06-05-2003, 09:30 PM
This was in today's New York Daily News.
Quote:Some of hip hop's fiercest feuds simmered onstage and backstage at the Hot 97 Summer Jam concert Tuesday night.
Two hundred New Jersey state troopers in riot gear were among the crowd that turned out at a soggy Giants Stadium to see acts that included Sean Combs, 50 Cent, Fabolous, Lil' Kim, Nas, Nelly and Sean Paul.
Organizers were desperate to avoid a meeting between former friends Eminem and Mariah Carey (who performed with Busta Rhymes).
"When the staff heard Eminem was entering backstage, they whisked Mariah away where a limo was parked behind the stage waiting for her," says our spy.
Slim Shady also teamed with 50 Cent to dis rival Ja Rule. 50 Cent, wearing his usual bulletproof vest, came onstage with his son, Marquise Jackson, 6, also sporting Kevlar. Marquise spoke the line performed by Eminem's daughter, Hailie, on the track "Hailie's Revenge," which mocks Ja Rule's modest stature.
"Daddy, is Ja Rule taller than me?" asked the 3-foot-tall Marquise.
"No, honey, you guys are the same size," came the response.
Before Eminem performed, Nas used the stage to attack rival Jay-Z with his song "Ether" and was booed by the crowd.
One fan told us, "Security was supertight. They had so many problems. A first-aid guy said they had as many cases in the first half hour as in the whole Z-100 concert at Giants Stadium on Sunday."
State police reported five arrests during the evening.