50 Cent and Irv Gotti stare each other down at Universal Party

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

50 Cent and Irv Gotti still haven't gotten past their beef. The New York Post Page Six reports that the two ended up at a Grammy viewing party thrown by Universal Music chairman Doug Morris at the Palm restaurant in Los Angeles. The two rivals allegedly stared each other down before Gotti decided to make an early evening of it and leave. A spy told the paper, "It was like the Cold War."

Gotti recently signed a new distribution deal with Universal Music, and 50 Cent and G Unit Records are signed to Interscope Records which is also a part of the Universal Music Group. According to an insider, the new bad blood was created right after Gotti signed his deal. The source said, "Irv started bad-mouthing 50 Cent, saying he was going to outsell him and that 50 was nothing. Irv even went so far as to say he was going to be the next president of Universal. It all got back to 50 -- and other executives at Universal -- and no one is happy with him right now. Especially 50."

Gotti's lawyer, Jerry Lefcourt, denied that Gotti made an comments. He said, "He has never said anything about 50 -- it's just somebody bringing up old stuff."