Though the story ended up running as scheduled in the November issue, Williams claims the episode is proof that Jackson has fabricated large chunks of his crack-slinging, gun-toting biography. "I'm one of the individuals that really knows the truth about him," Williams tells Radar. "So I would imagine he wouldn't want his credibility tested. I guess he just didn't want to face the truth."

In the September issue of XXL, 50 cent claimed he came strapped to a peace summit with rivals from Murder Inc., and suggested that Williams had foreknowledge of a previous attempt on his life. When 50 got wind of the follow-up story he called XXL editor in chief Elliot Wilson and demanded the story be spiked, according to Williams, saying Interscope would pull its ads otherwise.

Williams claims he got a call from someone at the magazine wondering "if there was an alternative they could use, like maybe put the story on the Internet," he recalls. "I said, 'I need the same platform he has. I can't keep having him come up and say things that aren't true.'"