50 Cent and Oprah Settle Beef; Rapper Explains Naming Dog After Mogul

50 Cent sat down with Oprah Monday to clear the air after their ongoing feud, which somehow involved the rapper naming his dog after the talk show queen.

But was it a diss or an homage?

"Uou have a dog named Oprah ... that is not a compliment," she said. Fiddy replied, "I love you ... you know they say a dog is a man's best friend?"

During the confrontation, part of Oprah's new show, Next Chapter, on which Paris Jackson also appeared this week, 50 explained his beef with O.

50 Cent Oprah Interview

Cent said Oprah's campaign against the N-word and degradation of women in hip hop felt like a personal attack against him at certain times.

"I would you discuss your feelings, and everything you said that was wrong with the culture was on my CD ... I was like, 'She doesn't like me.'"

So why name the dog Oprah?

"At the time, I was just looking at the situation and I saw I was developing negative feelings for someone who doesn't even know me," he said.

Bygones are bygones, though, and 50 joked that he pampers the hell out of the animals ... even paying a babysitter to care for them if he's gone.

Yes, animals, plural. He also has a cat ... named Gayle.