On Wednesday night time (Aug. 9), J. Cole joined 50 Cent in Brooklyn for The Ultimate Lap Tour and had excessive reward for the Queens MC.
After 50 shocked the viewers with Cole’s arrival, the Dreamville common rapidly dove into his 2014 Forest Hills Drive gem “No Function Modelz.” Afterward, Cole gave the G-Unit famous person his flowers whereas onstage collectively. “Can I say this earlier than I stroll off stage? Should you don’t make some noise for one of many biggest n—as to do that shit, 50 muthaf–king Cent, Curtis Jackson,” he exclaimed. Cole doubled down on his admiration when he paid homage to 50’s traditional debut album.
“Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ is one of the best album of all time. I don’t give a f–ok what you speaking about,” Cole mentioned emphatically. “It’s Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ at primary, and it’s Thriller at quantity two, and I like Michael Jackson.”
50 Cent’s 2003 debut album Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ is critically acclaimed and spawned a slew of Billboard Scorching 100 hits, together with “P.I.M.P.” and the venture’s two chart-toppers “21 Questions” and “In Da Membership.” The album is 9x platinum, whereas the latter shares the identical accolade.
“My run was so uncomfortable that everybody wish to overlook that it occurred,” 50 advised Billboard in his cowl story earlier this yr relating to his seminal effort. “That’s simply the best way it’s with the artist group. I didn’t are available being pleasant as a result of I needed to discover a method into it — not discover a strategy to be ok to work in the neighborhood. The largest praise within the early phases was that artists felt like they’d made it once they acquired the deal. You needed to earn the best to have the deal.”
See J. Cole supporting 50 within the second beneath.
