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Big Boy's Neighborhood caught up with the kid 50 Cent a few days to talk about what the G-Unit General has been up, to,his relationships with Dr Dre and Eminem and whether or not he thinks Nicki Minaj's ass is real.

How is your relationship with Eminem?
It's always good. You know when you get older you don't expect someone to come into your life on a level that you know has good intentions for you. He made so much money selling records that he don't really have interest in a lot of the other stuff... So for me, they'll be asking me questions...about the deals I do away from music. For Dre, the big thing was the 'Beats,' the headset.

You weren't a part of 'Beats By Dre.' And you went and did your own headphones. Is there a situation where you feel like you should have been a part of that?
If you know that I'm the guy in the system that's capable of moving the needle -- there's nobody else in the Interscope system that sold vitamin water. I'm the last guy. They even did Diddy Beats before they come around. And then when I actually set ut my own company, they say 'oh he's going to be a complete competitor.'

How's your relationship with Dr Dre?
I love Dre...What's ill is no matter how I look at my success, my career in music -- anything that I've done. Without success in music I wouldn't have been able to be involved with companies on the marketing level or have the finances to allow myself o buy my way into those deals. So without 'In Da Club' and Dre's guidance on the first record...none of those other things would've happened. That's the biggest record of my career still!

Dre can be difficult at times, and not intentionally. He can be on his own and in his world. Like when Snoop says something that's out of frustration for him not being able to have what he would consider regular communications with somebody. Because Dre's set up is special. Then Em's world is a whole other world separate from that. And Jimmy [Iovine] will be like 'you're the guy that's gotta keep this functional, between the two of them.' So at different points you're compromising what you would do. Like 'where is my world if I'm fitting into Dre's world and fitting into Em's world?'

Nicki Minaj ass, real or fake?
I Don't know, at this point does it matter?