50 Cent Talks X Games [Video]

X Games Barcelona performer 50 Cent talks about hip-hop and its influence on action sports.

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50 Cent Talks Relationship With Son, G-Unit, Friendships, Bullying, New Carton Series [Video]

50 Cent sits down with Nick Huff Barili as part of SXSW's interview series to discuss his meteoric rise to fame from humble beginnings in Queens, to his incredibly successful musical career and hip hop empire, as well as his current work with SMS Headphones and the upcoming release of his album "Street King Immortal". This hour long interview will be posted in separate parts. In part 4 of the interview 50 Cent talks about how having his son impacted his career and how he tried to have the relationship with his son that he didn't have with his own dad. "I do feel that kids are an oportunity to make a better version of yourself". 50 doesn't see his son going into rapping because his passion is for basketball and says that even when he was around the music his son was more interested in what went on in the production of the record and what Dr Dre and others would do in the studio. 50 goes on to say that although he has been successful in business and in music, "The part that I've lost consistently has been in my investment of friends and relationships." 50 says that where he is from you are only as strong as your crew. 50 compares G-Unit to crews like Eminem's D12 and Nelly's St Lunatics and says that he made a point to make sure that everyone in the crew got their shine stating that you can name every member of G-Unit but probably can't of D12 or St Lunatics. "[I got ] to the point were I was writing their music. Helping them with their albums....I think that there are certain things you do were you enable people and they feel like you are supposed to do that. This is how we do it versus they appreciate you actually doing it. So I made that mistake also."

Previously: 50 Cent Speaks On Floyd Mayweather, Kanye, Vitamin Water Deal, Not Drinking Or Smoking [Video]

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50 Cent Speaks On Floyd Mayweather, Kanye, Vitamin Water Deal, Not Drinking Or Smoking [Video]

50 Cent sits down with Nick Huff Barili as part of SXSW's interview series to discuss his meteoric rise to fame from humble beginnings in Queens, to his incredibly successful musical career and hip hop empire, as well as his current work with SMS Headphones and the upcoming release of his album "Street King Immortal". This hour long interview will be posted in separate parts. In part 3 of the interview 50 Cent shares how he became involved with Vitamin Water and how he was able to leverage his payment in shares of the company. 50 also describes how his boxing promotions company started out of his friendship with Floyd Mayweather. 50 opens up about his friendship with Floyd and says that he only has 3-4 fights left in him. 50 also pulls no punches when talking about Kanye West saying "Kanye gets the trophies, I get the checks!"

Previously: 50 Cent Talks Eminem, Rick Ross And “Street King Immortal” [Video]

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50 Cent Talks Kendrick Lamar, Nas, “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’”, Lil Wayne Clones & More [Video]

Hip hop superstar 50 Cent sits down with Nick Huff Barili as part of SXSW's interview series to discuss his meteoric rise to fame from humble beginnings in Queens, to his incredibly successful musical career and hip hop empire, as well as his current work with SMS Headphones and the upcoming release of his album "Street King Immortal". This hour long interview will be posted in separate parts. In part 2, 50 Cent talks about the 10 year anniversary of his major label debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin. When talking about success 50 states: "No matter how much you feel that you are prepared for something it never happens on your time...it always happens when its supposed to happen...The period when you feel ready and people are not acknowledging the material the way you feel that they should (because its good) is the time that you actually develop skin thick enough to survive when it does work....As a new artist you get people that hear it (your music) but don't know that it has a value to it... Because they don't see you the way they see the guy that everyone is embracing at the moment. I don't think artists should make adjustments. I think they should stay in the pocket that they are in and when they have a moment it really explodes because its different." ..."I've heard demo tapes from 10 different Lil Waynes that weren't Lil Wayne...Its hard for me to really embrace it cause you aint Lil Wayne. You want me to invest money in a copy??? Nah maaan! That shit aint gonna work." ..."A lot of times when the music allows people to offer their experience and is completely different, its exciting. Ive said I like Kendrick Lamar cause it so different...shit it might be the opposite of 50 Cent." As the interview continues 50 talks about how the state of Hip Hop has evolved from when he put out Get Rick or Die Tryin to now with Kendrick releasing GKMC. 50 also talks about Nas calling him one of the greatest story tellers in Hip Hop and specifically talks about how Nas's song "I Gave You Power" where he is rapping from the perspective of a gun. Although 50 acknowledges that it had a strong impression on Hip Hop at the time, he thinks if the usage of that metaphor would have happened in an R&B song it would not have had as much of an impact because using metaphors like that is more common in R&B. 50 states that he sold 10 million copies of his second album with no assistance from "A Baltimore Love Thing" which was his favorite song. Its one of his favorite records because it has more depth than most songs but "Hey Ill take you to the Candy Shop!"

Previously: 50 Cent Talks Eminem, Rick Ross And “Street King Immortal” [Video]

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50 Cent Talks Eminem, Rick Ross And “Street King Immortal” [Video]

50 Cent speaks on Em, Roazy and his upcoming LP "Street King Immortal".

Previously: 50 Cent Really Likes His Beats By Dre Headphones… [Video]

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