Marlon Wayans disclosed that his brothers cautioned him to terminate his beef with 50 Cent. Damon was like, ‘Why did you pick the biggest dude? Stick to beefing with Soulja Boy, Kevin Hart, people that we can defeat if you f*ght them. Leave guys who got sh0t 9 times alone!’

During a recent radio interview, Marlon was asked about 50 Cent’s Diddy docuseries – which ultimately set off an exchange of words on social media.

Marlon Wayans says his brothers encouraged him to back away from his feud with 50 Cent.

In a recent interview with KTLA, the 53-year-old actor and comedian was asked about what his family’s group chat thought of his recent social media feud with Fifty in light of his Sean Combs: The Reckoning documentary on Netflix. More specifically, Marlon was asked if his brothers were “egging” him on or if they warned him to “quit it.”

“Well, I just said his name,” he explained as seen in the clip above.“They asked me about the documentary. I was like, ‘I didn’t see it.’ And then they asked me about it, and I just gave my opinion. I was just like, ‘I don’t think brothers need to be quarreling in public like that’ and then what did I get into? A public quarrel with a brother and I just think it was bad for the culture and so I kind of backed out.”

According to Marlon, his family’s group chat became a reality check, especially when Damon weighed in.

Recalling the advice, Marlon said, “My brothers, they were funny. Dame was like, ‘Why you pick the biggest brother? He’s on gamma rays. Stick to beefing with Soulja Boy, Kevin Hart—people that we can beat. You fight him. Leave guys that got shot nine times alone. He survived nine!”

That guidance seemingly helped push him to disengage, as Marlon explained, “I backed out, I think, because I always wanna focus on, you know, positivity, fun, and I got a movie coming out, Scary Movie 6.”

Marlon also joked that he’s gone so far as to avoid even saying 50 Cent’s name anymore.

“So I don’t even say that name anymore,” he laughed, riffing, “If you ask me, ‘Hey, you got change for a dollar? I need a half a dollar! So you need a half a dollar.” As the KTLA hosts laughed, he kept the bit going, saying, “You’re talking about five dimes, two quarters. I’ll say two quarters,” and adding, “How old are you? I’m forty-three plus a dime! I will no longer say it. It rhymes with gifty.”

Looking back, Wayans framed the whole situation as playful rather than hostile.

“It wasn’t like, ‘l’m beefing with you,’” he explained. “That was the bully on the block and the funny kid just doing the dozens, roasting each other. That’s what we were doing. It’s just a public roasting of each other. For me it was all in fun and all in jest, and I think the world needs more of that.”

He continued, “We forgot how to make fun of each other, how to laugh at our differences, how everybody’s so sensitive. I say get off social media, get back to socializing. We have to find laughs in this journey. The world needs one big laugh, and [the] Wayans’ [are] coming to provide it.”

Earlier this month, Marlon appeared on Real 92.3’s The Cruz Show and was asked about 50 Cent’s now-infamous Diddy doc on Netflix, accusing Fif of “kicking a man when he’s down” and warning that “karma” could come back around.

Those remarks sparked a social media back-and-forth, with Wayans and 50 Cent posting memes of each other on Instagram, and Ja Rule also jumping into the feud by saying he was Fifty’s “karma.”

The exchange appeared to cool off days later when Fifty posted a video on Instagram stating he was finished with the dispute.

In the caption, he wrote, “I’m not beefing with Marlon no more, he not funny. [shrugging emoji] and I’m starting to think he a mook for real. [eyes emoji] No more about him [raised eyebrow emoji].”