According to an excerpt from 50 Cent's upcoming book, Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, obtained exclusively by Page Six, the controversial rapper detailed Gayle King stepping to him for dissing Oprah Winfrey.

Fif started dissing Oprah in the mid-2000s, and he told the Associated Press in 2006, "I think she caters to older white women. Oprah’s audience is my audience’s parents…So, I could care less about Oprah or her." After continuing to go at Oprah by even naming his dog after her, 50 Cent sat down with Winfrey to explain his beef, which he revealed stemmed from her criticism of rap culture.

Before their sit-down, Gayle stepped to Fif at Bette Midler's black-tie gala, which he detailed in his book, stating, "Gayle is the real deal — a very sophisticated, secure, and smart lady. She’s never afraid of a situation … so she marched right up to me and basically said, 'Why you talkin’ sh*t about my girl?'"

As seen on social media, Fif writes that he starts feuds with celebrities as a strategy to get his name in the media. He then wrote about replying to Gayle, telling her, "Listen, I’d love to be Oprah’s friend, but if we can’t be friends, could we at least be enemies?"

He then added, "Before meeting me, they had bought into the 50 Cent persona … Someone who got into beefs and drama because he just couldn’t help himself. But when I said, 'At least let me be an enemy,' they understood that when I got into a beef, it was never driven by emotion. Instead, I was moving off of strategy."

Source: Page Six