It’s no shock that fifty Cent has no filter.
In his new Billboard digital cowl story written by Carl Lamarre, the veteran rapper shares why he mentored artists like Pop Smoke and DaBaby, and what he thinks of as we speak’s rising hip-hop artists.
“I solely like those that I see myself in. Numerous the opposite sh-t, I be like, ‘Yeah, what the f–okay is that this, man?’ I’ve received to consider them and the sh-t they’re saying to be into the artist. They [also] must need to be mentored. I’ll discuss to them and contact base with them as a result of I see that in them. You go, ‘Yo, you need to concentrate on what you got here for and what’s vital to you, and get these issues collectively versus simply driving it out.’”
The multi-hyphenate additionally introduced up Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, saying: “The best way I had aggressive power: Hip-hop tradition makes you battle. I like Nicki Minaj, however the humorous sh-t is, I like watching her when she’s upset. I like that as a result of she has one thing that comes from the expertise of residing in South Jamaica. I’m it like, ‘Yo, I do know they assume she’s nuts, however they solely assume that as a result of they don’t perceive.’ I get it. She thinks you’re attempting to play her.”
“When Cardi B got here, I assumed she was dope,” he continued. “She’s from the underside. She was in Membership Lust in Brooklyn. [Going] from that and really making a success document and turning into who she did? I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t wish to see that. It felt like she received every little thing — married, the newborn — it got here actually quick. That’s the American dream proper there.”
Tensions between Minaj and Cardi B started in 2017. Issues turned bodily a yr later when their entourages clashed and the “Bodak Yellow” rapper received into an altercation with a detailed pal of Minaj’s whereas all of them have been at a Harper’s Bazaar New York Trend Week occasion.
That very same week, 50 Cent took it upon himself to touch upon their beef. Whereas on-line footage confirmed Tekashi69 dancing to Minaj’s music within the membership, the DJ abruptly switched to “Bodak Yellow” saying, “I’m sorry Nicki, I’m workforce Cardi B on this aspect.” Realizing 69 launched “Fefe,” his collab that includes Minaj earlier that yr, 50 wrote in a now-deleted Instagram publish, “No @djspinking that’s feminine sh-t keep out of that, now Nicki gonna get mad at 69 for turning up, belief me she on her South Aspect sh-t.”
“When her and Nicki conflict, I am going, ‘Oh, sh-t, it’s going to be fascinating to look at the way it performs out,’” 50 mentioned in his cowl story. “Lyrically, I received’t say something competitively in regards to the two of them, however I like Nicki. I don’t have something towards Cardi. I believe anybody who comes now, she goes to examine their temperature. Nicki goes to examine if this b—h is pleasant or trying to take over the sh-t.”
Learn the 50 Cent’s full digital cowl story right here.
