doesn't want "smoke" on Verzuz.

(L) 50 Cent performs at E11EVEN Miami's 12th Anniversary Party on January 31, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (R) T.I. visits SiriusXM on Radio Row at Super Bowl LX on February 06, 2026 in San Francisco, California.
Images via Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for E11EVEN and Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM

50 Cent dismissed T.I.’s offer for a Verzuz in the way he knows best: by trolling on Instagram.

Tip recently appeared on podcast Nightcap, where he revealed that he originally wanted to battle against Gucci Mane before the Atlanta rapper held a Verzuz with Jeezy in 2020.

The rapper and comedian then offered Fifty as a new contender, although he’s also discussed going head-to-head with Lil Wayne before.

“Then I called my man. I said who I wanted. I said I wanted 50,” T.I. said on Nightcap. “He don’t want no smoke, though. I called my man out, he don’t want no smoke. He ducking smoke. It’s cool.”

But in a series of new Instagram posts, Fif clowned T.I.’s suggestion that he couldn’t hold his own against the Paper Trail artist. On Friday (Feb. 6), he posted a video of T.I. participating in a 2010 Atlanta Crime Stoppers commercial.

“I know Atlanta pick and choose who they support, but 😆yall gotta do better. LOL 😆keep my name out ya mouth !” 50 captioned the post.

The G-Unit frontman further suggested that T.I. is a snitch by posting a clip of him testifying in 2008, two years after his friend and assistant, Philant Johnson, was fatally shot after a performance in Cincinnati. In 2008, Hosea Thomas was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to 66 years for the murder, according to FOX 19 Cincinnati.

“No, no , i don’t like it 🤨No verses let’s do (The stay away challenge ) and stay away from me. LOL,” Fif wrote.

Nearly six years ago, Fifty revealed on Big Boy’s Neighborhood that the only rapper he’d challenge to a Verzuz is The Game, formerly of G-Unit.

"Okay, look. He can't play no records with my voice on 'em,” Fif joked.

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