Rapper 50 Cent has issued an apology to Madonna after she called him out for mocking her recent Instagram photos.
Last month, the 63-year-old pop icon shared a series of photos on Instagram showing her posing on her bed in black lingerie. In several photos, she her nipple could be seen - which resulted in Instagram removing the original post.
Madonna went on to reshare the racy images, along with the caption: "I'm reposting photographs Instagram took down without warning or notification….. The reason they gave my management that does not handle my account was that a small portion of my nipple was exposed.
"It is still astounding to me that we live in a culture that allows every inch of a woman's body to be shown except a nipple."
The re-share has amassed over 1.1 million 'likes' on the social media platform, but one person who apparently wasn't impressed with the images is rapper 50 Cent.
The 46-year-old 'Candyshop' star - real name Curtis James Jackson III - shared a screenshot of Madonna's images to his own Instagram feed, captioning the post to his 27 million followers: "Yo this is the funniest s**! LOL. That’s Madonna under the bed trying to do like a virgin at 63. She shot out, if she don’t get her old a** up. LMFAO [sic]."
However, the post did not go unseen by Madonna, who then took to her Instagram Stories to share a photo of the two of them together in 2003, along with the message: "Here is 50 Cent pretending to be my friend. Now you have decided to talk smack about me!"
The singer continued: "I guess your new career is getting attention by trying to humiliate others on social media. The least elevated choice you could make as an artist and an adult.
"You’re just jealous you won’t look as good as me or have as much fun when you are my age! Too bad there are no sour grape emogees [sic]."
50 Cent responded by deleting his Instagram post, and sharing the following apology to Madonna on Twitter: "I must have hurt Madonna feelings, she went and dug up a old MTV photo from 03 [...] ok Im sorry i did not intend to hurt your feelings.I don’t benefit from this in anyway i said what i thought when i saw the picture because of where i had seen it before i hope you accept my apology [sic]."
However, in a bizarre twist of this story, some people were quick to notice that the image Madonna shared looked a little different to the way it did back in 2003...
Hopefully, the pair can clear the air and we can have a collaboration further down the line.