UPDATED 3/30, 12:12 p.m. ET: The Bureau of Prisons has made clear that there have no been recent attacks against James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond.
In an email to Complex, a BOP spokesman said that that “the information you have received [about an attack on Rosemond] is not true.” The spokesman did confirm that Rosemond had at some point been housed at USP Hazleton, as 50 claimed in one of his social media posts. Rosemond is, as mentioned below, currently housed at USP Pollock.
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Jimmy Henchman is pushing back against claims by 50 Cent that he was recently attacked in prison.
The longtime music executive, real name James Rosemond, responded from behind bars in a recorded phone conversation with Kenneth McGriff, Jr., the son of 50’s career-long antagonist Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff.
Rosemond shut down speculation that he had been harmed while incarcerated. The rumors gained traction after 50 posted about the situation on social media, continuing the pair's long-running feud.
On Sunday (Mar. 29), 50 claimed that Rosemond had been “put on a gurney” several months ago while he was incarcerated “in Hazleton,” and that he was now “in Missouri.” This followed an earlier claim by the G-Unit general that “Jimmy the rat” had been “poked up.”
Bureau of Prisons online records show that Rosemond is currently incarcerated at USP Pollock in Louisiana, serving his federal sentence of life plus 30 years for murder-for-hire and firearms offenses. Complex has reached out to that institution, as well as the Bureau of Prisons, to see if there is any information available about the alleged attack, as well as to ask about 50’s claims about Rosemond’s location.
Henchman’s response to 50’s claims was an unconditional denial.
"Liars will always be liars," he said to the younger McGriff. "People who always listen to rappers, that's what they're going to get—they're going to get a bunch of lies. Especially lying-ass rappers."
He went on to firmly deny that he had been injured.
"At the end of the day, I'm well and fine, brother. False rumor all the way," Henchman said. "I've been down 15 years and nothing has happened to me… I ain't never been to no PC, ran up, ain't nothing happened to me. I ain't never even had arguments since I been down."
Henchman also claimed this isn't the first time similar rumors have circulated about him.
"This is the second time this liar done put a rumor out there that I got stabbed up," he added.
Despite addressing the controversy, Henchman emphasized that his focus remains elsewhere.
"Only concern is coming home to my family," he said.
The latest back-and-forth is tied to a long history between Henchman and 50 Cent that dates back to the mid-2000s, when they were on opposing sides of a major rap rivalry.
Henchman had close ties to The Game during his split from 50 Cent's G-Unit camp, and tensions spilled beyond music into years of public shots and legal fallout, including Henchman's conviction in connection to the murder of G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack.
