50 Cent Interview – The Final Lap Tour and Get Rich or Die Tryin’

Simply in time for hip-hop to show 50 years outdated, 50 Cent celebrates one more main milestone in his storied profession and he is doing it in such a method that solely a determine as outstanding as himself can do.

In honor of the twentieth anniversary of one of the crucial iconic albums of all time, Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’, 50 is embarking on The Last Lap Tour, a large worldwide jaunt that already has 93 stops booked with extra probably on the best way. In an unique interview with XXL, 50 Cent discusses the specifics of the tour, Get Wealthy or Die Tryin‘s lasting impression, his shut private relationship with Eminem and extra by his ever-magnetic persona.

When requested why he selected to title his huge string of commemorative exhibits The Last Lap Tour, 50 Cent expounds on how at its inception, the powers that be did not suppose 50 might even run the tour because of the Covid-19 pandemic. That led to the “If I Cannot” rapper taking issues into his personal palms by not solely financing a bunch of live shows on his personal however promoting them out. That is when the floodgates opened and the idea of The Last Lap Tour was born.

“I will not have the ability to decide to a tour so long as this,” 50 Cent says within the video beneath whereas explaining the tour’s significance. “This tour’s 93 dates. It will be one of many largest hip-hop excursions of the 12 months as a result of it will not cease. It will simply undergo subsequent 12 months  By the point we finished, due to the groundwork that I laid touring, I actually can world tour. The opposite artists, after they say they occurring a world tour, it means they are going on a run, however it’s not a world tour. My music is simply coming full circle now.”

Because the interview continues, 50 Cent gives his opinion on the impression Eminem has had within the hip-hop area and the place he holds in rap sport historical past. “[Eminem’s impact on hip-hop] is unmeasurable,” 50 explains. “You possibly can have a look at artists inside the tradition and say, ‘Nicely, we do not hear his information within the nightclub.’ He did not make these information with intentions so that you can hearken to ’em there. And if that was the objective, we’d make one proper now that might fuck up your life.

He provides: “[Eminem] performed throughout prime 40 crossover radio and it is a completely different vitality. When that viewers captures the artwork type and turns into drawn to it, they purchase different folks’s artwork from that artwork type. That is the place the gross sales is coming from. No Eminem? No Bentley, no Ferrari, no Lamborghinis.”

At one level, 50 Cent additionally dives into the deep regard he holds for having Eminem as a mentor and a pricey buddy. Curtis says that it doesn’t matter what, the Music To Be Murdered By MC permits 50 to keep up a sure sense of humility within the wake of each his and Eminem’s world success. He additionally explains that to at the present time, he nonetheless seeks Slim Shady’s approval with regards to creating music.

“What helped me not have a giant head at any level, was I had Eminem round” Fif jokingly states. “So once I’m doing 13 million information on my first album, I’ve the Marshall Mathers LP to have a look at that is doing 23 million information. Em, I put him subsequent to my grandmother and I’ma let you know why. He was at all times a spot the place I might go and simply discuss to him, and know that he has my finest curiosity at coronary heart.”

50 Cent continues: “I’d collect no matter I felt like was dope after which I might come and simply press play and I might watch him. If I did not get no response out of him, I’d actually scrap the document. I would not use it if he did not reply to it and listen to the document prefer it imply one thing, I am like ‘Nah, I am not suing that s**t.”

Within the XXL video beneath, the legendary 50 Cent explains what his traditional album, Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’, means to him and gives particulars on his new collab with Nas on the tune “Workplace Hours.” Different moments all through the unique interview embody some recommendation 50 had for Chief Keef on the onset of his profession, hilarious jokes aimed toward Busta Rhymes, who’s Fif’s supporting act on The Last Lap Tour, and extra.