Thu 28 Aug 2008
50 Cent talks trash…but with some good intention too
Posted by Miss Info under New Music[26] Comments
the homie DJ Kast One (Heavy Hitter family) just posted this up on his site….(he’ll have the dirty version later)
50 Cent’s “Here I Am” freestyle
[audio:here i am.mp3]At the end, Fif does his usual s–t-talking but also mentions that he’s trying to help rehab the projects by Baisley Park in South Jamaica, Queens.
Fif refers to what I told you a few months back, about how he donated money to Bette Midler’s park restoration project, specifically Baisley Park.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
this is some funny shit.. hot shit.. nigg* gon buy whole queens hahahahahaha
curtis jacksons estate..
imean this guy makin 150mil a yr he on movies with nic cage, al pac and all ..no wonder he cant find time for niggas like game or buck…
NUFF LOVE 2FIF ..NIGGA SHUD MAKE DAT DOE..
August 28th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
i jus luv how he sed not da cops den laughed on a ricky ross song, i like dat subiminimal shit lololololololol
August 28th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
50 reminds me of scrooge mcduck
sad still waiting for bisd tho
August 28th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
thats just a little taqste of whats about to really happen, fif has been a lil quiet which means yall better watch out…..go head fif do ya thang…..GGGGGGG-UNIT…..Curtis Jackson Houses, thats BIG…nobody does it like fif, i love that man
August 28th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
sorry typo in the first sentence, i meant taste
August 28th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Hey I can’t front on Fif, but we all know that this is what he is known for when he puts out a mixtape or jumps on someone’s beat. Do your think Fif, keep us listening!
August 28th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
is he doing this shit to help his hood or to bug the shit outta supreme?or both?ahh fuck it,if peoples living conditions improve then its all good.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
fire……………………………….fire
August 29th, 2008 at 12:38 am
corny as usual from snitchy sense. a but missinfo, u should put that chat back up, that was pretty fire.
August 29th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Typical 50. When the money’s low, be controversial and start drama you can’t finish. When the money’s high, go feminine and try to be the 2008 Ja Rule. Dude’s a clown.
@Deb … what did you expect? You said “he’s being quiet, watch out!” He’s always quiet when some beef comes around that he can’t win. He always starts drama and then finds the sidelines when he gets hit hard. He stuck out the Ja Rule/Fat Joe drama because he had a chance to win those.. but when Nas and Jadakiss got back at him hard he came up with lame excuses like “Nas doesn’t sell enough records for me to beef with him” when 50 brought him up first. Thats his game.. if you slap him back hard enough he shuts up.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:08 am
@EJ.. When did he ever shut up?? Jadakiss got his album pushed back and dont say that aint got shit to do with him. Go feminine? You mean appeal to the demographic that buys alot of albums? Oh you mean women? So LL cool J and 2pac who himself said you have to make songs for the ladies in each album? 50 cent has always been a loud mouth jerk from jump, we know this, remember how to rob? Yeah, that guy.
Money by all means, learn from this theres more ways to make money in hiphop than to sell liquor, be nike, addidas, reeboks slave whore. Think outside the box, of course he can talk shit he makes money, now tell me if u can listen to a song with BUCK makin money and being rich and not laugh.
The loudest dude in the room who spits multiple bars(Game) aint always the strongest one, why you busy tryna show boat, you not thinkin 5 steps ahead. Read 48 laws of power. Than you’ll see what he does is to bait you to go out of position so u hang ureself. Chess not checkers.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:47 am
@EJ
Fif never said he didn’t like Nas, just some of the decisions he made.
Also, he’s saying Jadakiss and Styles aren’t on his level when he was talking about jewels they borrowed for video shoots and by pushing Styles album back. 50 is probably one of the smartest businessmen in the game that raps as a hobby (next to Diddy). He keeps saying that the fights fixed, it aint fair and he plays dirty. And he’s right. Regular rappers (like Cam, Jada/Styles, Joe) can’t mess with him.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Go Fif………………….He Runs NEW YORK
August 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
The Business Of Hip-Hop
The 50 Cent Machine
Zack O’Malley Greenburg 08.18.08, 6:00 AM ET
Inside The 50 Cent Machine
Hip-Hop Homes For Sale
Video:
50 Cent: Future Billionaire
Bringing Back Hip Hop’s Glory
Billionaires: The Next Generation – Forbes.com
When it comes to records, 50 Cent knows what it takes to go platinum. But in a mine shaft thousands of feet below the surface of South Africa, he’s got metal, not vinyl, on his mind.
Last May, 50 paid a visit to billionaire mining baron Patrice Motsepe in South Africa. Flanked by select members of their respective entourages, the unlikely duo descended into a subterranean trove of platinum, palladium and iridium, growing like moss on the earth’s warm innards. A spectacular backdrop for a bling-drenched music video, to be sure.
But 50 was there for other business: to forge a joint venture with Motsepe that could soon bring him an equity stake in the mine–and 50 Cent-branded platinum to the world.
“Things that people wouldn’t actually expect me to be involved in,” 50 muses a few weeks later, reminiscing on his trip. “I’ve got a diverse portfolio.”
In Pictures: Inside The 50 Cent Machine
Here, in the comfort of a midtown Manhattan office, just miles from the Queens, N.Y., streets where 50 once dealt cocaine, the glowering rapper whose lyrics are often punctuated with gunshots is nowhere to be found. In his place is Curtis Jackson, businessman. Less gangster, more Gordon Gekko, he ticks through the contents of his portfolio: stocks, bonds, real estate, investment pools, all carefully monitored by brokers at Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS – news – people ) and Morgan Stanley (nyse: MS – news – people ).
Over the past 12 months, 50 has added $150 million to his substantial coffers. He hawks clothing, sneakers, videogames, movies, ringtones and flavored water. His earnings were nearly twice as much as last year’s hip-hop cash king, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, and over four times the sum garnered by Sean “Diddy” Combs, who ranked third for the second year in a row. After topping Forbes’ inaugural Cash Kings list, the trio released a modified version of 50’s “I Get Money” called “The Forbes 1-2-3 Remix.”
Diversification is crucial for rappers. Record sales are declining, new media are playing havoc with the music industry, and it seems unlikely that hip-hop acts will ever lure stadiums of deep-pocketed baby boomers with the ease exhibited by geriatric rockers such as the Rolling Stones and the Police.
Perhaps as a hedge, Jay-Z signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation (nyse: LYV – news – people ) in April. Kanye West headlined the traditionally rock-focused music festival Lollapalooza in Chicago earlier this month. 50 is looking to secure his own long-term relevance with deals like the one currently in the works with Motsepe.
“The financials of the music business have changed to the point that we have to find ways to make money in other places,” says Barry Williams, 50’s circumspect brand manager. “I didn’t think six years ago when we started trying to sell music that we’d be selling VitaminWater and shoes and clothes. Now we’re moving into other directions, and four or five years from now, it’s exciting to think about us looking at natural resources and raw materials and other businesses.”
50’s first mega-deal was completed a year ago. He snagged $100 million when Coca-Cola (nyse: KO – news – people ) bought Glacéau, VitaminWater’s parent company, for $4.1 billion. The rapper had received a stake in Glacéau as compensation for peddling the “Formula 50” VitaminWater flavor. He’d continued to add to his holdings as the years went on. Although observers praised 50’s financial foresight as soon as the deal was announced, he was far from satisfied.
“People were talking about how much money I made, but I was focused on the fact that $4.1 billion was made,” says 50. “I think I can do a bigger deal in the future.”
Looking one step ahead of the business has always one of 50’s trademark traits. He grew up rough in Jamaica, Queens, in the midst of the 1980s crack epidemic. His mother, a drug dealer, was murdered when he was 8; soon after, he began running cocaine for his uncles. He realized he could make more money by charging a markup in the neighborhood of 25%. This precocious business sense earned him plenty of dollars–and three arrests–by age 19. He avoided jail time by agreeing to attend a six-month, military-style boot camp in upstate New York.
Returning to Queens, the fledgling rapper scored a $65,000 deal with Columbia Records. But in 2000 his past caught up with him. Days before his first album, Power of the Dollar, was set to hit stores, 50 was shot nine times and left for dead in front of his grandmother’s house. Columbia dropped him, and the record was never released, though it has since been heavily bootlegged. Undeterred, he returned to the studio as soon as he recovered from his wounds. He started churning out “mix tapes,” which are informally circulated at parties, and soon he had become an underground rap sensation.
The tapes earned him a following–and a big break. In 2002 star rapper Marshall “Eminem” Mathers heard his driver playing one of 50’s songs. Eminem was so impressed with the music that he invited 50 to Los Angeles to meet with him and producer Andre “Dr. Dre” Young. Within days, they signed 50 to a million-dollar deal for five albums.
But from the start, 50’s career was more about business than music. He spent his first $300,000 registering the “50 Cent” and “G-Unit” trademarks; in 2003 he brought on veteran talent manager Chris Lighty to head up his business entourage. Today, Lighty is part of an informal board of directors for brand 50 Cent. The team helps 50 sort through endorsement offers, brainstorm new ideas and operate his businesses.
At the top of that pyramid is 50 himself. Ask any of his associates what sets him apart, and they’ll all tell you it’s his fiendish work ethic. In a recent 24-hour span, he started by filming scenes for Streets of Blood from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. (He will star in the flick, due out next year, alongside Val Kilmer and Sharon Stone.) He then went straight to the mobile recording studio he keeps on set and worked on his new album for four to five hours. After snagging a few hours of sleep, he went right back to the studio.
“I don’t think he’ll ever stop working,” says Laurie Dobbins, chief operating officer of Lighty’s company, Violator Management. “He’s got the work ethic of a robot. I think he works 24 hours a day.”
50 will always be a performer. While he spent the daytime hours of his Africa tour kibitzing with the likes of Motsepe and Nelson Mandela, nights brought concerts–and crowds upwards of 100,000. He watched as his music broke the language barriers between scores of local dialects. He says the rush he gets from performing is the reason he doesn’t need drugs. But don’t be confused about where his priorities lie.
“Closing a deal,” he says, “is a bigger deal.”
August 29th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I DONT KNOW WHETHER TO HATE U R LOVE U BUT U DAMN SURE KEEP ME LISTENING
August 29th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
G UNIT = 199k TOTAL. LOL LOL LOL, & 50 aint got no good intentions, he said he wasnt going to do shit for sean bell, and then when game starting helping the family, he changed his mind months later. dude aint got no good intentions he yakub, a black fucking devil. He rich, but he corny wit no popularity, really 95% of his fans are lames. look at these essays these cockbiters are writing. lol
August 29th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
SUPREME VICTORY MUST BE MAINO’S INSPIRATION FOR HIS HIT SINGLE “HI HATER” CAUSE HE/SHE WILL FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH WHAT 50 IS DOING NO MATTER WHAT.PLEASE SHOW ME WHERE 50 SAID HE WASNT GONNA DO SHIT FOR SAWN BELL AND I’LL SEND YOU $10O IN THE MAIL.I PROMISE.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
HOLD UP-I JUST CHECKED OUT SUPREME VICTORY’S BLOG.HE/SHE GOT ZERO COMMENTS ON EVERY POST.I WONDER WHY?I GUESS EVERYONE IS ON THISIS50.COM LMAO.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
@Supreme victory.. Is that you JA?? That you Irv? 199k and? How long it took American Gangster to go Plat? Its a group effort, those traditionally doesnt sell, and its back to east coast grimey shit, of course you might wanna put down the ipod wit souljah boy. no popularity? Thisis50.com has heavy fuckin traffic, and everytime u click on that bitch theres a sponsor.
You’re championing GAME?? The guy with the butterfly tattoo? Guy who cried cuz no one wanted to do with him for sean bell, when it had less to do with sean bell and more to do with him gettin FREE COLLABS?? That one? Like lonie said, you must be MAINOS inspiration, hi hater.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
david, lonie and cris…..you said it all and said it well…plus you just tore supreme victory a new a$$ hole…lol
August 29th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
@Blaze.. he never said he didn’t like Nas? No, but he did throw lines at Nas on the same song he threw lines at Joe and Jada (all beefs he started first). Then when dudes got back at him he shut up. Can you name another diss he did to Nas after Nas did MC Burial? Can you name one where he was really getting at Jada after he did Checkmate? Nah.. once he gets slapped hard enough, he bitches out and says “oh, they aint on my level.” Its like a bully on the block who wants to egg you on all the time, but when you stand up to him he says “oh, you aint worth it.” Bitch made.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:49 pm
@EJ…umm do your homework nigga! what about when 50 dropped I run NY over Mobb Deep beat? going directly at D-block feat Yayo. “The walls got ears lil nigga..i hear when u talk” If yall just haters thats cool! But know ur shit when u tryna make a point…when u dont it just shows that u just a hater..not a knowledgeable hater but a typical hater..just say i dont like him and keep it movin..instead of makin no sense and just puttin ur own foot in your mouth
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I was wondering why the HELL he shouted out Bette Midler on the Mister Cee mixtape where he redid alot of his songs to old SCHOOL CLASSICS! that ish was HOT beginning to end, I never heard a CD that makes you wanna BBQ!
December 14th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
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