Marquise Jackson.Photo: Supreme McGriff/Instagram. Inset: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
50 Centjust made his estranged relationship with his son even more acrimonious.
On Thursday, the rapper, 43, posted a comment on an Instagram photo of his sonMarquise Jacksonhanging out with the son of his longtime rival, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Criminal investigators previously alleged McGriff was involved in a plot to kill 50 Cent which culminated in the rapper’s May 2000 shooting, a search warrant unsealed in 2005 revealed,according to CBS News. McGriff is currently serving a life sentence on unrelated charges.
50 Cent’s comment.Instagram
After many users criticized thePowerstar for saying such a thing about his son — whom he shares with ex-girlfriendShaniqua Tompkins— 50 Cent responded to the backlash on his Twitter account and defended himself as a father.
“I have zero ill will towards anyone living on this Earth,” hetweeted on Friday. “The people Shanquois [sic] son looks up to and associates with is a reflection of the negative energy he embraces towards me.”
“I paid his mother $1,360,000 in support to afford him opportunities I never had,” he added.
50 Cent and Marquise Jackson.Jemal Countess/WireImage
50 Cent has had a rocky relationship with his son for quite some time, due in part to his nasty split from Tompkins.
ThePowerproducer and Tompkins dated for several years in the ’90s and welcomed Marquis together in 1997. The couple had an extended custody battle over the child and didn’t reach an official arrangement until October 2008.
During the battle, the rapper admitted that having limited contact with Marquise, who was 11 at the time, was “the toughest, because he’s my motivation.”
He added: “My relationship with my son is changing because he and his mom aren’t friends anymore. There’s different channels I have to go through. He has lawyers appointed to him through the court. So I have to talk to his lawyer to get things situated for me to actually get him.”
50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins.Todd DeChalus/REX/Shutterstock; Shaniqua Tompkins
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Though the rapper has attempted to mend his strained relationship with Marquise several times, his son says the constant drama with Tompkins pushed him away.
“It completely went south when I was probably like 10 or 11,” Marquise toldRap-Upin an interview last year. “He wasn’t really around enough. It kind of dwindled down as time went on and certain events happened.”
“For me, I just started feeling differently about him because growing up, my dad was my superhero,” he continued. “He’s on television, he does this, he does this, he would take me to school. It was like having a father who’s Superman, more or less.”
“But then, as I got older, you start realizing things or you start seeing certain patterns and it takes an effect on your relationship with people,” Marquise added. “That’s what happened with me and my father. He’s still alive but I can’t tell you our last conversation or the last time we even had a dialogue.”
source: people.com
