Marquise Jackson.Photo: Supreme McGriff/Instagram. Inset: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
50 Centhas more than “Just a Lil Bit” of drama with his estranged son Marquise Jackson, but a source close to the situation tells PEOPLE that the rapper isn’t the only one at fault for their rocky relationship.
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.
“[Marquise] does this kind of stuff to get a rise out of him,” the source tells PEOPLE. “Any time 50 is having a problem with anyone on social media, his son will seek out that person and then make it a point to post it.”
A rep for Marquise didn’t immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
“People started commenting on the photo, tagging 50 and saying it was disrespectful,” the source explains of 50’s response.
50 Cent and Marquise Jackson.Jemal Countess/WireImage
Though the source says 50 Cent supported Marquise until he became turned 18, he has been “estranged from his son for many years.” This is due, in part, to his reportedly nasty split from Marquise’s mother,Shaniqua Tompkins.
The couple dated for several years in the ’90s and welcomed Marquise together in 1997. The couple had an extended custody battle over the child and didn’t reachan official arrangement until October 2008.
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.”
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50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins.Todd DeChalus/REX/Shutterstock; Shaniqua Tompkins
Though the rapper has attempted to mend his strained relationship with Marquise several times, his son has said 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.”
Marquise and 50 Cent may not have spoken recently, but he’s certainly gotten his father’s attention. The source close to the situation points out that the photo of Marquise with McGriff isn’t the first time he has posed with someone his dad is publicly feuding with, noting a similar situation occurred in July with Fiddy’s former friendFloyd Mayweather.
50 Cent used to be tight with the famous fighter (they appeared on the cover ofXXLtogether in 2011), but it all went south when they went in together on a business venture, TMT The Money Team Promotions.
Though they later claimed the war of words was a publicity stunt, the sentiments became increasingly vitriolic in the years to come and sparked back up in the spring of 2018 after Mayweather reportedly booked Teairra Mari —who was suing 50 Cent for revenge porn— to perform at his strip club.
Days later, 50 Centposted a black-and-white photoof Mayweather next to the logo for his Starz dramaPowerto Twitter and joked that he was going to bring the boxer on the show, but he would have too much trouble reading the script.
“I was gonna bring Floyd but nobody had time to help him memorize the scripts. LOL get the strap,” he wrote.
A few hours after 50 Cent posted the photo, Marquise uploaded ascreenshot of himself FaceTiming with Mayweather to Instagramwith the caption, “How my Uncle look my age?”
source: people.com
