In a new @Billboard digital cover story, veteran rapper 50 Cent spoke about the impact his debut album “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’” had on the culture… while recently celebrating its 20th anniversary.
While speaking about his success and other rappers who achieved greatness, he gave a special shout out to fellow New York rap star Cardi B. He said,
“When Cardi B came, I thought she was dope,” 50 Cent said. “She’s from the bottom. She was in Club Lust in Brooklyn. [Going] from that and actually making a hit record and turning into who she did? I don’t know why anybody wouldn’t like to see that. It felt like she got everything — married, the baby — it came really fast. That’s the American dream right there.”
Later in the interview, 50 shared his thoughts on new artists having quick come-ups…thanks to social media which ultimately makes them feel like they’ve “made it.” He explained, “artist feel like they made it when they got the deal. Because you had to earn the right to have the deal, everybody’s in the business.”
He continued, “If you got a microphone connected to his laptop and he got a beat from Youtube and he paid for the beat and he recorded his song last night and it’s on iTunes now, he’s in the music business. They meet the audience before they meet the record company now, so there’s no artist development…that’s why you don’t see many groups.”
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When asked if he misses writing and recording, the 47-year-old said, “I get the attention that I want from music when I want it. I just went out and toured 45 countries, and everywhere was sold out. That made me want to offer new music that I could integrate into everything now. I’ve done what I wanted to do in the [sales] capacity. I’ve sold over 35 million records. Not singles — albums. With Em, it’s different because he’s never going to stop [recording]. It bugs him out that I can do TV production.”
What Else Is He Up To?
50 has his hands pretty tied up as he’s the executive producer of the hit show Power which went on for six seasons and had multiple hit spinoffs such as Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Power Book IV: Force. His latest show BMF, follows the rise of infamous drug dealers.
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