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Complex caught up with 50 Cent earlier this week at Sirius XM's "Town Hall." The G-Unit Records CEO was very candid as he discussed Steve Stoute, Nas Vs. Jay Z, The Lox, Fat Joe and Ja Rule.

On the collaboration with Styles P

It feels really good. It feels like he belongs there. Usually I know when something's really good when it comes on because I wish it was mine. So when he responded [to hearing the song] and said 'Yo, I like that' it was in his veins. And it wasn't a commercial record 'cause Styles ain't that kind of artist.

On why he had a conflicts in the past with Fat Joe and The Lox

My issues with Fat Joe and my issues with The Lox, these things came with my Ja Rule issue. It came from them trying to help him. I can't let you help him while I'm destroying him. When you destroy, you destroy completely. It's one of the 48 laws of power.

On the last industry foe he needs to deal with

I only got one out there I need to get rid of. I'll get rid of him, trust me,it ain't ever over. You watch an artist have momentum and then you kind of let him run out of gas, and you solve it.

On the Jay Z vs. Nas beef

If you would ask someone who listens to lyrics who won between Nas and Jay Z they would say 'Nas ate that boy alive.' But if we looked at Nas and we looked at Jay Z at this point right now we'd see something that reflects something different. It what kind of win are you looking for.

On the misconception that he's a bully and Complex asking him about his conflict with Steve Stoute, but not posing the same question to the record executive during their interview with him.

Why wouldn't you ask him, 'What did 50 say to you?' It just felt like when he came in he was suited up and it didn't feel appropriate. [My clothing] made you ask me that. If I came in a suit you probably wouldn't ask me. In presentation they'll expect me to push the envelope to move the story further. You don't ask him because he's getting into shallow water. He's getting closer to actually getting his ass whooped. Once you start saying things and I actually have to come to you. Who's fault is it? The journalist pushes and pulls, pushes and pulls. And at points asks the question. You didn't force [the artist] to say it. He said it himself, right? But it sets him up. It's set him up to go down that actual lane and some of them are not smart enough not to. They call me the bully... I'm responding to something that he said. If I smack fire out of him in front of Madison Square Garden, where you see skin damn near come off the side of his head. Does anyone say good for him? Or do they go, 'Oh man, why 50 do that? He bullied him, you saw how he did that?' I don't understand it. I don't understand how you're the bully for responding to someone else attacking you.

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