Ja Rule responds after 50 Cent buys 200 seats to his show 'so they can be empty'

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Earlier this weekend, 50 Cent claimed he had bought 200 tickets – at a total of around $3,000 – for the fellow rapper’s upcoming show, so Ja Rule would be performing to a section of empty seats at the gig on 9 November in Texas. Ja Rule doesn’t seem too troubled, and even posted to say he was happy he’d got on 50 Cent’s nerves: “I get under @50cent skin….I love it!! Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Crews, a proud feminist and supporter of the #MeToo movement, recently explained why he did not fight back against the man he accused of sexually assaulting him. Get the strap.” Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events The comments section was instantly flooded with former fans and critics calling 50 out, branding him “disgusting” and observing: “This is why people hate you.” Asked for his thoughts on the comments by TMZ, Crews himself rose above it and simply said: “I love 50 Cent, I listen to his music when I'm working out.”