Mar 6 - GAME' SAYS 50 CENT IS 2-BIT THUG

GAME' SAYS 50 CENT IS 2-BIT THUG

03/6/05March 6, 2005 -- A growing hip-hop war escalated as rap renegade The Game took a verbal shot at his ex-mentor, 50 Cent, during at a California concert, calling "Fitty" names and saying "I ain't scared" to get shot by him, his lawyer confirmed last night.

"He's just blowing off some steam," said The Game's lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman. "How would anyone feel if their friend gets shot?

"He's angry. This is a very bright guy, he just reacted to what happened."

The Game launched into his angry tirade during a show at The Vault 350 club in Long Beach on Friday night, lambasting 50 Cent for what he believes was rapper's role in the Feb. 28 shooting outside the Hot 97 radio's Manhattan studios.

The brazen attack left one of The Game's entourage, Peanut, wounded.

The Game said that 50 Cent's security guards "hit my boy, Peanut." He then derided the rapper's associates as "cowards" who "envy" him.

The Game also threw a challenge at 50 Cent to come and get him, telling the crowd that if "Fitty Cent" had a problem with him, then he could come "ki1l me," Lichtman confirmed.

The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, also attacked 50 Cent for criticizing him on the Hot 97 airwaves — even as bullets were flying outside.

He also disputed his ex-mentor's claims that he was booted from 50 Cent's rap group G-Unit. The Game told the California crowd that he quit the group, Lichtman confirmed.

Taylor also said that 50 Cent had a more limited role in the making of his debut album "The Documentary" than 50 Cent has been claiming.

Police beefed up security at hip-hop spots around the city because of the boiling brood between the two camps.

The rap world has been looking volatile of late, as 50 Cent feuds with rappers such as Jadakiss, Fat Joe and Nas.

Lichtman said that, despite his client's on stage venting, he made no statements of fact about the attack.

"What Game said in the concert had nothing to do with the shooting."

He also said that The Game has every right to criticize someone like 50 Cent in public.

"I think [The Game's comment] speaks for itself," he said. "We're in America and he can say whatever he wants. I support his right to free expression."

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