Fat Joe has fired back at his rap rival 50 Cent by featuring the star and his G-Unit counterparts on the cover of his new mixtape - all wearing make-up.

The digitally-altered image is set to appear on Gay Unit Vol. 1, a compilation by Terror Squad affiliate DJ Suge White hosted by the crew's frontman Fat Joe.

In the CD artwork, 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - is pictured in a tight embrace with Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo with lipstick smeared on their faces. Yayo, a former convict, is shown with an "I Miss Jail" tattoo on his shoulder and Banks is portrayed with a portrait of 50 on his bicep with the word "Delicious" directly underneath.

Gay Unit Vol. 1 is a direct response to 50's latest video attack on Joe, in which the In Da Club hitmaker holds a mock funeral for the heavyweight star and claims his career is over.

In the video footage, posted on his website ThisIs50.com, 50 claims his spoof mixtape Elephant In The Sand - a play on Joe's album title The Elephant In The Room - scored 700,000 downloads last week, while his competitor's official album only debuted with 46,000 copies in the same period.