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50 Cent is getting fed up with the direction the hip hop industry is headed in. Fif took to Twitter to take shots at Rick Ross and new rappers who are unoriginal.
"Hip hop has been damaged by fake fraudulent artist who just say anything.now it seems like authenticity means nothing," 50 wrote on the social networking site. "The culture is so confused a gangsta is bobbing to a cop LMAO think about it. It's just the facts. I'm not impressed by some of the new artist it feels like nothings new stop following trends be your self. Rappers write cars, money, big house, big shot talk. The truth is they ain't got it man for real."
The G-Unit boss said that because of Chris Lighty's passing he is now managing himself and won't rush the release of Street King Immortal. He also issued a warning to any rapper that wants to step up and test him because the music on the album is just that good.
"Every artist that puts them selves in direct competition with me will suffer due to how well Street King Immortal is put together. Watch the fools who decide to question my talent. Find them selves over whelmed by this album"
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There has been a lot of speculation recently regarding an apparent conflict between longtime friends 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Until now none of the reasons seemed legitimate, but a series of letters written to Floyd while he was in jail may provide a clue.
Former Floyd associate Tommy Summers, A.K.A. Tommy Smalls, reached out to the boxing champion while he was incarcerated and tried to convince him that his longtime adviser, Al Haymon, had cut deals behind his back to hold fights at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas costing Floyd millions of dollars in the process. Summers also accused Haymon of funneling all of his fighters to rival promotional company Golden Boy instead of Floyd's Mayweather Promotions.
"All the fighter that Al Haymon got he signed them to Golden Boy, not with us," Summers wrote. "You let him eat with you and you can't eat with him. HBO told 50 Cent on the low that Al Haymon has 20 dates over a period of years on your name. F*ck that."
Summers goes on to explain further how Haymon basically stole money from Floyd by doing side deals.
"You fought Oscar [De La Hoya], [Ricky] Hatton, [Shane] Mosely, [Manuel] Marquez, [Victor] Ortiz, [Carlos] Baldimore and [Miguel] Cotto. All at the MGM Grand. The deal was cut under the table. That site fee and gate money ain't sh*t. G.B. and Al already took the money to bring you to Vegas and fight here at MGM. It's worth over $150 million dollars. D. King did not bring Tyson to Vegas at MGM for only gate money. You are worth more, do your own thing. You never got the things you wanted from MGM because they got it already. Over $100 million over 8-fights. Trust me I know."
Summers explained that when Floyd got out of jail there would be big money deals on the table from people like Jerry Jones, Steve Wynn and either Hank Steinbrenner or Hal Steinbrenner to hold fights at their stadiums in front of 75,000 to 100,000 fans each time out.
"You can make $500 million to $1 billion before you quit and after," Summers insisted. "That old Golden Boy sh*t is over. You gonna make $100 million or more a fight. You made Golden Boy and Al Haymon a lot of money. Game over!"
Floyd evidently did not believe Summers. Summers and 50 Cent are now attempting to do business with Manny Pacquiao by forming a new boxing promotion company. Could that be the reason for the recent friction between Floyd and Fif?.
Read the letters below and decide for yourself.
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50 Cent went off on French Montana via Twitter yesterday and the whole industry took notice. 2010 XXL Freshman and current artist on Young Jeezy's CTE imprint Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs co-signed the G-Unit boss and said what a lot of people have been thinking.
It's a case of real recognizing real.
The Indiana rapper just released a highly acclaimed Gangsta Grillz mixtape titled Baby Face Killa. Do yourself a favor and grab the deluxe version from DJBooth.net.
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As we all know by now, 50 Cent and Fat Joe put their long running beef to bed during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta last weekend. The two have been receiving universal praise for being big enough men to look past their differences while honoring Chris Lighty.
Peter Rosenberg spoke on the situation this morning and gave the two men well deserved props.
"Time to give some props to Fat Joe and 50 Cent. You gotta respect it man," Rosenberg said on Hot 97's show The Realness. "They put their differences aside. It may have taken way too long, but at least they finally settled it. Two guys who are doing very well in life and really have nothing to fight about anymore. They buried the hatchet for their friend Chris Lighty and I couldn't be happier about it."
Would you like to see 50 and Joe collaborate on a song together?
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50 Cent went off yesterday on French Montana after the Bad Boy rapper made some negative comments recently talking about the G-Unit boss' record sales.
In interviews with Complex, French said that 50 should have avoided beefing with so many different artists.
"I feel like beef hurt him. You know if you follow our history you’ll know it’s like, from when we started until now, we’ve been good. We’re not the hottest, we’re not number one, but guess what? Everyday that goes by, we getting bigger and bigger," French said. "So I would rather do that, then come in and have a short run. I’d rather have a Cash Money run. Not to say that in a bad way, but 50 Cent could have been a lot bigger. You think 50 could come out and sell 10 million now?"
50 got wind of the interview and went off on French via Twitter.
"French Montana you ain't Sh*t boy. You out your league talking about me you hoe.i read your little interview what the f*ck is you high," 50 wrote on the social networking site. "French your Sh*t so weak you never had a song by your self fool. Ain't nobody's waiting to hear your verse. Girl. I'm not tweeting about this little fool No more. I'm a see him and he gonna explain that's it."
50 does bring up an interesting point regarding French's career. From Max B to Waka Flocka Flame, most of his songs have been collaborations. Even his current single "Pop That" features three prominent rappers in Lil Wayne, Drake and Rick Ross.
Has French bitten off more that he can chew by dissing a man who is known for destroying rapper's careers? Let us know what you think?
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The 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards aired last night and the network paid tribute to the late Chris Lighty with an all-star line up of artists he managed under Violator.
50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe had the crowd in Atlanta rocking as they performed some of their most memorable hits.
“Chris Lighty, we’re gonna rep you until we’re all outta here,” shouted Busta.
Rest in peace Chris Lighty.
Check out the performance below.
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50 Cent teams up with Too $hort for "First Date."
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Power 105 1's The Breakfast Club interviews Machine Gun Kelly. He speaks on dealing with depression because his mother left him and his father when he was young, says he wants to reconcile with his parents and how he has no one to enjoy happy moments with besides his young daughter.
He also talks about Diddy and 50 Cent's run in at the BET Hip Hop Awards, the Source Power 30 party he had shut down, hooking up with DMX, his gold plaque for "Wild Boy," new Lace Up album, wonders why Charlamagne Da God doesn't like his music and more.
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Kendrick Lamar sat down in the "moisture box" today and chopped it up with DJ Whoo Kid.
K. Dot spoke about people like Lady Gaga and Lebron James being fans, the concept behind the "Swimming Pools (Drank)" music video, working with Dr. Dre, his album cover, his upcoming single, the influence DMX had on his career, his respect for 50 Cent and more.
Kendrick's album Good Kid, m.A.A.d City due in stores October 22.
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50 Cent will be traveling to Dubai to headline the Atelier Festival on October 19. Chris Birk from from Dubai's 104.8 Channel 4 called the G-Unit boss yesterday to talk about that and a variety of other topics.
50 said he's going to be performing music from his recent mixtapes The Big 10, The Lost Tape, 5 (Murder By Numbers), in addition to new music off of his upcoming album, Street King Immortal at the festival.
"I feel like I've been doing material that's dated. Because my first album was so big that I had to perform those hit records for people," 50 said. "I wanna do new material. I wanna perform some of the stuff that I just did recently, so I'm switching the show up to try and balance it out where I can get a chance to get through the actual hits and then to some of the newer stuff."
The rap titan said he will be spending a few days in Dubia because he plans to attend GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) so he can introduce his SMS Audio headphone line.
"I'm turning into a gadget guy," Fif explained. "Now I'm starting to like it a lot."
The conversation then switched gears back to music and Street King Immortal.
50 said he will be releasing a new single from the album this week, talked about his start writing music on 1997, what inspired him to become a rapper and more.
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Ciara is making the promotional rounds getting the word out about her upcoming album One Woman Army. Her most recent stop was by L.A. radio stations Power 106's Big Boy Neighborhood.
Big Boy asked the singer who she would save if she were on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Her choices were Bow Wow or 50 Cent, the other person would drown.
"Boo Boo, I would pull up Fif," she said.
Cici also addressed some of the things Chelsea Handler has said in the past regarding her and 50.
Ciara says she would save 50 Cent over Bow Wow
Ciara speaks on Chelsea Handler
Ciara invited Big Boy up to her hotel room
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50 Cent called into Monterey, California radio station 102.5 KDON recently to talk to Eric The Funky 1. He opened up about the features on his upcoming album Street King Immortal.
"[People] can expect me, Eminem... I did a song with Chris Brown on the record, Trey Songz," 50 said. "I did a song with Ne-Yo. In the process I recorded with half of [the] music culture. I worked with everybody. In the past I hadn't reached out to artists and worked with them as much because 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' didn't have anyone that wasn't in house."
Erik congratulated 50 on the enormous success of Get Rich or Die Tryin, and said that when he throws on "In Da Club" it still gets the crowds pumping in the nightclubs almost 10 years later.
The conversation then shifted to 50's new movie Freelancers. The G-Unit boss talked about how great it was to get the chance to work with Forest Whitaker and Robert De Niro.
"I always wanted to keep myself associated with projects that have artistic integrity that I can be proud of, " 50 explained. "And having two Academy Award winning actors around me in the actual picture, you can't have more support than that."
Other topics covered included Street King energy drink, SMS Audio headphones, his workout routine and his upcoming fitness book Formula 50, which will be released on December 27 via iTunes and Hardcover.
Check out a description of Formula 50 below
Get fit like 50 Cent: The phenomenally fit superstar rapper reveals his strategic six-week workout plan for achieving a ripped body—and developing the mental toughness to stay in shape for a lifetime.
Survival is a recurring theme of 50 Cent’s lyrics, and his life. That’s why, with obesity rates soaring and fitness levels declining, he wants to give everyone an all-access pass to his premium plan for lifelong fitness. In Formula 50, the mega-successful entertainer and entrepreneur unleashes the power of metabolic resistance training (MRT), the key ingredient that has helped him achieve the famously buff physique that makes his music videos sizzle.
Through MRT, 50 Cent’s fitness plan breaks down the barriers between traditional weight training and cardio workouts, accelerating fat loss while building muscle and improving overall fitness. Designed for a six-week rollout for total mind-body transformation, the Formula 50 regimen builds willpower while it builds physical power. In addition to motivation, nutrition is another key element; readers will discover the unique dietary combinations that fuel 50 Cent’s workouts. Coauthored with Jeff O’Connell, health journalist and editor-in-chief at Bodybuilding.com (the world’s largest fitness website), the book delivers a payoff that goes beyond six-pack abs and flab-free pecs: This is a fitness plan that boosts energy, endurance, flexibility, and mobility. The result is a body you’ve always dreamed of—and the mindset to attain the rest of your dreams.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. let off some steam Wednesday night by hitting up Diamonds of Atlanta strip club. The boxing champ brought his friend Ray J along with him and the two made it rain all night.
There's no question that quite a few of the women working that night will be able to pay their bills for several months because according to TMZ, Floyd and Ray blew $50,000 turning the club floor into a sea of cash.
Check out some pics from their night of fun.
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Kendrick Lamar has become one of the hottest names in the music industry, but he's not an overnight sensation. It's taken years of hard work and dedication to get the 25-year old Compton rapper to where he is today.
On October 22nd, the Dr. Dre protege will be releasing his highly anticipated album good kid, m.A.A.d City.
In a new interview with VEVO LIFT he explains how 50 Cent influenced his career.
"Mixtapes for me is really the start of my career," Kendrick tells VEVO. "This goes all the way back to when I was 16, and I was in my homeboy Dave garage. We was looking at what 50 Cent was doing, you know and we was seeing that no money was behind these tapes and they was just getting buzz where they was from. Not only in New York, but it came out all the way to the West Coast. And we wanted to follow that recipe. 'Let's do it too. Let's put 12 tracks on a cd and burn 'em up and pass 'em in the city and see what it do.' It wasn't on no super big scale, but it was the start and it got people to start talking about my name a little bit."
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50 Cent seems to be everywhere these days. The business mogul never stops working. There's always a new business venture to promote and during a recent trip to Sweden he stopped by the television show Breaking News with Filip and Fredrikto talk about what he's been up to recently.
50 speaks on the weirdest ideas people have asked him to invest in, his SMS Audio headphone line, "Street King Immortal," having financial freedom and more.
During a funny segment of the interview one of the hosts' father compares the quality of Beats by Dre to SMS Audio.
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50 Cent keeps his grind going as he prepares for the November 13 release date of his Street King Immortal album. This morning he called in to Detroit's Coco, Foolish & Mr. Chase show to chop it up about a variety of topics.
Fif continued to show support for Chicago rapper Chief Keef, who has been getting some negative press recently, explained the long delay in getting on the same page with Interscope Records for Street King Immortal, and spoke on Lupe Fiasco.
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50 Cent sat down with The Breakfast Club recently to talk about a variety of subjects.
In part 1 of the interview 50 compares his early career to Chief Keef's, talks Twitter Beefs, Street King Immortal, Jay-Z and Beyonce, the current status of G-Unit, Manny Pacquiao partnership, friendship with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and more.
In part 2 of the interview 50 speaks on his love life, rumors he's back dating Ciara, Chelsea Handler, his reason for continuing to put out aggressive street music, Jam Master Jay's death, explains why there's a version of Alicia Keys' "New Day," record and his "New Day."
50 also talks about why he doesn't squash beefs, why he got rid of his tattoos and more.
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50 Cent sat down with The Breakfast club crew of DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee today to talk about a subject that has the internet buzzing. That is his new boxing promotion company that he's formed with Manny Pacquiao.
50 explained that it's just business and that he and Floyd are still good friends.
"I look at Floyd like he's my younger brother," 50 said. "He earns so much that just spends it. Just run around and spend doing what he wants. So there's no urgency to anything. Look. my concept of TMT is is the fight you wanna see. It's Floyd and Manny Pacquiao. If actually building the company would keep Floyd conscious of what's good for business as opposed to the ego. Then I could sacrifice the company putting them together."
50 goes on to say that he could easily raise the $200 million that it would take to make the fight happen.
Tune in tomorrow for the full interview.
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It was just several weeks ago that 50 Cent announced the start up of TMT Promotions. A boxing promotion joint venture between the business mogul and long time friend Floyd Mayweather Jr. The two signed several boxers to the company including Billy Dib and Andre Dirrell.
Now comes news that TMT Promotions is no more. All of the fighters that were signed to the company have now been moved over to Floyd's own Mayweather Promotions, according to several published reports.
50 will continue working as a boxing promoter however. Manny Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz tells Boxingscene.com that Pac Man and 50 have formed their own promotional company. Mayweather was initially going to be involved with this new venture, but that is no longer the case.
"50 Cent and I have been talking now for maybe the last two months," Koncz told Boxingscene. "They approached us with the idea to form a promotional company. Initially it was going to be 50 Cent, Manny and Floyd. But right now I don't think Floyd is going to be a part of it. I explained the idea to Manny. We already have a promotional company, MP Promotions, and we have already done three separate promotions from Top Rank... on a smaller scale. I have to take the blame for that. I'm in charge of it. There's an element missing there, but I have so much to do with Manny - that I haven't got that company to where I want it."
Koncz said that the new company would shake things up on future Pay-Per-View events by having two fights instead of four, and staging mini-concerts in between to give fans a much more interesting viewing experience. He also said the company would be looking to sign fighters soon.
"I think with 50 Cent, with his entertainment connections and his popularity there, combining that with Manny's popularity and expertise in boxing - we can bring a new flavor to boxing," Koncz added. "We can excite some young boxers and I think we can sign some top quality boxers. I spoke to 50 Cent tonight and confirmed that we're going to go forward. Manny is coming here this weekend for other business, but we're all excited about it. With 50's influence in the music industry, we want to put a different flavor of the shows."
Pacquiao's next fight will be against Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 8 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas according to the L.A. Times. It will be the fourth time these two have squared off in the ring.
No word yet on if 50 Cent and Pacquiao's new company will be involved in this fight
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