50 Cent talks about his current relationship with Eminem

50 Cent has recently sat down with XXL magazine where he explains what his classic album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, means to him and offers details on his new collaboration with Nas on the song “Office Hours” from Magic 2 album. Other moments throughout the exclusive interview include some advice 50 had for Chief Keef at the onset of his career, hilarious jokes aimed at Busta Rhymes, who is Fif’s supporting act on The Final Lap Tour, current relationship with Eminem and more.

“I love him [Eminem] to death. That’s my boy. I don’t care what happens. Em, Dre, Jimmy and Paul Rosenberg were able to come to London. I did Wireless Fest. So I was out there and the came for my birthday to hang out and we got a chance to kick it. I talk to him. I just called him randomly. I texted him to say what’s up.” says 50 Cent.

Then he continues: “Em is like…I don’t know I put him next to my grandmother. Let me tell you why. It was never a point that I had confusion going on that, for artists the most vulnerable point for us is confusion, cause you have money, you have things around to comfort you but when you are in space where there is that confusion and can’t figure out what direction to write in. You can’t figure out what to do and then you don’t feel good. It’s just low point for creative people. Whatever that was going on, he was not participating ever. There was always a place where I could go to communicate or just talk to him and know that he has my best interests at heart like friends.

“When we say, ‘nah, that’s my man!’ I think we give the title ‘friend’ away too easy… And about Super Bowl, they don’t understand the relationship. They were tying to get Em do the Super Bowl without me. It would not happen!” Fif added.

You can watch the interview below:

New Song: Nas – “Office Hours” ft. 50 Cent

Legendary Nas is back with his latest project, titled Magic 2 — the sequel to his 2021 release, Magic.

The 11-track album clocks in at 30 minutes and is executive produced by Hit-Boy and Nas himself, with 50 Cent and 21 Savage appearing on the tracks “Office Hours” and “One Mic, One Gun,” respectively.

Magic 2 picks up where 2022’s King’s Disease — its direct predecessor — left off, and hears Nas and Hit-Boy’s partnership at an elevated level. The rapper’s recent three-year run is a testament to his legacy and power, and Crown Heights, New York-born rapper has proven that he is one of the few that have aged like fine wine.

You can stream the new collaboration below:

Dr. Dre reveals two biggest collaborations he turned down

During a recent appearance on Kevin Hart’s Peacock show “Hart To Heart,” Dr. Dre revealed that some of the biggest and most gifted artists of all time Prince and Michael Jackson approached him for collaboration but refused to work with them both. Check out the conversation below.

Kevin Hart: Who did you have the opportunity to work with that you was like ‘Naw, I didn’t’ that you regret and that you should have worked with? But I don’t wanna throw you story off.

Dr. Dre: Nah, but yeah. That’s a good segway. Prince, Michael Jackson. [I bowed out from working with them] They just asked me to work with them and I was just like ‘What the f–k am I going to do with them?!’ That happened. What the f–k am I going to do in the studio with them? Those are my f–king heroes. Man, you know.

Kevin Hart: YOU ARE DR. DRE!

Elsewhere in the interview, Dr. Dre revealed why he calls Kendrick Lamar “Forever Artist” and Eminem being the only artist that he ever liked when he heard a demo tape.

You can watch the Michael Jackson and Prince segment below:

No Limit Larry reveals Jay-Z’s reaction after he told him Eminem outrapped him on “Renegade”

Radio host, author and motivational speaker No Limit Larry has recently done an interview on Chezzy Boy TV where he talked about meeting Jay-Z when he had recently done “Renegade” song with Eminem.

“Next time I met Jay-Z, it’s when he did a song with Eminem. Before it had dropped, Nate had it bootlegged, the CD, before it dropped. So I had listened to it. So, I’m in office, going for Nate, ‘Ayo man, Jay got killed! Em killed that ni–a on the song. He killed him on Renegade!’ I don’t know that Jay-Z is coming to the station three days later. Nate knew he was coming.” said No Limit Larry

Then he continued: “So three days later, Jay comes to the station, so I don’t forgot all the s–t that I talked about Jay-Z and Eminem. So we get an interview and I still got that interview on the tape. So, Nate gets an interview, we talking, so he looked at me and then looked at Jay-Z, I’m like, ‘what this ni–a about to do?!’ He was like ‘hey Larry, tell Jay-Z what you said about him!’ I’m like ‘Huh? I ain’t said nothing about Jay-Z! What you talking about?’ He was like ‘Nah, tell him what you said about the song!’ I’m like ‘Oh, okay! okay!’ So, Jay-Z looking at me like ‘what you say about the song?’ I said ‘bro, all I said was Em outflowed you on a song.’ He laughed and was like ‘that’s how you feel? I think you need to listen to it again!’ I’m like ‘alright! but he outflowed you!'”

“Fast forward, two weeks later, me and Nate go to an award show. We go to the Billboard Music Awards, its in Vegas. I’m walking in that long a– hallway, I see twenty people walking, black guys, I pay no attention. So, as I’m walking slow I see the crowed they walking towards me. True story. The crowd spreads and Jay-Z walks out the crowd. He said, you still think Em outflowed me on a song? I look at them ni–as and I’m like ‘nah bro you got it!’ I got on the elevator and got out of there.” No Limit Larry added.

You can watch the interview below:

Lil Wayne admits he was scared of Eminem collaboration

During a recent interview with New York Magazine, celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, Lil Wayne admitted that he was little scared when he called Eminem for a collaboration, probably referring to his 2009 single “Drop The World” from his seventh solo studio album, Rebirth.

In a new interview, Lil Wayne said:

“I was scared, actually, when I called EMINEM for a song. That is a monster. He must have the same thing I have with words. Like, we can’t get them out of our heads. Every meaning, every aspect of them. Things that rhyme, we hear it. I already know the gift and the curse that he has. And I love to hear the way he puts it together.”

Lil Wayne and Eminem have a mutual respect. Appearing on Young Money Podcast back in 2020, Eminem gave high praise to Lil Wayne: “I love when rappers are able to tell a story and don’t compromise any of the punchlines. It’s great to see you and me still doing it. It’s definitely an art to this sh*t and, man, you got it mastered.”

Eminem also admitted that he was jealous of Weezy when was on a hiatus. “Hatred was flowin’ through my veins, on the verge of goin’ insane, I almost made a song dissin’ Lil Wayne, It’s like I was jealous of him ’cause of the attention he was gettin’, I felt horrible about myself, he was spittin’, And I wasn’t, anyone who was buzzin’ back then coulda got it, Almost went at Kanye too, God, it, Feels like I’m goin’ psychotic, thank God that I didn’t do it
I’da had my a– handed to me, and I knew it.” raps Slim Shady on “Talkin’ 2 Myself”

For the full interview, visit New York Times here.

Ja Rule says Eminem only dissed pop stars & his disses should not be considered seriously

Ja Rule has recently sat down with Math Hoffa, MECC, CHAMP, BIGGA and GAT on the latest episode of My Expert Opinion where he talked about many topics, including beef with 50 Cent.

At one point of the interview, Math Hoffa asked the Queens, New York-born rapper if he considers 50 Cent a battle rapper, on which Ja replied:

“No, I don’t consider 50 a battle rapper. I consider him a clout chaser. The rumor is the I’m supposed to be scared of him or G-Unit. He spread this rumor. How am I supposed to be scared If I go looking for the ni–a that I have a problem with and handle my problem? When I handled it, he sued us. Yayo also sued us.” said Ja Rule.

Then he continued: “[He ended up with someone like Em who was a battle rapper] But it was different. Em did it comical, fun. It was different. Em did it like it was not the same. And he did it with the pop stars. Britney Spears, NSYNC, Christina Aguilera. Who else? Canibus? That was after. That was still comical s–t. He was wearing Batman and Robin outfit while dissing the ni–as. It was fun. It was just comical.”

“When he took aim at me it was different thing. That’s what I’m saying. What was the angle for that? I never thought about X and J like I wanna go and s–t on X and J to get ni–as to f–king recognize me. That’s goofy s–t my ni–a. It’s goofy s–t and you know it.” Ja Rule added.

You can watch the interview below:

Ed Sheeran pens heartfelt letter to Eminem & shares official “Stan” performance from Detroit

Ed Sheeran and Eminem joined forces in Detroit at Ford Field stadium on Saturday, when Slim Shady surprised Sheeran fans by joining the English singer-songwriter on stage for his covers of Eminem’s greatest hits “Lose Yourself” and “Stan.”

“I wondered if I can play you a cover of an Eminem song tonight,” Sheeran first asked cheering fans at Ford Field, as seen in various videos from the moment shared on social media. “I think you know it. We rehearsed it today — see how it goes.”

After Sheeran cut into an acoustic version of the iconic 8 Mile movie soundtrack song, Eminem appeared on stage and began rapping and crowed went absolutely crazy.

Later, Ed Sheeran shared the footage of the performance on Instagram with the caption: “I remember spraying my hair yellow and rapping Eminem in the school talent show when I was 11, insane to be able to bring him out at my show in Detroit. Really a moment I will never forget, a real career and life highlight. Loved being in Detroit again, the subtract show was magical, and the Ford Field show was honestly the loudest I have ever heard a crowd in my life. Motor city baby, you are the greatest ! See ya in Nashville, my unofficial second hometown.”

“We are about to go on stage in Detroit. I performed with Eminem few times but never brought him out on one of mine. This is the real childest dream stuff come true.” Says Ed Sheeran in the video.

You can watch the video below and check Ed’s post here.

Eminem shares his story to New York Times to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop

To celebrate the 50 years of hip-hop, New York Times magazine interviewed some of the legends in the game, including Eminem. In their own words, 50 influential voices chronicle hip-hop’s evolution.

Eminem’s Story: My Uncle Ronnie had the “Breakin’” soundtrack. I was, like, 11 years old, and he played me Ice-T’s “Reckless” before I’d seen the movie. Uncle Ronnie used to breakdance and he taught me a little bit, showing me some moves. From that moment I knew there was nothing else — no other kind of music that I would ever like again — aside from rap.

We used to bounce back and forth from Missouri, and shortly after that we moved to Detroit, and we were staying at my Grandma Nan’s house. I had a tape player, and I found WJLB. There was this D.J. named the Wizard. He would play from, like, 10 to 11. I would just hit record on my tape and I’d go to sleep and get up for school to see what I got: “Go See the Doctor,” KOOL MOE DEE, UTFO. I just wanted everything — give me everything that rap has: RUN-DMC, Fat Boys, LL.

Every time LL dropped something it was, like, he was the best, no one’s touching him. LL Cool J was everything to everybody. You know, I always wanted a Kangol.

My first rap, I was 12-ish, when LL Cool J, “Bad,” came out. I would be, like, just walking around my Aunt Edna’s house, thinking of rhymes and writing thoughts down. It was a complete LL bite, but it was something that I dabbled in. I would be sitting in school sometimes and a line would hit me.

And then Run-DMC would drop a new album and you’d be, like, “This is the craziest [expletive] I’ve ever heard.” “Yo, this is as good as rap can get, lyrically.” And then Rakim changed the way people thought about rap.

It just kept advancing to the next level. I was there to watch its conception and its growth. Everybody was trying to one-up each other. It went from rhyming one- or two-syllable words to rhyming four and five and six. Then Kool G Rap came along and he would rhyme seven, eight, nine, 10.

But I was a sponge. I would gravitate towards the compound-syllable rhyming, like the Juice Crew. Lord Finesse, to Kool G Rap, to Big Daddy Kane, to Masta Ace, Redman, Special Ed. I don’t even think I understood why I liked it. I had a couple of friends that had to point out to me how many syllables somebody was rhyming.

And then Treach from Naughty by Nature came along and he was doing all that, too. He was cool, too — his image and everything. I wanted to be him.

When the first Naughty by Nature album dropped, that whole summer, I couldn’t write a rap. “I’ll never be that good; I should just quit.” I was so depressed, but that’s all I played for that summer.

Proof thought Treach was the best rapper, too. Every time he would drop an album I would just be, like, Son of a bitch.

Nas, too. I remember The Source gave “Illmatic” five mics. I already knew I liked Nas from “Live at the Barbeque” with Main Source, because his verse on that is one of the most classic verses in hip-hop of all time. But I was, like, “Five mics, though? Let me see what this is.”

And when I put it on, “And be prosperous/though we live dangerous/Cops could just arrest me/Blamin’ us/We’re held like hostages.” He was going in and outside of the rhyme scheme, internal rhymes. That album had me in a slump, too. I know the album front to back.

There was three or four years, maybe, where I kind of dipped out of listening to rap. I was so on the grind in the underground.

I didn’t have money to buy any tapes. Every dollar, every dime that I had went to either studio time or to buy Hailie diapers.

Tuesday night I would go to the Ebony Showcase on Seven Mile. Wednesday night would be Alvin’s. Friday night would be Saint Andrew’s. And then Saturday would be the Hip Hop Shop.

Proof was hosting open mics at the Hip Hop Shop, and they started having battles. The first one that I got in — it was actually the first battle there — I won. And then the second battle, I won it again. I realized maybe I should try to go out of state. So I would hop in the car with friends and drive down to Cincinnati for the Scribble Jam.

Back then, you had to go off the top of the head. If you didn’t you’d get booed offstage. So I learned from watching Proof that you can freestyle, but just have a couple lines in the back of your head, a couple of punchlines you know you want to use, and then freestyle around that.

Coming up in the battle scene was the greatest thing to happen to me because I knew what lines were going to get a reaction from the crowd. That’s what I would focus on. So when I got signed with Dre, I was trying to translate that to record, to get that reaction. I would picture the listener sitting there and what lines they might react to. I just used that as a formula. Like, “How you gonna breastfeed, Mom?/You ain’t got no tits.”

When the first Onyx album dropped, Sticky Fingaz was so great at saying that kind of [expletive]: “I’m thinking about taking my own life/I might as well, except they might not sell weed in hell.” And Bizarre was really great at that. If we reacted to it, then we thought other people would, too. That shaped my whole career, you know?

50 Cent also told his story, along with Lil Wayne, Scarface, Q-Tip and others. To check the stories, visit New York Times here.

 

50 Cent is featured on Nas’ new album dropping this Friday

Yesterday, Nas continued to tease fans with something in the works and has seemingly confirmed the plans for Magic 2 album with a Houdini trailer he posted on Instagram.

The hip-hop icon posted a black-and-white clip of Harry Houdini performing his straight jacket escape while hanging upside down to Instagram Monday (July 17, 2023) further fueling rumors of Magic 2 being on the way.

“Houdini,” Hit-Boy wrote in the comments section — who was the primary producer of 2021’s Magic project. Fans piled on about another Nas and Hit-Boy project on the horizon: “PLEASE CALL THE ALBUM STILLMAGIC.” Another commented: “Magic easily one of Nas best albums EVER! I’m ready for this!!!!!!!”

50 Cent has just confirmed that Nas new album is actually titled Magic 2 and he will be featured on the project. “Y’all ain’t heard me in a minute, Nas felt like it was time so it’s done. Check us out Friday 7.21 MAGIC 2 (Office Hours) QGTM.” wrote Fiddy on Instagram while sharing the official cover art of the album.

Check out Fif’s post below:

B-Real says Eminem is Top 5 Storyteller Of All Time

Now I’ma be real, B-Real was real!

The legendary hip-hop artist from a rap group Cypress Hill, B-Real, has recently interacted with the fans on Twitter and listed his top five storytellers in hip-hop.

“Who are your top 5 story tellers in Hip Hop? Slick Rick, Ice Cube, Biggie, KRS1 and Eminem on mine!” he tweeted.

This is not the first time B-Real showed some love to Eminem. Earlier this year, talked about Melle Mel’s comments about Eminem.

“Eminem was handpicked by Dre, yes, but Dre did not necessarily make him. He had to make himself. Much like Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar got recognized by Dre but if you look at what Kendrick has done, he has built himself. That’s what Eminem did. And here is a thing I wanna say as an emcee. There is no way you can not give him his props. Because it does not matter what color this dude is, he’s spit out some of the hardest bars and verses and style-flips and conceptual songs that anybody has ever heard.” said B-Real

Then he continued: “So for me, in my opinion, he’s one of the GOATs and he has earned all that respect. To me color is not an issue. He was the best to ever do it. One of the best to ever do it. Is he the best? Again, it’s subjective. Other folks think Jay-Z, other folks think Lil Wayne, other folks think it’s Biggie, other folks think its Pac, other folks think KRS-1. It’s all subjective but to say Eminem does not deserve this props, well, that’s your opinion. It may not be good one but it’s yours and that’s fine. In my list, Eminem is one of the best and he deserves all those props. When they ask me who’s your top 5 emcees, the top meaningful to me as emcees, are Em, KRS and Jay-Z. This is my top 3. It’s just my opinion and you might not agree. Em earned all his respect.”

“Eminem came from battle rap world. So he gotta be on fire. And he was. He was known for eating people up in a battle world. He also knew how to write a song, a catchy song, an anthem song. So, he not necessarily mastered the best of both worlds, but he is tapped in to both worlds in a way no one else is. And that is something very hard to do. It’s very rare when emcees do this. How do you not give this dude his due. And on top of that, he sold millions. I think he’s a number one selling artist in hip-hop. How can you not give him his dues. He still sells. he got fans. He got hard core fans. I know that Eminem would take Melle Mel out in this time because he has been doing that. When he does features, he’s going after the head of whoever he’s doing features with. And if you don’t hear that my dude, there’s more than that. Eminem is just different beast.”

“If I was to get a call and Eminem says I want to do a song with you, I already know he’s going to try to take my head off. Friendly-style cause we are competitive and we are friends and we got love for each other but I know he’s gonna flex a verse to make me work. That song with him and Busta, s–t’s crazy. You know the first guy to put me on to Eminem was Busta Rhymes. We were on tour and we was like ‘hey man you heard this kid Slim Shady? he has got crazy bars!’ And he starts repeating like first four bars of My Name Is.”

“Em was always cool with us. He was always giving up props. He shouted us out on many different songs. Sometimes I could not understand. My dude just gives us so much love that he does not have to. That’s something that I respect and appreciate. When he got nominated into the Hall Of Fame he shouted out all those groups and he threw us in there as well. He constantly chills us up. He’s a person that does not have to. That’s what’s so dope about him. He recognizes what fed him. What inspired him. And he told Hall Of Fame board that ‘hey you all have to recognize these folks cause they made me.’ And that’s big because the guys in his position don’t have to do it. They just walk in there and thank fans, family, agents and f–k off. But he did not. He’s a student of the game. He respects the artists that came before him.” – B-real added.

 

The 50 most streamed rap songs of all time on Spotify

The 50 Most Streamed Rap Songs have been released by Spotify to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. An official playlist and the announcement were posted together on RapCaviar’s official Twitter and Instagram pages.

Curated by Spotify’s editorial team and based on data, the Hip-Hop lists showcase the top songs, albums, artists, producers, and more in the genre. Spotify’s celebration of Hip-Hop’s milestone will continue with a multi-layered campaign leading up to the anniversary on August 11th, honoring the contributions of the genre’s greatest artists. For the most streamed rap albums, click here and check the list of the 50 most streamed rap songs below:

  1. Post Malone & 21 Savage – “Rockstar”
  2. Drake – “God’s Plan”
  3. XXXtentacion – “SAD!”
  4. Travis Scott – “goosebumps”
  5. XXXtentacion – “Jocelyn Flores”
  6. Lil Uzi Vert – “XO Tour Lif3”
  7. Kendrick Lamar – “Humble”
  8. Travis Scott – “SICKO MODE”
  9. Post Malone & Quavo – “Congratulations”
  10. Eminem – “Lose Yourself” 
  11. J. Cole – “No Role Modelz”
  12. French Montana, Swae Lee – “Unforgettable”
  13. XXXtentacion – “Moonlight”
  14. Eminem, Nate Dogg – “Till I Collapse” 
  15. Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
  16. Eminem – “Without Me” 
  17. DaBaby, Roddy Ricch – “ROCKSTAR”
  18. Future – “Mast Off”
  19. XXXtentacion, Trippie Redd – “F–k Love”
  20. Travis Scott – “Highest In The Room”
  21. XXXtentacion – “Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares”
  22. Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” 
  23. Drake – “In My Feelings”
  24. Juice WRLD – “All Girls Are The Same”
  25. Coolio, L.V. – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
  26. XXXtentacion – “changes”
  27. Tyga, Offset, – “Taste”
  28. XXXtentacion – “Look At Me!”
  29. Gunna, Lil Baby – “Drip Too Hard”
  30. Drake – “Hotline Bling”
  31. Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
  32. Offset, Metro Boomin’ – “Ric Flair Drip”
  33. Internet Money, Gunna, Don Toliver, NAV – “Lemonade”
  34. DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper, Quavo, Lil Wayne – “I’m The One”
  35. Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP”
  36. Eminem, Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie” 
  37. Kanye West – “Stronger”
  38. Lil Mosey – “Blueberry Faygo”
  39. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg – “Still D.R.E.”
  40. Juice WRLD – “Robbery”
  41. XXXtentacion – “Hope”
  42. Lil Tecca – “Ransom”
  43. Eminem, Juice WRLD – “Godzilla” 
  44. Jay-Z, Kanye West – “Ni–as In Paris”
  45. Drake – “Nice For What”
  46. 50 Cent – “In Da Club” 
  47. Desiigner – “Panda”
  48. Travis Scott – “BUTTERFLY EFFECT”
  49. Drake, Future – “Life Is Good”
  50. Eminem – “Mockingbird” 

50 Cent responds to Joe Budden’s praise

Few years back, Joe Budden gave his flowers to 50 Cent during one of the episodes of Complex magazine’s “Everyday Struggle.” It appears Fif has just saw the video of Budden praising him and instantly responded him on Twitter.

In the video, Joe Budden says: “50 Cent had the greatest run I have ever seen in my entire life and that will probably remain the same. That answer will never change. I’m very aware of all the people that 50 Cent had beet with. He shouldn’t have beat any of it. They tried to kill 50 Cent for years. He should have died. He did not.”

Then he continues: “He then had to deal with real life street beef with being blackballed. He shouldn’t have beat that. he shouldn’t have beat both of those things. He was on the greatest mixtape run that I have ever witnessed. Then he signs with Eminem, Dr. Dre. They put out “In Da Club.” It never went off. Never saw nothing like that. He delivered album! Classic! Millions of copies. I have never seen a ni–a do what 50 was able to do and accomplish and what he had to endure his way, you are not gonna beat that.”

50 Cent shared the clip on Twitter with the caption: “I just saw this Joe Budden. The ill s–t is it’s true. I had beef with 3 different guys that had influence, real gangstas, they all had crews that caught body’s running around putting in pain. I don’t know, I would just get mad, then say f–k them ni–as. LOL we all gonna die one day.”

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