This past Saturday, 50 Cent held his first ThisIs50 music festival, which was held on Governors Island (an old military base on the New York Harbor that’s being transformed into a public park). Along with G-Unit, other artists like D-Block, Red Cafe, Cory Gunz, the Diplomats and Maino performed. Fans at the premiere festival also saw an introduction of the newcomer Trav. Fifty Cent stated that the festival wasn’t for artists who necessarily had a single out because that would’ve been like a marketing spiff. And that wouldn’t have been a good representation for hip hop, which is what the whole festival was about.

Opening the show was Wale and Kid Cudi, who performed songs from their young careers, like “Chillin” and “Day N Nite”. Next, Papoose, Slaughterhouse, Cory Gunz and Trav entered the stage. Then Diplomats (performing “Gangsta Music” and “Hey Ma”), D-Block and G-Unit closed the show. The event brought together fans from all over New York. It was a great mix of artists (Jadakiss, Jimmy Jones, Juelz Santana); and a lot of people think that such artists can’t get together, but truth is, they all know they can make more money together than they can apart.

50 Cent performed his popular hit “I get Money”, along with others like “Baby by me” (his new single). When Fifty wasn’t getting the reaction he wanted from the crowd, he instructed DJ Whoo Kid to turn off the music. He then asked the crowd who they came to see; and then said that he was gonna take the crowd back because he knew they didn’t wanna “hear the lovey dovey sh–”, as he said. When the beat came back on, it was “What Up Gangsta”.

The show turned out to be so much of a success that he is planning to take it on the road.

Well, according to his twitter page and a couple of buddies pages (Tony Ya-Yo), the rap mogul 50 Cent has reportedly been admitted to the hospital. Now, supposedly, it all started when 50 was listening to a new album from Fat Joe, J.O.S.E.2. Fifty suddenly collapsed and when he reached the E.R. they gave him a cat scan and figured out what the problem was. His auditory cortex was damaged! Lol.

Obviously this is a joke, so don’t get all worked up. 50 Cent is being creative by using the web, where so many false claims are made, to make his own false claim against himself. Kinda smart if you ask me. The beef between Fifty and Fat Joe has yet to diminish. You can see the actual posting on Thisis50.com where you will also find a link to pirate Fat Joe’s new album — the link has a warning label that says “DOWNLOAD AT YOUR OWN RISK!” Very funny 50.

I wonder what Fat Joe has to say about this and if he’s gotten word on the link that pirates his album and the “fat” diss Fifty just gave him. If so, what will he come back with, if he decides to do a comeback? I’m sure he will — men just can’t eliminate that testosterone or allow their ego and image to get bruised, so there will be a swing back, I’m sure. Destroying careers is what Fifty likes to do and between me and you, I heard that his next target is Lil’ Wayne (I wonder what dirt he has on him!)

Another target has been hit by the infamous controversial Fifty Cent — Rick Ross. The Miami rapper is known for his hard beats and husky voice and has teamed up with other artists like Ludacris, Dream and Akon. Well, Fifty Cent really pushed him to the limit with his song that disses Rick Ross and Gunplay. Gunplay shot back with his crew in an attempt to hit Fifty back, but only time will tell what effect this will have on either one of their careers. Fifty’s angle is to point out who isn’t real in the “game”. Rappers like Ja Rule who went soft (or maybe was always soft, but was playing hard with hip hop jewelry and clothes) get called out by Fifty Cent and are almost instantly shut down. The same goes for the Floridian Rick Ross.

There was a video clip released by Fifty Cent on YouTube that shows him taunting Gunplay. Some people on the streets call Fifty Cent “Curly”, which is a nickname that is supposed to diss Fifty’s sexuality, but Fifty takes this name and creates a pimp character named Curly for a web series on YouTube. On this show, Fifty Cent makes fun of Rick Ross and his baby mama. The video begins and ends with Gunplay seemingly passed out. On a survey given to that shows 62.57% saying Fifty Cent is winning the battle, 16.04% say Rick Ross is winning and 21.39% don’t think either one of them is winning. Many people don’t fall for the rap beefs that form in the music industry because they are known to help hype up sales for the artists involved.

Fifty cent is well-known for his controversial style — he’s had beef with popular rap stars like Ja Rule and Fat Joe. The beef between Ja Rule and 50 cent spread quickly when it hit the streets. Everyone kept a close ear and eye on what was going on between the two and wondered who would win the rap war. Each came out with serious lyrics in songs towards one another, but the one that came out on top was Fifty Cent. He clowned Ja Rule enough to make everyone turn against him and then infamously shutting down his career. This was only the beginning for the conquest of Fifty. Next on his list were a few others, including the recent Fat Joe. After his popular song, “Lean Back”, Fifty Cent came out with a song that dissed Fat Joe and shut down his career. He tried coming back out with another album, but people just weren’t buying his album like they used to.

There is talk that Fifty Cent is looking to shut down even more careers — and has a focus on Lil’ Wayne. This may seem a bit impossible to do. The whole swagger and rap style of Lil’ Wayne has gotten him to where he is today. He’s known for wearing extra baggy jeans, iced out medallions with long chains and long dreadlocs. Many are waiting to see what dirt Fifty has to dish on Wayne, but guess we’ll have to wait and see what he comes out with.