50 Cent DENIES Ciara Dating Rumors: Rapper Not 'Back Together' With Future's Ex, 'Friendly' Support After Grandmother's Death, 'Unfortunate' PHOTO

Rapper 50 Cent will always consider Ciara a "good friend" - but that does NOT mean that the two hip-hop superstars are romantically involved.

Fifty's grandmother Beluah Jackson passed away earlier this month. The "Body Party" songstress attended the funeral to offer her support - and rumors that the two were dating again quickly went viral on the web (thanks to this photo originally posted by MediaTakeOut.com).

But people need to mind their own business sometimes if they don't understand the full story.

In a recent interview with Vibe, the NYC emcee explains that he's not in a relationship with CiCi. Both have since moved-on, but are always still there for one another:

Ciara is a really good friend of mine and she came to show me support when I lost my grandmother because she had her relationship with my grandmother. People don't know but we have been friends for about four years so that's why [people] are surprised to come and see her support. It's unfortunate that somebody would take a picture [of her at my grandmother's funeral]. You got people out there that are supposed to just follow and not have any significance at all. At the end, they look for any opportunity to take a photograph to get their followers up. Some things are supposed to be entertainment and some things are supposed to be part of your life. When your personal life become business, it gets interesting. 

Very tastefully said. 

Ciara just broke off her engagement to fellow rapper Future because he was allegedly "cheating." It's very unlikely that she's looking to jump back into a serious relationship anytime soon. Rumors suggest she might try and work things out with her ex-fiance for the well being of their baby son.

Fifty also had this to say about his grandmother's death, and how he initionally found out about the sad news:

I had to go to 'Power' to rehearse the action sequences and I was on the treadmill, working with the stunt coordinators, when my aunt called me and told me I needed to come to the hospital. I had the chance to talk to her a little bit before she passed. My grandmama was coherent the whole time. I've seen a lot of people die around me but I saw them die on the corner that we were standing on. Outside is a different danger. It's like you go to the hospital, [my grandma's] up, she's there, she's alert. She responded to my voice and then after I see her, her blood pressure starts to drop and then she's gone. 

Check out the full interview over at Vibe.