Last Sunday, 50 Cent took us on a trip down memory lane to visit one of his past relationships. The rapper shared a clip from the 2003 BET Awards. In it, 50 could be seen flirting with old flame Vivica A Fox.
The infamous video showed the rapper thanking Vivica for her choice of dress while accepting an award on stage. It then cuts to a shot of a smiling Vivica.
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However, more than twenty years later, 50 doesn’t appear to look back on the moment fondly. Along with the post on Instagram, 50 wrote a caption expressing his regret for shooting his shot with Vivica. He wrote that he needs to learn when to shut up, before describing the look Vivica gave him as “trouble.”
50 and Vivica dated for a brief time soon after the BET Awards in 2003. Vivica, eleven years her ex’s senior, has not commented on 50’s latest dig against her. However, the rapper’s post was just the latest in a long history of shots that the pair have taken at each other since the end of their brief relationship.
In a 2005 episode of the Tyra Banks Show, Vivica was asked why she thought she had been made out to be the villain after she stopped dating 50. Vivica said that the press had nothing to do with her negative public image.
Instead, she stated that it was all down to her ex. Vivica told Tyra that 50 had started claiming that Vivica had only been dating him as a publicity stunt.
Their Ongoing Fued Returned in 2015
For a few years after that, their bad blood seemed to be over. 50 also appeared on Tyra’s show to say that he and Vivica had buried the hatchet.
In fact, they were on such good terms in the mid-nineties that Vivica even appeared in one of 50’s music videos. She played the rapper’s ex in the video for his single Do You Think About Me.
However, the peace treaty didn’t last. In 2015, Vivica fanned the flames between the former couple in dramatic fashion.
At the time, the pair had become rivals for professional reasons. 50’s show Power went head to head with Empire, starring Vivica.
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50 took a shot at Empire’s poor ratings, blaming it in part on what he described as “gay stuff.” He also took a shot at Vivica for criticizing Halle Berry’s acting ability.
When asked for a response by Andy Cohen to 50’s Empire comments, Vivica seemed to suggest that this was a case of “the pot called the kettle black.” Vivica continued to dish on her and 50’s brief romance for years, including in her 2018 book, Every Day I’m Hustling.
But what makes this all a little strange is that despite everything, Vivica has gone on the record in a Vlad TV interview saying that 50 is still “the love of her life.” But judging from his recent post, 50 does not look back at their time together quite as warmly as Vivica.
