Fat Joe Congratulates Tony Yayo For Podcast Success, Reflects On G-Unit Beef

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Joey Crack and 50 Cent are all cool now, and the former recently saluted Fif's partner Tony for having the most viewed "Drink Champs" slot this year.

Congrats to Tony Yayo, whose Drink Champs podcast episode this year with N.O.R.E., DJ EFN, and company was the show's most-watched iteration of 2023. As a guest, he had plenty to look back on, including G-Unit's past feuds with the likes of Terror Squad and plenty of other hip-hop opponents. These became the stuff of legend in 2000s New York and beyond, and things have definitely changed a lot since then. Beef is more one-on-one than ever these days, and it's rare for full groups to rally against each other in such a high-profile way. Funnily enough, Yayo and 50 Cent's former rival Fat Joe gave the former his props for his success as a special guest on Drink Champs.

"Numbers don’t lie," Tony Yayo wrote on Instagram on Thursday (December 28) while celebrating his episode's viewership. "@therealnoreaga said we did 60 million on this interview new year new podcast coming soon. Shout to @whoscrazy @starrockent and the whole drink champs staff." "You deserve that, our era is still the most engaging we really had wars," Fat Joe commented on this post, who was easily one of the most surprising figures to show him some love.

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Tony Yayo's Appreciative Post For Drink Champs Success

Previously, Tony Yayo actually called G-Unit's beef with Fat Joe and the rest of Terror Squad as the "realest" one that they ever faced as a collective. "Yo, the realest beef was with Terror Squad,” he expressed earlier this year. "He was a real n***a, I gotta give it up. The realest beef was with Fat Joe and them. We outside." For those unaware, this feud began when TS started collaborating with Ja Rule, who was already in the middle of a very nasty battle with 50 Cent.

Meanwhile, it's actually really heartening to see how all these figures (for the most part) forgave and respected each other over the years. In fact, 50 Cent and Joey Crack recently sat courtside together at the NBA Christmas game pitting the New York Knicks against the Milwaukee Bucks. Hopefully more rappers and crews keep this reconciliatory spirit up in 2024; after all, it makes the genre that much stronger against its real enemies. For more news and the latest updates on Tony Yayo, Fat Joe, and their camps, come back to HNHH.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.