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50 Cent has taken his spat with Joe Budden to a wild new level after the rapper-turned-podcaster claimed that he needed “therapy.”
After initially firing back at Budden’s comments, the G-Unit mogul ramped things up on Tuesday (February 18) by posting several AI pictures of the “Pump It Up” rapper walking the streets in just his underpants.
“Da fvck is you doing over there naked Joe? [thinking face emoji] how you open the damn door if you sleep fool. Nah fvck all that, you try it again perv!” he wrote in one post.
“Joe where the fvck is you going, The Diamond club in the Bronx. You shot da fvck out boy!” he added in a second.
50’s third and final post was captioned: “Joe I’m a ask you this one last time, da fvck wrong wit you Punk! [angry face emoji] you scaring the kids.”
Fif was referencing Budden’s arrest for lewdness and stalking last December after he allegedly stood naked outside his neighbor’s apartment.
The charges were later dropped, with the former Slaughterhouse member cleared of any wrongdoing.
50 Cent and Joe Budden’s rift erupted earlier this week after 50 took issue with Budden claiming that he needed professional help for mocking the death of his longtime rival Irv Gotti.
“Hip Hop is the new meaning for ‘I need therapy,’” he said on The Joe Budden Podcast. “Kanye West needs therapy. 50 Cent needs therapy. I don’t care if you agree with the rationale. And 50 is 50. He gon’ stand in it. He gon’ stand strong in it.”
He added: “If 50 feels like that, then go smoke a cigar in the cigar room. I’m not telling him how to feel. Yeah, feel like that! [But how he went about it] is wrong.”
Fif hit back on Instagram, again referencing Budden’s recent arrest.
“Stay out my mix Joe talking about I need therapy. B_itch you need to stop walking around naked. The fvck is you doing in the hallway with ya balls out PUNK!” he wrote.
Budden has yet to respond to 50’s jabs.
Metallica bassist Jason Newsted says he is now “free and clear” after facing throat cancer.
The 63 year old musician, who played with the Enter Sandman legends from 1986 through 2001, has shared details of his diagnosis publicly for the first time. He explained that doctors discovered it early, and on May 8, 2025 he “underwent a procedure” to treat the condition.
Speaking on the Let There Be Talk podcast, he said: “They took a bunch of s*** outta here and then they went in with lasers this way and took a bunch of s*** out.
“So the cavern inside my head is different than it was, but we got it early. And I got my ‘free and clear’ about three weeks ago. So I beat it.”
Jason contributed to several of Metallica’s most iconic releases, including 1988’s ...And Justice For All, their self titled 1991 album, 1996’s Load, the 1997 follow up Reload, and 1998’s Garage Inc.
After going through his cancer experience, the bassist made a point to slow down and actually give himself time to recover instead of constantly pushing forward.
He explained: “I promised myself I was going to rest, and that was the first time I’ve done that in my life.
"I’m usually just on or off. And so I promised myself I was gonna take the gravity off and lay down for the right amount of hours."
The health scare also led Jason to give up smoking weed and drinking alcohol, something he admits he likely would not have done otherwise.
He added: “The great spirit got my attention and said, ‘That’s not good right now, man.’ And so it pulled me off it.
"And so now I’m more clear-headed than I’ve been in my entire adult life. And so there’s blessings within everything. The lemonade I’m making this summer, bro — mm. Sweet. Ooh.”
Jason has previously said that his unexpected departure ultimately helped Metallica continue moving forward, while James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich later admitted they struggled to process his decision at the time.
Lars told Apple Music in 2021: “Jason is the only member of Metallica who has ever left willingly. And that in itself is a statistic.
"And the resentment from James and I was just so… 'You can’t do that. You can only leave if we want you to leave'.
"And then we weren’t equipped at the time to do a deep dive into why he was leaving. So of course, now you can see 20 years later, it makes complete sense.”
