Although 50 Cent is most musically revered for his dominant 2000s discography of inescapable street records, The G-Unit boss has remained a fixture in the Hip-Hop world as he’s shifted from rapper to elder-statesman status.
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In addition to his business acumen and television series developments gaining him rightful recognition, 50’s uncensored and hilarious cultural commentary has racked him up over 34 million Instagram followers. With seemingly no topic or person off limits or safe from being roasted.
Though 50’s usual social media etiquette leans towards troll behavior, the rapper turned mogul showed he can also be the nice guy sometimes. During a recent interview with Billboard, 50 revealed the words of encouragement he passed on to Drake after Kendrick Lamar’s dropped “Not Like Us,” which many deem as the winning chess move in the rap beef between the two.
When asked if he had advice for the OVO head honcho, 50 expressed, “I was telling him, it’s not him. I’m listening on the outskirts, it’s not you. Don’t let yourself think that for a second. On some real s***, I said, ‘They said you lost, okay. Well what did you lose?’” 50 questioned.
“What exactly did he lose,” he continued, “if he got $300 something million on his last tour? You didn’t lose a motherf***ing thing, man. If that’s the moment, you keep your creative energy in the right place, and keep creating.”
“If you slow down because you feel, ‘What the f***?’ The resistance will make you feel like your material isn’t good. Then you gotta figure out how to keep pushing, how to keep creating — because that’s what it feels like to you at the moment. That s*** was good for Hip-Hop. It made both of them create quality material faster.”
The Power creator continued to express his excitement for what the battle contributed to the culture, giving Drake props for the creativity he displayed in the battle, bringing up the music video for “Family Matters.”
“The f***ing [good kid, m.A.A.d city] car in the video, that s*** was a mystery,” 50 said. “Everything was tied to something. I was like what the f***? That wasn’t in Hip-Hop before that. Before that battle, I do not remember this was the car from this and that was this,” referring to the “Family Matters” video, which shows a similar looking van to the one Lamar used on the deluxe cover of good kid, m.A.A.d city, being crushed. “Everything that was a part of it was some other s***,” he added, “it was almost encrypted.”
Check out 50's entire interview with Billboard — HERE