50 Cent has launched an angry attack against Diddy, calling the fellow hip-hop star a “bitch”.

The rapper criticised Diddy over his new decision to launch the female group, Dirty Money.

"Puffy is a bitch. He wanted to be the hot bitch in his group,” he is quoted as telling US radio station Shade 45.

"You know how an ugly bitch surrounds herself with pretty girls? Well, he is the pretty bitch with the other girls around him.”

Diddy's Dirty Money consists of Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper, and features on his forthcoming new album 'Last Train To Paris'.

The LP is due to be released in September.

(by Jason Gregory)