Some rap beefs cool off with time. Others become mythic, and never die. The cold war between Ja Rule and 50 Cent, with G-Unit orbiting nearby, has long since crossed into the latter territory. Ja Rule is now on record that this feud is for life.

When TMZ caught up with Ja in New York this week, the question felt inevitable: after that Super Bowl weekend dust-up involving Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda on a flight out of the Bay Area, was there any room for reconciliation?

“Sometimes in life, people have enemies, and that’s OK. Everybody can’t be friends,” he said plainly. “I don’t deal with that side. I don’t f—k with them [and] they don’t f–k with me. That’s fine, but I also don’t have to be at war.”

The tension flared publicly on Super Bowl Sunday, when footage surfaced of Ja going back and forth mid-flight with Yayo and Murda. Words escalated. A pillow reportedly flew. In one clip, Murda can be heard taunting, while Ja fires back with his own insults. Another angle shows Ja looking ready to turn the aisle into a battleground before cooler heads stepped in. He was ultimately removed from the plane, repeating, “Let’s shake,” as the situation diffused.

For an artist who once thrived on confrontation in the early-2000s mixtape trenches, the optics felt jarring. Ja, now 49, later issued a statement to ABC News owning the moment.

“I’m not proud of my behavior. It’s goofy to me,” he admitted. “I’m a grown man about to be a proud grandfather, and I wish that video of me wasn’t out there either.” He went on to apologize to his wife, family, fans, and business partners.

Of course, 50 couldn’t resist adding fuel. The Queens mogul slid onto Instagram with a smirk and a sermon, paraphrasing his personal philosophy about turning enemies into motivation. The post was soundtracked by Sade and clipped from his DoorDash campaign, a calculated blend of trolling and branding that’s become second nature for him.

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“Let your enemies become motivation,” he wrote, essentially advising followers to let rivals watch your success “till they snap.”

Two decades in, this feud has evolved from diss tracks to viral clips and IG captions.