50 Cent Explains Rumored T.I. Diss Track 'You So Tough'
Published: Wednesday - July 2, 2008
Words by Miles Bennett
50 Cent (Photo: Interscope)
Everyone's heard the G-Unit cut, "You So Tough," by now, and most believed it was a diss to rapper T.I.
On the track 50 raps, "Nowadays this rap sh** ain't adding up / How n****s get caught with 10 machine guns, only get 12 months / Oowee, don't talk to me / You talk to him, you talking to them." The lines, most fans believed were in regard to T.I.'s federal gun case.
"I got the best lawyers that money can buy," 50 rapped this week, while finishing his verse for MTV News. "They say at best they would've got me 10 or maybe nine / I said, 'How do you explain how homie breezed?' They said, 'You keep your mouth shut or you eat the cheese.' "
50 is refering to T.I.P.'s legal woes, and how he was able to get off so lenient. The Atlanta rapper pled guilty to weapons charges as a part of a plea deal, and in return is expected to receive a year in jail after he completes his community service.
However, 50 made it clear he didn't mentioned T.I. in his song, and that he has no beef with T.I. He explains that he's never went at an artist without mentioning him directly, so why would he start now.
"When have you known me to be indirect with an issue?" 50 asked MTV. "If I had a problem with any artist, trust me, they would know. I take [that situation], and I write that because a lot of people think that. They're not saying it because they're cowardly people. When you write it and put it there and leave and say, 'Let me watch and see what happens.' There's so much controversy around it, and you didn't say anything. Then you go, 'See, they think that.' They just won't say it to him because they're a bunch of punks."
So the song's not about T.I. right? Fif said that's up to the fans to decide.
"[It's] absolutely for the public to decide," 50 said. "My intentions -- you know me, you know my MO -- I would just say something. It's not really directed at him. It's me taking real-life situations. These things are relevant to hip-hop, period. I make something that's interesting enough for people to sink their teeth into, and I move forward."
G-Unit's T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) is in stores now.
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