Tia Kemp Blasts 50 Cent on Cam Newton’s ‘Funky Friday’: “That’s Eight Black Women Right There and Me — So Who’s Next?”
Tia Kemp sat down with Cam Newton on his “Funky Friday” podcast and unloaded on 50 Cent, saying the latest round of their feud started when 50 publicly offered to help the man charged with attacking her son — and she is questioning who he chooses to take on in court.
The flashpoint: on October 11, near Bethune-Cookman University, Kemp’s son with Rick Ross — William Roberts III, 21 — told police that a man named Don Roberts (no relation) threatened him with a handgun and struck him on the side of the head. Roberts has been charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and pleaded not guilty; he was released on a $50,000 bond on October 21. Afterward, 50 Cent posted about the accused man, offered to bond him out and get him a top lawyer — naming attorney Drew Findling — described the alleged attack as a street fight, and plugged his “Street Fighter” movie in the same breath. Available bond records do not establish that 50 actually paid the bond or any legal fees.
“Him posting that defendant and said, ‘I’m bonding you out. I’m getting the best lawyer for you. It was a street fight,'” Kemp told Newton, calling 50 a bully and saying the offer crossed a line no years-long rap beef ever had. She also questioned why her Instagram account became inaccessible after she complained about losing Instagram Live access. 50 reposted her complaints and kept teasing her online; there is no verified evidence he had anything to do with her account restrictions.
Kemp then widened the lens. “He thought he was coming at Mr. Big Boss, and he must forgot this one ain’t scared of nobody,” she said, naming Tiny, Lil Kim, Teairra Mari, Vivica Fox and Claressa Shields among the women she says 50 has gone after. “That’s eight Black women right there and me. So who’s next?” She pressed the point: “Why he ain’t taking Papoose to court? Why he ain’t taking Ross to court? Why is always a Black woman?”
The court fight is real. On October 26, 50 Cent filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of his 14-year-old son, Sire Jackson, seeking at least $6 million and accusing Kemp of defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress over social media posts about the teenager. A Miami-Dade judge also ordered Kemp to stay 500 feet away from Sire and to have no contact with him, social media included. At a November 3 hearing in the protective-order case, 50 appeared by Zoom while Kemp was absent — reports indicate she still had not been served — and the next hearing is set for December 7. Kemp’s response on the show: “What court date? I ain’t never got served.” She added that a clip of 50 speaking to a judge looked like AI to her, while 50’s lawyers say she is ducking service.
As for Ross, Kemp says things between them are good — “We were best friends before we dated. Right now we’re cordial” — and that he checked on her the morning of the taping and bought their son a truck for his birthday. She chalked 50’s fixation up to jealousy: “I think he jealous ’cause all my baby daddy cars look better than his… And Ja Rule was telling the truth. We all owe Ja Rule an apology.” Her one concession: “I may have could have said these things differently” — and if 50 apologizes first, she says she will give hers too.
Kemp’s comments come from her appearance on Cam Newton’s “Funky Friday.” Is 50 Cent crossing lines by backing the man accused of attacking her son and suing her — or is Tia Kemp playing the victim in a feud she keeps feeding? Drop your take in the comments.
