50 Cent wasted no time in responding to Joe Budden saying he “needs therapy” during a recent podcast discussion.
On Instagram, long Fif’s prolifically updated social media platform of choice, the BMF executive producer called Budden a “punk” for the suggestion. 50 also brought up Budden’s lewdness case, which he himself explained in detail in a recent podcast episode.
“Stay out my mix, Joe, talking about I need therapy,” 50 wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. “Bitch, you need to stop walking around naked. The fuck is you doing in the hallway with ya balls out PUNK!”
In a follow-up post that’s since been removed, 50 added, “They just told Joe what I said. Yeah, I mean what I said PUNK!”
In the Budden podcast clip at the center of 50’s mockery, Budden also mentioned the artist formerly known as Kanye West, arguing that both were in need of therapy.
“Hip-hop is the new meaning for ‘I need therapy,’” Budden said, as seen in the video up top. “Kanye West needs therapy. 50 Cent needs therapy. I don’t care if you agree with the rationale. And 50 is 50. He gon’ stand in it. He gon’ stand strong in it.”
Later, when speaking specifically about how 50 responded to news of Irv Gotti’s death, Budden advised letting such feelings play out privately instead of in the public eye.
“If 50 feels like that, then go smoke a cigar in the cigar room,” he said. “I’m not telling him how to feel. Yeah, feel like that!”
But mocking Gotti after his death, Budden argued, is “wrong.”