January 28 2009 21:50 PST
By: Vin Funaro
Peaceful protests for Jay-Z? Well not exactly. And you also can't say he's starving. So why did 50 Cent feel the need to compare him to Mahatma Gandhi? Jay-Z did fight to get people in third world countries around the world water, but he isn't exactly your modern day martyr.
In a recent issue of XXL Magazine the US' biggest Hip Hop publication, 50 Cent made the comparison saying "Jay-Z is Gandhi.. He'll bear disrespect for what? For working to be in a great position? So for creating the comfort that he desires in his life, he has to bear disrespect. Because they'd like to be where he is. That's an interesting fact because Jay would rather let em go."
Now let's not take this out of context. What 50 Cent meant by that was instead of Jay-Z retaliating at every rapper taking a shot at him, he takes the peaceful route similar to Gandhi and moves on without firing back.
50 Cent is the exact opposite. "My take on it is yeah, I'm gonna say something back and he gonna wish he never said what he said." It seems like he can't get enough of some good rap beef.
They're forever battling over who is the king of New York Hip Hop, but 50 Cent and Jay-Z seem to have a love/hate relationship. We can't forget the beef they had earlier in their careers where Jay-Z felt the need to shout out 50 Cent in a derogatory way. "I'm bout a dollar what the f*ck is 50 Cent." Jay-Z yelled this out at a show calling out the up and coming rapper for taking shots at him on his song 'How To Rob'.
So what do you guys think of this comparison? Jay-Z a modern day Gandhi? I really don't think so but do you think 50 Cent is valid in saying Jay-Z is a bearer of peace or is 50 Cent just too obsessed with rap beef?
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