In a new interview, 50 Cent claims Jay-Z tried to dissuade him from performing at the Super Bowl ahead of the “In da Club” rapper’s guest appearance on the Super Bowl LVI halftime show 2022 hosted by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem. , Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. And 50 said he didn’t understand the reason.
At least that’s what Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson told Cam’ron Talk to Flee in the first part of a video interview that appeared on Thursday (December 5). As hip-hop heads know, Jay-Z has been the primary architect behind Super Bowl halftime shows since the NFL partnered with Jay’s Roc Nation since 2019, a partnership This continues for halftime shows today.
So what happened between 50 Cent and Jay-Z? According to a report earlier this year by Billboard50 was initially left off the halftime lineup that year, but said, “Eminem wouldn’t have done it without me.” Of course, when all was said and done, 50 people still appeared as guests, but clearly things could have been a lot different.
“He’s doing something wild, okay?” 50 Cent talks about Jay-Z. “Because he was telling Eminem that the NFL had a problem with me. And I thought, what’s the problem? Why do I have a problem when I become a partner on the real team, but they have a problem.” Problems with my performance? It’s meaningless.”
When asked directly why Jay-Z didn’t want him to participate or if he was threatened about it, 50 Cent continued to cite the nature of hip-hop culture as the arbiter what leads to disagreement — or “beef.” ” — in the music industry.
“Not even threatened, I think it’s just – our culture is competitive, man,” 50 replied. “But I think when it transcends music itself to get in the way of everything in business. Then I don’t understand that. Like, right now, you’re not even competing for a spot. You There are no new songs released.” you want to be in the Top 10 or Top 5 but you’re still competitive. That doesn’t make any sense. What is our goal?
He continued, “A lot of the competitive stuff — we’ll call it beef, right? That term changed when it was Biggie and Tupac, because we started saying things that everyone would say cause beef in the environment. Before that, they called it ‘fighting’ in our culture because that’s what it was until it turned into something on the streets.”
He added, “So when you stop fighting for those things, you start looking and move on, so what’s the problem? You can’t remember exactly what the problem is.”
Watch the interview below.
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