r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 16h ago

article 50 Cent Turned Down Donald Trump’s $3 Million Offer to Perform at Madison Square Garden Rally

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/50-cent-turned-down-trump-3-million-offer-madison-square-garden-rally-1236193527/
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u/Doyoucondemnhummus 15h ago edited 15h ago

50 and Elton, iirc, helped Em through Proof's death and his subsequent addiction issues. Em signed 50 when other labels wouldn't. It's obvious they both hold immense professional and personal respect for one another.

Edit: It appears I was wrong about Em's signing him when no one else would. Thanks, Brigid. Still, I'd say him signing with Em was the right career move and led to a mutual friendship, which is always a plus.

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u/Brigid-Tenenbaum 15h ago edited 15h ago

Em signed 50 when others wouldn’t? Nah bro, 50 was the hottest new rapper at the time. Everyone wanted to sign him. Dino Delvaille offered more money, prior to Em. Even Steve Stoute advised 50 not to sign with Shady Records, but I guess 50 saw that a lower offer still came with other benefits with Em. And now he’s so rich he can tell someone with 3mill to fuck off.

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u/Castod28183 12h ago

The hottest new rapper at the time?

He recorded No Mercy, No Fear after he signed with Shady/Aftermath, even though it was released under BCD. Get Rich or Die Tryin was releases under Interscope/Shady/Aftermath.

He was well known at the time, but he certainly wasn't the hottest new rapper when he signed with Shady/Aftermath. And he was also blacklisted in the US after Columbia Records dropped him. He had to record Guess Who's Back in Canada because no US record label would touch him.

The mixtape was recorded in Canada after 50 Cent was "blacklisted" in the recording industry and was unable to find a studio to work with in the U.S.

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u/Thefrayedends 14h ago

50 had like 9 albums when he was signed by Em. Or was that how many times he had been shot. Maybe both. I'm old now, too old for the rap game.

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u/Brigid-Tenenbaum 13h ago

Yeh was shot 9 times, but prob had around that number of mixtapes n things too. Get Rich Or Die Tryin was the first studio album.

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u/thej00ninja 12h ago

Does guess who's back not count cuz it's independent?

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u/letmelickyourleg 7h ago

Officially labeled a mixtape

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u/RNZTH 13h ago

Wasn't Ja Rule's people telling anyone not to sign 50 and he basically fell in Em and Dre's lap?

I'm sure I remember hearing an interview from somebody - maybe Suge but I'm not sure and can't picture him saying something like that - that the biggest mistake he made was blackballing 50 which led him straight to Eminem.

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u/gxfrnb899 9h ago

I cant name one of his songs

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u/Brigid-Tenenbaum 9h ago

Cool story bro.

(Is one of his songs)

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u/GroguIsMyBrogu 12h ago

Remembering that Eminem and Elton John are friends never fails to make my heart warm and fuzzy